Rating: PG13
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 08/20/1997
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: New Line Home Video
On a remote tropical island,
Dr. Moreau has appointed himself ruler over a menagerie of genetic mutants fashioned in his gene-splicing chamber of horrors. The products of his misguided attempt to create a more "pure" human species, the man-beasts worship
Moreau as their god and "father" and live by his code of law -- a code rigidly enforced by radio-operated implants in their bodies capable of inflicting pain and death. Into this surreal nightmare arrives UN negotiator
Edward Douglas (
David Thewlis), the sole survivor of an airplane crash.
Douglas is brought ashore on
Moreau's island -- against his better judgment -- by the doctor's insane, drug-addled assistant,
Montgomery (
Val Kilmer), and eventually becomes a prisoner. Horrified by the doctor's monstrous experiments and afraid for his own life,
Douglas seeks the aid of
Moreau's lovely daughter,
Aissa (
Fairuza Balk), in escaping the island, but is foiled at every turn by
Montgomery and his armed man-beast lackeys. Eventually, the creatures discover the existence of their electronic implants and remove them, providing the opportunity for an armed rebellion -- but eventual regression into their original animal state causes their revolt to collapse into anarchy.
~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
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