Henry Jekyll is a young science student who, along with his friend Mary, experiments with various drugs and compounds in order to create a personality-enhancing drug that he believes will turn him into the successful and popular person he so craves to be. But after testing the drug on Mary and himself, Jekyll discovers it has horrific consequences - ones that he might not be able to control.
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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
To be blunt, Jekyll + Hyde was terrible. In the original novella, the idea behind the characters of Jekyll and Hyde was that he was meant to create Hyde to represent the evil side of himself, and so that he could partake in these evil activities without notice. In Jekyll + Hyde though, from what I gathered, his reasons for creating Hyde were purely materialistic. He just wanted to be someone different who would have confidence and be able to talk to girls, and creates a pill derived from ecstasy that only changes his personality (very minimally too) into a bad person, and continuously has sex with different women and kills people, and there seems to be no real reason why. In this excuse for a movie, there is not even a transformation from Jekyll to Hyde, or vice versa. It's hard to tell when Jekyll is Hyde, or when Hyde is Jekyll. The idea is supposed to be that Hyde looks vastly different, or at least has a defining feature that separates him from Jekyll. There is nothing in this movie to indicate this, apart from the fact he inherits more violent tendencies and of course, as mentioned, has a lot of sex. It really just seems that he becomes addicted to a drug that changes the way he acts, rather than a drug that makes him a completely different person. As for other aspects of film-making, the cinematography was uninspired, the acting was pretty terrible and the script, aside from story issues, was written terribly, and had many parts that felt unnecessary.In case my opinion had not come off clearly enough, I think Jekyll + Hyde is a very poor attempt at film-making. Not only is the original story of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde completely butchered, but it is also put into the genre of teen slasher horror, perhaps the most heinous type of genre to evaluate such a book into. The original has traces of horror, yes, but it also thrives on its subtlety and the telling of the story, and quite frankly, Jekyll + Hyde does neither of these things.
OK, I bought this pack with three, or four horror films in it. This was one of them. (The Nun, another horrible movie was another)So, this movie has an alright budget, not too bad acting, but it is just so boring. I mean, almost nothing horror related happens at all. Not that I can remember anyway. There are some kills or something, but it's just not entertaining.I think it is an attempt at making more of a "serious" movie, not an entertaining one. It's just not good. It will bore you.I write this review just to warn others. If you are after some entertaining horror, look elsewhere! If you are looking for some kind of bland, sci-fi- thriller-drama thing, give it a try.
This is suspenseful, kind of scary movie. It's a young version of the story. It's about a young genius medical student and he's not happy with his life. His whole life he's been the outcast type of guy, so he comes up with this drug that makes him this other person. The problem is, of course, the drug has many side affects and he eventually loses control. It's cool because a lot of kids can relate to it, cause who didn't wish when they were younger that they could just take a pill and be someone else. Plus, I think that Bryan Fisher is gorgeous. I think that we will soon be seeing him on the big screen a lot in the future. Bryan Fisher if you read this, you have such a hot 'sex face.' I can't wait to watch you in your future movies. Jekyll plus Hyde was awesome.
I think this movie was done very very well. I to have not seen any of the actors/actresses perform before, however for a movie that hasn't had many reviews they were brilliant. I believe that most people will find it a tad predictable, this is only because everyone knows the story before this movie was made. The precision to Hyde (Jays) character was done so well, and it goes to show you how little humans do know about themselves! To be able to understand the mind of such a person is a difficult task, and I think if it had of been more complex in this movie it would have clearly lost viewers. Because most can't grasp the concept of what our true instincts can involve, and having the ability to focus oneself souly on acting on desires and wants, people tend to shy away from such a subject due to fear of finding such tendencies in themselves. Perhaps before pointing the finger at the world and blaming it for the actions of others, we should take a look and see what truly hides within ourselves.On a second note for those of you who wish to experiment on subjects such as yourselves, make sure you have a fair idea of what you're getting yourself into. I have experienced a chemical inbalance in the brain to cause violence and absence of mind control, it isn't a nice thing to endure, especially when that majority part of my life is mostly blank, but goes to show how easily things happen when created let alone when nature takes it true course.