A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 23 nominations
Edward Hamilton-Clark
- Fred
- (as Edward Hamilton Clark)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRay Liotta was cast in the film in February 2022, but he died in May that year before he could film his scenes. Dennis Quaid replaced him, but Liotta is still mentioned in the director's "Thank You Notes" during the credits.
- GoofsThe toilet mirror reappears intact after being repeatedly smashed during the fight sequence.
- Quotes
Elisabeth Sparkle: There's been a slight misuse of the Substance.
- Crazy creditsA special thanks in the credits is given to the many extras in the theater scene, who got covered in blood.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Project: Episode dated 20 September 2024 (2024)
- SoundtracksPump It Up
Written by Michael Hall, Leonardo Stella
Performed by Earl Gregory
Produced by Julien Deguines
Featured review
Let me start with the positives. There are a LOT of them. The casting? Perfect. The acting? Pretty flawless. All performances drew me in and added greatly to the story. The concept was phenomenal and super interesting. A really great idea for a movie. The cinematography was unique and very good. The score also greatly added to the suspense. The first 2 thirds of the movie executed all of these things to a T
So why 6 stars? THE ENDING. Took the believable and suspenseful story aspects and threw them out the window in favor of indulging the director's Cronenberg fantasy and desire to max out the special effects budget. It came off as completely disorganized, almost like they had no idea what to do with the ending or any desire to make it interesting. A movie with so much going for it and I left the theater disappointed.
Side notes: enough with the butt shots. We get what you're trying to do, that's enough. Also, if you want to disgust your audience, put in the work in the writers room. Adding over the top squelching sounds to almost every scene is lazy.
So why 6 stars? THE ENDING. Took the believable and suspenseful story aspects and threw them out the window in favor of indulging the director's Cronenberg fantasy and desire to max out the special effects budget. It came off as completely disorganized, almost like they had no idea what to do with the ending or any desire to make it interesting. A movie with so much going for it and I left the theater disappointed.
Side notes: enough with the butt shots. We get what you're trying to do, that's enough. Also, if you want to disgust your audience, put in the work in the writers room. Adding over the top squelching sounds to almost every scene is lazy.
- downthepond
- Oct 2, 2024
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Thần Dược
- Filming locations
- La Maison du Caviar - 21 Rue Quentin Bauchart, Paris 8, Paris, France(Elisabeth and Harvey at the restaurant)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $17,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,381,350
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,205,212
- Sep 22, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $55,437,207
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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