"Be afraid...be very afraid!"

Rating: 8/10 (13 March 2006)

David Cronenberg's "The Fly"(1986) - is a remake of the 1950s movie of the same title in which a scientist is turned into a half- man, half-fly due to a fatal defect in the matter transmitter. In his remake, Cronenberg piles the eye popping, jaw-dropping, and stomach-churning effects on the top of each other as the body of the unfortunate, mad but brilliant scientist (Jeff Goldblum in the role of his life I've never seen him better) is hideously distorted and he is losing his humanity turning into the insect of the title. "The Fly" is a truly visceral experience which the director himself sees as a metaphor for aging: "In time we all turn into monsters". This very impressive movie is a classic of a "the fatal error of a mad scientist" sub-genre, "Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos" (David Cronenberg).