By Thomas Puhr
Like its
conflicted protagonist, Maurice Haeems’ Chimera
(2018) suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. On the one hand, it is a
cerebral piece of speculative science-fiction: Henry Ian Cusick (playing it
straight) is Quint, a scientist who freezes his children while searching for
a cure to their life-threatening illness. On the other hand, it is a gleefully
over-the-top ode to B-movies: Kathleen Quinlan (hamming it up) costars as
Masterson, a mysterious woman funding Quint’s experiments in hopes of reviving
her husband. Some wild shifts in tone make Chimera
uneven yet unpredictable. Its final third packs an undeniable punch.
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