While I posted this film as a “Suspense/Thriller” the exact intent of the movie seemed unclear to me. Throughout the film I couldn’t really tell whether the director was trying to make a horror movie, a thriller, or a drama. Overall, the movie wasn’t scary enough to be a horror movie. It wasn’t suspenseful enough to be a thriller. And it wasn’t interesting enough to be an effective drama.

The characters were completely unrealistic, they spewed unrealistic dialogue, and they are placed in unrealistic situations. I can’t imagine anyone being able to relate to any of the characters in this film, because no such characters could possibly exist in the real-world.

A good example of this unbelievable scriptwriting is shown from the start. Shortly after their friend dies of a drug overdose, we find the group of medical students out at a club partying it up. One of them pulls out a handful of homemade narcotics, and they start chasing them down with shots. Apparently the trauma of their friend’s drug-induced death was quickly forgotten, and they decided to throw all caution to the wind with a night of alcohol and drug consumption. The movie is riddled with these inconceivable scenarios, and it kept me detached from the story.

There was no real plot or character development in the movie at all. “J” decides to ruin his prosperous medical career to pursue his illegal drug experiment for no discernable reason. There was no motive behind his actions, and we never get a chance to really know “J” before he becomes Hyde.

There were a couple aspects of the film that I found redeeming, which included an intense “Russian Roulette” scene. Additionally, I found the special makeup fx to be rather good.

But these few good points are far outweighed by the rather dull, undeveloped, and unbelievable plot, with unrealistic characters to boot.