Godsend Movie Review 2004

Playing like a dozen similar demon-child redos, pic tries for originality by combining modern technology with typical genre supernatural creepiness. Cute 8-year-old Adam Duncan is a killed in a freak auto accident. Grieving parents Paul (Kinnear) and Jessie (Romijn-Stamos) have no sooner buried their adored son when they are approached by Dr. Wells (De Niro) who offers to harvest their dead son's cells for cloning and subsequent rebirth via Jessie. Naturally, the couple agree. When the Adam clone reaches his 8th birthday, however, things start to go eerily awry. Kinnear and Romijn-Stamos are convincing while De Niro has more problems with his cliched character.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 102 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Supernatural Horror, Mad Scientists, Parenthood, Cloning Around, Genetics, Psycho-Thriller

Screenplay

Mark Bomback

Cast

Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Cameron Bright, Robert De Niro, Merwin Mondesir, Deborah Odell, Jack Simons, Elle Downs

Cinematography

Kramer Morgenthau

Director

Nick Hamm

Music

Brian Tyler

Other

Bill McMillan, Steve Mirkovich, Niven Howie, T. Arrinder Grewal, Suzanne McCabe, Doug Kraner

Producer

Cathy Schulman, Marc Butan, Sean O'Keefe, 2929 Entertainment, Lions Gate Films