Tag: Marlon Brando

The Island of Dr. Moreau Year: 1996 Rating: PG-13 Length: 96 minutes / 1.60 hours As a fan of H.G. Wells’ works, I was intrigued by the negative reception The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) received in this latest film adaptation of the novel of the same name. Surely it couldn’t be as bad as everyone says it was? Having obtained the Director’s Cut of the movie on DVD, I finally found an evening to sit down and watch it and can confirm it was pretty bad. Not so bad it’s good, but that’s the problem. For a movie that had both the up-and-coming Val Kilmer and the respected titan Marlon Brando, it’s weird that both actors play such minor roles in this film. Of course, if you read more about the troubled production, you’ll know why the result is a bit of a mess. But ignoring these behind-the-scenes facts, it’s difficult to watch this movie and wonder what the point of it all was....