The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996) - perfect without any malice

scene from the movie The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996)

movie version of the H. G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau

The novel

When the novel was written in 1896, European society was absorbed with concerns about degeneration, and Britain's scientific community was engulfed by debates on animal vivisection. Interest groups were even formed to tackle the issue: the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection was formed two years after the publication of the novel.

Synopsis

In the year 2010, Dr. Moreau has successfully conquered the impossible: to use human DNA in animals to make them more human like and regress their animal instincts and make the divine human, free of malice and hatred. After many attempts, only one experiment was successful and now the unsuccessful ones are given drugs every day to keep them from regressing into their animal forms. They are also controlled through shock therapy to keep them in order.

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• Marlon Brando
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• Fairuza Balk

[zarco1977]

Bad movie, bad role...but still...Brando!

[garduvino]

The worst adaptation of H.G.Wells novel and Marlon Brando´s worst role. Very better the 1977 version with Burt Lancaster.

[monk22yrs]

@Xemdryam yes, really.

and the director said in interviews he was worried about making a "3rd rate italian horror movie" (an exact quote, as far as i can remember).

and burt lancaster was in a 1970s version.

[monk22yrs]

fatso brando not as good looking as chubby charles laughton in the origonal, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS.

the poor...kid...next to brando; he looks so elderly but really a kid with a real aging condition; was on some talk shows about it; might be dead now.

[vahtarwo1]

is dat lil mini mee

[DSkehan2004]

I can barely recognize him.

[wcleere]

Love this scene