Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Sabrina Cotugno My goodness gracious! What a train wreck of a film! Actually? I might want to retract that statement. I feel like calling this movie a train wreck is the film review equivalent of kicking an abused puppy. To call it a train wreck is to imply that there is anything to actually wreck. Well, there is the source material. I would be really saddened if this was someone's first exposure to the Jekyll and Hyde story, and had the story ruined for them! Okay, so this movie does deserve to be torn apart. Just a little.There are a lot of really awful adaptations of the Jekyll and Hyde story out there. A LOT. But as a big fan of the story, I can usually find one or two things in an otherwise steaming pile of crap to point out and say, "Well, at least this was decent." Can't do that with this film here! The writing is hilariously bland, the editing has multiple personality disorder (probably the most Jekyll and Hyde thing about the film, actually), and the actor who plays Jekyll looks like he's about to fall asleep whenever he talks.What really impressed me is how dorky they managed to make Mr. Hyde! Most adaptations can manage at least one "cool" scene for Hyde--I mean, really, he IS supposed to be the "fun" part of adapting the story. But not Jekyll+Hyde! Presumably due to budget problems, 90% of Hyde's evilness (i.e. murdering people for no clear reason) is performed offscreen. What dastardly deeds DOES he perform on-screen? He buys an under-21 girl alcohol, and then suggests that they might engage in sexual relations! In later scenes, he has consensual sex with another woman! Good heavens! Now granted, this DOES fall under "so bad it's hilarious" territory, so if that's what you're looking for (as I was), go ahead and give it a shot! But honestly? It's almost too bland to even find it's lameless entertaining. If you want a hilariously bad Jekyll and Hyde story, I suggest looking up the David Hasselhoff version of the Jekyll and Hyde stage musical ("It's Phantom-lite!"). Or, for a better modern adaptation with a charmingly over-the-top Hyde? Check out Steven Moffat's "Jekyll" from BBC! Jekyll nerdette OUT!

Scarecrow-88 "Someone once said evil is the ultimate temptation. What's so terrifying is that it's within us all. If you let it, like a cancer it will consume you." Medical student Jekyll(Bryan Fisher)has been tampering experimentally using existing elements from the drug Ecstasy hoping to create an elaborate pill that can shift your personality..he says for the better. What happens, however, is that in using the drug himself by ingestion this dominant predatory personality of "Hyde" emerges killing those friends..and especially female sexual companions..he once frequented with before starting the intake. The cause of trying these experiments, anyway, was so that he could break free from his timid nerdy shell. When he becomes more aggressive and winsome with the ladies turning into some sort of GQ model with violent tendencies, "J" is hooked to that personality until he's unable to resist Hyde..the good that was Jekyll is being eradicated by Hyde. The addiction kicks in and when "J" receives some "infected" chemicals to make his drug from pal Lanyon(Jeff Roop)Hyde begins to emerge at any moment making it incredibly hard for Jekyll to hold the monster at bay. Jekyll is in love with Martha(Bree Turner)who would take "J" as her lover even if he remained the geek he was. As Hyde, she's quite attracted as he makes the moves Jekyll never would..not to mention, Hyde is quite good in bed which she shows with such enthusiasm in a sex scene. Other friends targeted by Hyde..Dan(Zachary Bennett), someone Hyde hates because it reminds him of Jekyll who also carries a torch for Martha and Josh(Adam MacDonald), a cousin to Bree who is good drug pals with Lanyon. The incident that rattles the cycle of Hyde's emergence and Jekyll's decision to begin rapid intake of his experimental drug was the OD of a close friend to Bree and the rest, Mary(Katrina Matthews).Good production values and a very serious tone show that this was quite a professionally made product with everyone trying to create a legitimate work worthy of praise. For me it moves at a rather slow pace never quite delivering the thrills a premise like this could easily deliver. At times the flick wishes to be naughty such as the various sexual escapades and some nudity, but the flick is more about the evils that overtake the good souls hoping to create something of worth, seduced by allure of sin. The actors try to etch out vivid characterizations such as Fisher, who I felt really doesn't have quite the range for such a complex role.

johannes2000-1 The story of Jekyll and Hyde was of course used for movies like a zillion times, so a director that takes up this worn-out theme should think twice about what he can add to all the others. I wonder if this director thought even ONCE, for this version didn't bring anything new whatsoever (apart from a 21th century make-over), I thought it even worse, to be honest. Whereas the classic interpretations (and of course the novel itself) show us the inner turmoil of an ambitious scientist, here we just see a dull and sulky student (okay, VERY good-looking, I grant him that!), stuffing himself with a self-made drug and blabbering into his camcorder from time to time how it effects him. This goes on and on until the end, and we never get any good reason or motivation.The movie is wavering between a psychological thriller and a horror-flick, and as a result it turns out as neither. For a horror-movie it's too boring, apart from some creepy music (quite good, by the way!), all the exciting things that could help to enliven the movie (like witnessing the brutal murders of Hyde) take place outside the range of the camera. Furthermore it badly lacked an involving storyline, because nothing much really happens.And then there were many illogical inconsistencies. How could Jay keep up his work as a medical student, while raving night after night? Where did he get the money that he so obviously and lavishly spent when he was Hyde? How come none of his friends ever met him during these Hyde-outings, the "Hyde-effect" didn't change his appearance at all (apart from the obvious dropping of his glasses). And what happens to all the bodies that he supposedly leaves after him throughout town, doesn't the police do anything?? There's even a body in his bath-tub that he (again out of our sight) approaches with some kind of acid. Are we to believe that this makes a body evaporate into thin air? And how can he build up and maintain a complete drugs-lab in a building that's obviously under construction so where working-men should walk forever in and out?? Even the ending is dumb. His (ex-)girlfriend and his professor wander for some 15 tedious minutes through the building (the one that's under construction, but not one construction-worker is in sight, although it's the middle of the day) before finding that Jay just killed himself – there goes your climactic finale!! Strangely enough, the suicide by blowing his brains out is shown in total close-up and is even repeated two or three times, as if the director wanted to make up for not showing any other violence in the movie.In conclusion, this movie is over-pretentious, totally superfluous and a waste of Bree Turner, who's not only very good-looking but also a fairly good actress.

biggin101 Saw this one the other night. Honestly,I have never seen or heard of it before. But was delighted at the acting and the storyline. Some of the scenes get pretty intense,and every now and then the story kinda goes off to never never land. But all in all this was and is a great movie to see. Not sure if its "Theater" quality but definitely worth seeing. Most of the stars I have never heard of before,but the cast did a really great job. Biggest issue I have with this movie is the beginning. I won't elaborate anymore ,you will figure it out. Its a bit slow at times,but trust me,its worth the wait.A bit of T@A in it,just enough to make it presentable. Also a lot of the "effects" are pretty good and believable..