Review – The Island of Dr. Moreau (1997)

If you’re low on your USRDA for ham-handed allegory, here’s a chance to get a dose that will last you for at least a year. The high point of this sad little film is Val Kilmer’s impersonation of Marlon Brando’s impersonation of the Queen of England struck down with leprosy. Though the majority of the animal violence is pretty obviously fake, slip-ups on the part of effects creator Stan Winston do little to excuse the brutish ickiness of this flick. See if desperate