Jekyll + Hyde (2006)

A Brilliant Conflict

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This movie has great production values, good acting, a good idea behind the script, and competent crew, yet it fails at being in any way interesting or entertaining. The problem is how the story is told. Rather than go with a straightforward timeline, they mixed present and past and added a voice-over that provides some philosophical musings. The basic story is of course Jeckyl and Hyde: 2 personalities in one person, one good, one bad. The twist here is that the transformation is achieved here by a medical student looking for some breakthrough medication by experimenting with illicit drugs. The main character is established as a good guy only in a few scenes, most of the movie he spends as a bad guy, and he sure gets bad. Some of the scenes would be classified as "torture porn" by some, but in this case the victims are mostly males for some reason. Another sleazy character provides the drugs. Then there's the mandatory loving girl, who's interested in our JH for no reason and goes out of her way to care for him. Another friend gets to be the nice guy who gets bullied. There is not one character to care for. There's some gore and violence, a little bit of nudity of a corpse. Nothing that would make this movie worthwhile. Overall, for a horror movie this is rather tame and lame, slow-going and uninteresting.

The DVD cover actually mentions Robert Louis Stevenson. But that does him no favours. Even the title isn't quite right. And the film is completely wrong. It has nothing to do with the original idea of a man trying to separate his good side from his evil side, and who finds that, even without the potion, his evil side starts to predominate. What we have in this film is students who drink and take drugs and think that sex is just for fun. And poor little J is a wimp or a nerd or just plain shy. So he takes his pills and experiments and finds that he really likes being an animal, with no conscience. And with sudden explosions and flashbacks,the film staggers on for about 85 minutes before coming to an obvious end. And poor RLS thinks: "I didn't write that rubbish, surely." No, sir you didn't. And those who did, shouldn't have.

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..

Almost everyone of us has had the thought of shifting personalities once or twice, or maybe just in some situations, that we couldn't respond to in the way we wished we could. So, if you are the kind of people, that tend to experiment with things, or sometimes trying something, that might not end well, this movie will give you the shivers; otherwise it might be a little bit uninteresting. As for the movie itself, there really is little new in the horror elements, although they are not typical slasher style, like Saw or Hostel (and i didn't give any of them more than 6), and there are some crazy shots. But if you have your own story, or maybe just a fantasy or fear, that you can refer to, you must see Jekyll+Hyde, but beware, it might mess with your head:P. The acting isn't all bad, and that especially goes to the main character, who is actually two characters, and is more than just watchable (and Martha is hot).I guess the actual rating should be 8/9, but i gave it a 10, because it's the first movie since i was thirteen, that i had nightmares after i saw it (and i really missed that:).