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06/24/06
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
23 %
Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 7 Rotten:23 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: Marlon Brando stars as the scientist in the third adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. The archetypal mad scientist, the good doctor has been conducting a number of experiments in his remote island kingdom, producing a race of genetic mutants both man and beast in his quest to produce a... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Ron Perlman
Director: John Frankenheimer
Screenwriter: Richard Stanley, Ron Hutchinson
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Tim Zinnemann
Composer: Gary Chang
Screenwriter: Richard Stanley, Ron Hutchinson
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Tim Zinnemann
Composer: Gary Chang
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01/01/00
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There's the obese Brando pretending to be God while dressed in gauzy white robes like a demented pope
06/23/04
In its final third, the movie goes to hell in more ways than Frankenheimer intended.
07/01/03
The most exciting characters are killed off too early, and what we’re left with is a Satan’s “Seasme Street.”
05/08/03
I'm sure it looked good on paper. That and Kilmer's frighteningly apt mimicry of Brando's voice are about the only positive things I can say.
03/05/03
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