Errors of the Human Body

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This movie was an average medical drama about a man made virus but there was a twist toward the end. The story was ok n the plot was good n there was some tension n suspense. Acting was really great n the characters were likeable too. There was no action at all but it is a drama. The ending was good with a heartbreaking twist. I recommend this movie especially if you like medical dramas n good acting.

Geoff (Michael Eklund) is an American genetic doctor involved in prenatal testing. He is invited to work in Germany, which he accepts. Here we meet Rebekkah (Karoline Herfurth) who worked as an intern for him, a relationship we immediately can tell was not just professional. We also meet Jarek (Tómas Lemarquis) another scientist who Geoff doesn't like for no particular reason. The story starts out very simply and then cleverly builds layers while slowly revealing the past and its relevance to current times. I liked the plot construction and its integrate weaving of the past into an ironic ending. The main problem of this tale is that the characters are boring. They lack pizazz. The whole story is humorless, unless you consider the background score as the sound cells make when they divide. The dryness of the story overwhelms the clever plot weave. Parental Guide: f-bombs, brief sex, brief nudity (Caroline Gerdolle)

I rated this as a 2 just because of the clever ending. I have a rule ... if I start a film I finish watching it. This was a struggle. Acting mediocre to bad. Plot ... ponderous. In general not worth watching.

This review is Non-spoiler alert for the beginning.. I will caution you when spoiler is coming: HULU REVIEW - Recently added, not many ratings: Just finished watching. I couldn't go much higher than 4/10 for this movie. It's a slow-burn, 'twist-ending' style movie. I'd say, on a rainy Sunday, when you're trying to avoid doing the laundry - you could do worse than this movie... as long as IT'S FREE (never pay to see this movie) on a streaming service!! ~ Side note: I love Rik Mayall, just had to watch, even if it was to only see him again! *WARNING - BELOW ARE SPOILER ALERTS!* . . . Basically, Dr. X had a son with his wife, Sarah. The son had some AFU disease, and died in a week. It was such a rare disease, it was named after Dr. X. (He and wife are divorced/ing?). Dr. X also had a fling with his Grad student Rebekka - not really sure how long ago - at least 4 years, before the baby? Rebekka had Dr. X invited out to work on a project with her - regeneration, she was able to get it to work in reptiles, not mammals - she needed Dr. X. Neo-nazi, balled-boy (NNBB) is stealing vials of Rebekka's work, testing on mice. Dr. X follows NNBB'S assistant 1 day, find this out - and of course gets bitten by mouse = Now Dr. X has the genetic mutation. *'TWIST ENDING'*: Dr. X ends up contracting the same disease his son had... that's the 'secret' project Rebekka was working on - curing what killed his son. Dr. X goes off to some abandoned area to supposedly die, slices his wrists and... wakes up in a hospital bed. Where he's told what the genetic mutation was, and why he was so important. Both Dr. X and his son have some type of immunity (ie: it won't kill them). There was a flash instant several minutes before, showing Dr. X with his newborn suffering, and a pillow... nothing else. So, Rebekka asked, "You were able to cure yourself... why didn't your son not live through it?" (tears down her eyes.....), Dr. X, "I had no idea"..... END. . . I just save you 2 hours! YOU'RE WELCOME!

This film feels a bit mismarketed, it obviously doesn't have horror as a genre, but you can't exactly blame anybody who thought that was what they were getting into with its presentation on Hulu. In actuality, this is a dramatic suspense film with a doctor, played by Michael Ekuland, attempting to find the cure for the disease that killed his son. Now at a research center in Germany, he finds himself butting heads with a rival researcher who seems to be performing experiments behind the backs of his fellow colleagues. It is a good film, though its ending feels a little lackluster in comparison to an explosive confrontation preceeding it. Some reviewers may find to boring, but i believe this is again due to their expectations this will be similar to something like Cronenberg's The Fly, it's not. For what it's worth, it's an enjoyable thriller that you can easily switch on without fear of feeling really creeped out by the end.

Feels like someone found the 2/4's part of the script in the woods somewhere but didnt have the rest- decided to make the movie anyway and got lost.

Firstly the marketing is clearly wrong as horror it is not. Secondly it is just way too long, it has no substance to it whatsoever. Thirdly don't employ a TV actor who believes themselves to be a method actor as they take the job way to serious. This is the key problem with this film, it wants to be a serious piece and as the genre elicits it cannot be taken seriously. In the end you are just bored and care nothing for any of the characters, as for the actual ending, well that goes on for about thirty five minutes but feels like another hour and a half.

Some renowned but traumatized geneticist named Burton takes a job in Germany to establish some research lab there. We learn that his son was born with multiple cancers that developed in a matter of days and killed him. The disease came to be known as Burton's disease. His wife has already someone else in her life but he can't get over her. He's a complete wreck. At the institute he runs into Rebekka, a former student who surprises him with some remarkable news. She's developed an easter egg gene that re-generates tissues in amphibians. She cuts one in half and it starts uniting again. But she needs him to help her make the jump to mammals. But they also had a fling in the past. Also at the lab is another creepy researcher named Jarek who's also interested in Burton helping him. He wants to develop a mutation so that mosquitoes carry vaccines instead of viruses thus immunizing those they bite, instead of infecting them. It would be a great way to get eliminate diseases like malaria, so common in poor countries where mosquitoes abound. But because he's so creepy, acting more like a stalker, Burton doesn't want anything to do with him. But this guy is also experimenting on mice. Burton gets closer to Rebekka, who initially makes it clear that she wants the relationship to remain professional. One night he goes to her lab to leave a note. Instead he finds someone breaking into her lab and stealing a sample. He follows the guy to the mice lab where Jarek is. He uses the sample to inject a mouse. Burton decides to wait and later takes the mouse home with him and also one of Rebekka's many samples that Jarek has in the fridge. When Burton talks to the institute's director about the theft of Rebekka's work, he finds out that Jarek and Rebakka were research partners and that the easter egg discovery was a joint effort. From there on, Burton starts getting paranoid. He thinks he's being set up or used for some sinister purposes. He keeps calling his wife but now she won't talk to him. He keeps having visions of her pregnancy and the birth of the baby. While handling the mouse, it ended up biting him. He eventually ends up confronting everyone but his fate is sealed. Errors of the Human Body is a fantastic title for a movie. And the movie starts out strong giving you high hopes. But things don't at all turn out the way you hope. And that is unfortunate. The movie really takes us in a direction we don't want to go. One problem is the Burton character. He's too much of a wreck to root for. You sympathize with a him a bit, but not enough. So he makes a terrible lead character. Then there the Jarek character who's downright charicaturesque in his creepiness. The story is solid, if not excellent. And I'm giving this movie high marks for the science and the ideas. The problem is the execution. I did like the attention to detail, the little things, but overall a near fatal flaw of the movie is the European pace reduced almost to slow-motion. The movie isn't long but it feels like it's a 3 hour movie. While filmed in Dresden, a photogenic city, we get to see nothing of it. And as usual for something filmed in Germany, it's during winter. Are German actors banned by law from working when the sun shines? By their movie and TV productions, you would think that Germany suffers from an eternal winter. I'm rating this movie a bit higher than it deserves, for the main reason that it doesn't treat the audience like morons but gives it a lot to think about, and it does so until the very end.

This is not an epic or perfect movie. It isn't The Dark Knight or The Revenant. It is a sci-fi thriller, for the most part, I would say. It even has some goofy sci-fi parts that I could see would lower its rating. People will also complain because it is a German movie with a German actress. But I think that makes it even better. There are no big name actors that are world renowned, but the actors in this movies do a great job. Never once was I bored or not entertained, they actors told a great story the whole time. I even think the German actress made the movie even better by just being abnormal to what American audiences typically see; she made me think differently about what was going on. All the characters were unique and really made this movie what it is. The whole concept of the movie wasn't anything too mind blowing. But it did have a good plot twist or two. This movie isn't the quality of the mainstream mega movies, but it is a hidden gem that movie lovers, philosophers, and scientists alike will truly enjoy. This