A Crowning Achievement

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2004)

Canada's own Horror/Sci-Fi Revolutionary, David Cronenberg, concocted what would be his crowning achievement, The Fly. It revolves around Seth Brundle(Jeff Goldblum), a scientist who has created a teleportation pod that would "change the world". Seth shows his invention to Veronica Quaife(Geena Davis), a woman he falls in love with. The teleportation device would only transport materials, and make a mess of the molecular construction of an organism. Seth finally acheived success with using a human subject. However, there was a slight flaw. A fly had gotten in the teleportation pod along Seth, thus fusing the two. Seth eventually shows his demise as he starts to gain more insect characteristics, and poor Veronica has to deal with all of this. Regardless, her love still remains. The movie ends in a real tear-jerker. Compelling story, character development, directing, and special effects. My Rating- 9.2 / 10.