We start off with a pair of geneticists trying to synthesize proteins to cure diseases. Great, right? Well, it ain't all peaches and cream over here--the corporate baddies are trying to shove them into "phase two", shut down their research and squeeze every last drop of profit out of them they can get. So what do these geneticists do? They proceed with their research anyway, creating an organism with animal and human DNA.
Behold, guys. This is Dren, the product of mad science and unauthorized experiments.Now, the previews may make it look like Dren goes around axe-murdering people throughout the movie, but this isn't the case. The majority of the movie consists of character development of the woman geneticist, Elsa, who was abused by her mother and wanted a child she could totally control--and what better subordinate child than a science experiment grown in a lab? Unfortunately, Dren proves a little too powerful to control, and when Elsa tries to sequester her using a variety of methods from sweettalking to torture, Dren snaps. But she doesn't just murder people--oh no, she RAPES people, and after a few gender swaps, she (he? it?) manages to impregnate Elsa. The movie ends on an ambiguous note, with the corporate hotshots buying the experimental rights to Elsa's mutant embryo...what's the worst that could happen?
This film is not for the light at heart. Even I wasn't sure whether to cream my knickers or vomit after it was over. That said, it's the best thing I've seen in a theatre all year and I sure hope the director has got some more sick scifi lined up for the near future!
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