LD 50/Lethal Dose. (2003) – Simon De Selva.

Simon De Selva's amusingly bizarre Sci-horror misfire finds a fractious group of animal rights activists trapped deep within a labyrinthine underground facility, their fates mirroring the poor creatures they are so desperate to free! Ruthlessly tormented by a demented pseudo scientist, their malign unseen oppressor unleashing a disorienting salvo of otherworldly phenomena! While the cast's performances vary in enjoyability, Scary Spice, Katherine Towne, and a distractingly pretty, Tom Hardy are engaging protagonists in this neglected, splendidly kooky subterranean psychodrama. Like the thinly etched characters misguided altruistic odyssey, screenwriter, Matthew McGuchan's wobbly text is not without one or two missteps. To be fair, after a somewhat inauspicious start LD 50 ably provides a number of grisly set-pieces and a rewardingly WTF climax. Not quite a forgotten cult movie, playing out like a bloodier, feature length episode of The X-Files, LD 50's innate eccentricity ultimately won me over. I'm fairly certain, De Selva's high voltage shocker may find greater favour amongst, Tom Hardy fans, and B-Freaks with a depthless tolerance for schlock-mongous Sci-Die shenanigans!