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Gene-X (2006)
A low budget yet cleverly constructed thriller
Everything starts with the script. Major studios are infamous for throwing hundreds of millions at appalling scripts hoping to create something 'sponge worthy' - as Elaine from Seinfeld would say. This is a low budget Aussie thriller which gathers a talented cast, deftly put through their paces by director Martin Simpson. The story may start out in the traditional sense with a young naive medical research intern working late desperately trying to solve the mystery of a new virus however, the film begins its series of twists and turns from there. I am told that it was shot on high definition digital and this may show with some of the lighting and occasionally the sound may appear thin or hollow. However, what the film may lack in SFX is more than compensated by the panache of the over-all completed project.