In "The Fly" veteran Canadian director David Cronenberg depicted why all sciences are not good sciences.

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2014)

The great Pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus stated that change is the only constant in life. One must watch "The Fly" bearing this fundamental quote in mind as a lot has changed in our world especially in the way horror films are continuing to influence public opinion in last few years. The reason why "The Fly" continues to hold sway is that it was one of the initial films to suggest that all sciences are not good and some sciences can even have bad effects on human societies. What makes "The Fly" revolutionary as well as groundbreaking is its inclusion of ideas and innovations on which people are working in 21st century. As examples, one can mention the sensitive issues of abortion and human cloning. It is interesting to watch how Canadian director David Cronenberg arrives at a balanced approach to drama as well as horror. He gets good support from actress Geena Davis who appears quite convincing as a confident yet fragile woman torn between two men. In 1986, when this film was released, nobody was willing to trust the idea of human teleportation as most people were much too scared to even imagine the concept of sitting in a box to come out of another box. Hence, in 2014, nobody would doubt that watching 'The Fly' nearly three decades after its initial release would turn out to be an extremely strange experience for loyal David Cronenberg admirers as well as for viewers who possess little knowledge about his visionary films.