Chimera Strain

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Audience Member Low budget sci-fi that might have worked better as a 30 minute episode of something, anything but this. Not all bad, the jellyfish stuff is interesting because it's partly true and the concept of the ‘grotesque embryo farm' is an intriguing point but most of the story could have been left out and the rest rewritten. Thankfully, for it's benefit and the viewers, it was only 75 minutes without credits. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Not sure what I just watched, but it was certainly disturbing, to say the least. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I just did not like one very much. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member A social document beyond story .What I liked about this film is that it has a social warning that goes beyond the constraints of a narrative film. The issue of stem cell application isn't as hot as it was a decade or so ago, but it still fascinates and is susceptible to controversies. I am also of the opinion that the intention of the director was such that the audience understand this. The ethical and moral dilemma faced by the main character is perhaps an allegory to what we will do when these practices become common place in the very near future. On the filmmaking aspect I don't have much to fault expect they should have gotten rid of some overtly scientific and complicated words. The audience I believe isn't all that well read in this department even though they know the outline of all the main topics stated here. Good film and one I recommend. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Not my kind of film. There is lot of gore and some scenes are frankly quite hard to look at. The characters are also not likeable, albeit that must have been the intention of the writer and director. I recall Henry Ian Cusick from Lost but there's no other identifiable face. There are good aspects of the film- I liked the color palette which is a nice change from what I usually see, and of course Henry Ian is very good. I even admired the director's fearlessness in creating the characters in the way he did and having an ending which is shocking. I don't know how this film will go over in the box office. Its too dark and cerebral to appeal to sci-fi kids, and maybe too short and low budgeted to get the critical notice. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Chimera Strain is a chilling low budget sci-fi with some neat scenes but a redundant plot that gets worse with each passing minute. This isn't a bad film by any means, but the plot was so bare bones and the locations so sparse I have a hard time really liking it, or even recommending it. The reason I give it a score of 6 is that the sense of dread is evocative, the acting is outstanding (certainly for a film of this magnitude) and the visual look is good. Had the director chosen to tell a straightforward story of a man on a mission I'd have maybe rated this an 8. A special note of mention to the background score which is rather haunting and compliments the scenes well. I'd still suggest the reader to go and see this low budget indie. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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