The Island of Dr. Moreau

1996

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 20% · 35 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 20% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 37824 37.8K

island monster experiment genetics based on novel or book mutation

Plot summary

A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.

Director

Richard Stanley Photo
Richard Stanley

Top cast

Peter Elliott Photo
Peter Elliott as Assassimon
Ron Perlman Photo
Ron Perlman as Sayer of the Law
David Thewlis Photo
David Thewlis as Douglas
Marco Hofschneider Photo
Marco Hofschneider as M'Ling
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
924.31 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 5
1.85 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 22

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 5 / 10

Average adaptation based on H.G. Wells' novel realized by John Frankenheimer and with remarkable makeup by Stan Winston

It's an excitingly produced remake of ¨Island of the lost souls¨ with Marlon Brando heading a solid casting as a nutty doctor who develops a process of transforming animals into half-humans at an desolated tropical island . Through DNA experimentation Brando has upset the balance of nature. By turning animals into humans, he's turned heaven into hell . It starts when David Thewlis is rescued at sea by Val Kilmer and brought to a strange island where he's terrified to discover the terrible genetic experiments realized by Dr. Moreau , a former prize Nobel winner .Passable horror-fantasy chiller that is developed up and down with some lousy moments and in other side contains eerie and thrilling scenes. It results to be a strong rendition of H.G. Wells' novel about an isolated scientific who has spent several years creating half-animals turning beasts into half-human . Good secondary cast as Fauriza Balk , William Hootkins and Temuera Morrison . Ron Perlman's sturdy acting , displaying a magnificent portrayal of one of the beasts . Watchable by excellent makeup by the late Stan Winston . Colorful cinematography filmed in Queensland , Australia , by the classic cameraman William A. Fraker and atmospheric musical score by Gary Chang . The motion picture is middlingly directed by John Frankenheimer and the director's cut version runs several minutes more . The movie will appeal to Brando devotees and Val Kilmer fans who will want to check out their excessive performances . Other adaptation based on H.G. Wells' known novel are the following : The classic of 1933 titled ¨The island of lost souls¨ by Erle C. Kenton with Charles Laughton , Kathleen Burke , Bela Lugosi and Richard Arlen ; and 1977 retelling by Don Taylor with Burt Lancaster , Michael York , Barbara Carrera and Nigel Davenport .
Reviewed by stevenweitzner 6 / 10

Weird but entertaining

A great cast in an average movie. This film is a weird one and the story kind of stalls in a few places. If you like Sci fi films this aint the best movie ever but it is worth the watch.
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