by 1986 and director david cronenberg be one of the rise star in the horror genre and have a bright career in his natal canada where he have directer modern classic such a the brood and scanner and the masterpiece of the genre and videodrome . after direct his first movie in the u. s. and the dead zone in 1983 and cronenberg be choose to direct his first big budget project in the u. s. represent the remake of the classic movie the fly . the plot of the original movie be keep at it core and a brilliant scientist and seth brundle ( jeff goldblum ) and create a teleporting machine and but when he experiment teleport himself and something go wrong and he get combine with a fly . that be the plot outline and all the movie have in common with the original and because cronenberg take a whole different approach to the story . while in the original movie the doctor turn himself into a giant fly and in cronenberg movie seth brundle doesn not change instantly and his mutation be progressive and at first not apparent but later he become a new creature and something that have never exist before and a brundle describe himself and he become the offspring of man and fly . the script be simply brilliant and not only it explore seth brundle tragedy and the inclusion of geena davis a the reporter who fall in love with the scientist only to discover that his lover be slowly change into something unnatural play an important part in brundle tragedy . the story be full of metaphor and it be the ultimate romance or horror tragedy . now and all this would not be possible without the acting of both goldblum and davis and their chemistry together be remarkable and their performance carry the film with the power enough to give u insight in the tragedy that slowly get in the middle of their love . david cronenberg direction be outstanding and this be one of his best work . the fly truly show his progression a an artist and it be an important step in his career . in the fly he successfully mix the character study of previous work like the brood or the dead zone with the sfx pack action of scanner and videodrome . this be without a doubt one of his most accomplished picture . overall and i could go on praise this film and yet it would not be enough . the fly be not only a modern classic of the horror genre ( so much that it have cast a shadow over the original ) and it be a perfect example of the art of film making . positive .