A grossest new adaptation from the classic film , being sharply directed by David Cronenberg

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2006)

New version from the 1958 classic with Jeff Goldblum as the obstinate scientific who is doggedly trying to make the experimenting in his own body for transportation with a genetic transporter machine . In the beginning he transports objects and monkeys , but one night he decides to test the machine on himself . Unfortunately a fly into the device blends his atomic cells and the gens are mingled . Then he begins to evolve into a human fly . Meanwhile , he falls in love with a beautiful journalist played by Geena Davis who is investigating the strange events by orders of her chief , John Getz , and ex-lover .
This frightening picture displays tension , suspense , shocks and lots of blood and gore . The film provides great loads of scares , grisly events and creepy atmosphere which becomes pretty sinister when the protagonist is become into a fly . The movie is rated ¨R¨ for the crude images , as many scenes are excessively disgusting and gross but it is solely apt for old people , no little boys , neither squeamish , as abound guts , slime and gore . Goldblum gives a vigorous physical performance and totally convincing as the brilliant , crazy research scientist turned into wild human fly . Eerie musical score by nowadays successful Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) and nice cinematography by Mark Irwin . The film won an Academy Award for a terrifyingly makeup by Chris Wallas (director an inferior sequel with Eric Stolz , Daphne Zuñiga and it was a flop) . Rating : Good but no for kids for violent , realistic and gory images . It's one the highest earnest terror pictures of the 80s ; however , I prefer the excellent classic version by Kurt Newmann with David Hedison and Vincent Price