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Godsend - Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Robert De Niro, Nick Hamm

Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities

Movie propaganda

Adam Duncan
Born: 11 December 1987
Died: 12 December 1995
Born: 23 September 1996

In the tradition of Rosemary's baby and The others this taut and gripping thriller tells the story of devoted parents who are willing to do anything to resurrect their murdered son.

When Jessie (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) and Paul's (Greg Kinnear) 8-year-old son Adam is tragically killed on his birthday, Richard (Robert De Niro), a doctor on the forefront of genetic research, befriends his former student Jessie and her husband at the height of mourning. He leads the couple in a desperate attempt to reverse the rules of nature and clone their son. The experiment is successful and under Richard's watchful eye, Adam grows into a healthy and happy young boy, until his 8th birthday.

After his birthday, things go horribly wrong. The "new" Adam begins to suffer from night terrors and frightening flashbacks as a sinister personality begins to emerge. Jessie and Paul are terrified of their son and his cold, vacant stare.

Persons of interest

Greg Kinnear .... Paul Duncan
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos .... Jessie Duncan
Robert De Niro .... Dr Richard Wells
Cameron Bright .... Adam Duncan
Jenny Levine .... Sandra Shaw
Deborah Odell .... Tanya
Janet Bailey .... Cora
Marcia Bennett .... Principal Hersch
Raoul Bhaneja .... Samir Miklat
Devon Bostick .... Zachary
Christopher Britton .... Dr Lieber
Leslie Ann Coles .... Patricia Foist
Elle Downs .... Clara Sandler
Mark Bomback .... Screenwriter
Nick Hamm .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Godsend official movie site
Godsend QuickTime movie trailers

Awards and film festivals:

See also AI: Artificial Intelligence, The 6th day, The omen
Studios and distributors:

Lions Gate Films * Hoyts Distribution

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Oh boy. Godsend is another one of those films that famous actors do so that they can:

earn money;
keep working;
have their agent tell people they're still working;
have money to pay their agent to tell people they're still working.

The concept that DNA - fragments of DNA! - can record full sound and colour memories is ludicrous. There just isn't enough storage space in DNA to record eight years of experiences: sight, sound, taste, smell, touch, emotions, thoughts. One can barely fit a two hour movie onto a DVD let alone 70,128 hours onto some scraps of protein.

Oy.