{"id":86254,"date":"2026-10-26T21:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=86254"},"modified":"2026-10-26T21:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:46:05","slug":"movie-review-clayface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/movie-review-clayface\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review – Clayface"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Bob Garver<\/p>\n\n\n

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            \u201cClayface\u201d follows actor Matt Hagen (Tom Rhys Harries), as he seduces the wrong mobster\u2019s girlfriend, gets his face mangled, and undergoes radical cell-rejuvenation treatments to get his movie-star good looks back. He then goes too far and realizes that the cells can not only make him look like himself again, they can make him look like anyone else. They can even turn his body into any-\u201cthing\u201d else. He uses these newfound powers to get revenge on those who wronged him, but then he goes overboard on that too. Those familiar with Clayface lore know that eventually he\u2019ll be a full-fledged villain that goes up against Batman, though no version of the Caped Crusader appears in this film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            A few creative decisions stand out. Impressive body horror is on display, as the cells don\u2019t always know what a healthy human body is supposed to look like (and Matt decides to do unnatural things with his body anyway). Several transformations are done silently and instantaneously, which on one hand is undeniably \u201cclean,\u201d but on the other seems like a shortcut to accommodate the film\u2019s surprisingly-limited $44 million budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Whatever \u201cClayface\u201d does right with its visual style is undone by its cookie-cutter villain origin story. And yet, even though I\u2019m not recommending this movie, I would like to see more movies like it. Batman\u2019s rogues gallery is one of the most colorful in all of media, and a hungry young filmmaker could do wonders for an as-yet underutilized baddie. I can sense a really good Batman villain spinoff on the horizon, it\u2019s just not this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: C<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClayface\u201d is rated R for strong bloody violence, gore, language, some nudity, and brief drug use. Its running time is 108 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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