Edward Douglas

Edward Douglas is the main character and Edward Prendick counterpart in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film).

Chronology
Edward Douglas was a U.N. agent who boarded a plane to Jakarta to form a peace settlement. The plane crashed in the Java Sea and he escaped in a life raft with two other men. They got in a fight which ended in the other two dying and Douglas surviving. He was picked up by Montgomery's Ombak Penari. He was awake for a few seconds to hear Montgomery on the phone being told to conduct experiments on him. He wakes up again and converses with Montgomery. Near the island shore, Montgomery suggests he stay on the island to get picked up after they send a message from their radio tower. Edward agrees. On the way to Moreau's compound, Montgomery shows that the tower is in need of repair but Montgomery can fix it.

R.G.V. Moreau
Douglas condemns Moreau for creating the Beast-folk. They pull out conflicting bible verses about forgiveness to prove their point. Douglas considers Moreau in the same league as dealing with the devil, for creating the beast-folk, to which Moreau replies that he's only trying to stamp the devil out of the genepool.

Montgomery
Douglas is rescued by Montgomery. When Montgomery refers to a drug by "Jimi Hendrix", Douglas is alarmed if he's a real doctor, to which Montgomery answers that he's more of a vet. Montgomery gets in Douglas's way of leaving repeatedly. He convinces Douglas to stay on the island so a radio signal can be sent out but the tower is down. Montgomery also traps Douglas in a room with bars over the window. When Douglas tries to fix or use the radio tower, Montgomery had removed a necessesay part to prevent Douglas from getting help. Montgomery uses Douglas's concern of Aissa getting the serum to get him to stay. But after Moreau dies, Montgomery destroys all the serum.

Aissa
Douglas first meets Aissa dancing to "Night Bird" with her eyes closed. She notices and is shocked. Douglas apoligizes and introduces himself. Aissa compliments his hands. When Douglas finds out that Moreau is creating animal-human hybrids. Aissa promises to take him off the island if he doesn't tell anyone about Moreau. He agrees and she takes him to the sayer-of-the-law, keeping him safe from Beast-folk. When Douglas threatens to shoot Moreau, Aissa gets in the way which stops Douglas.

Beast folk
Douglas is conflicted between wishing that the beast-folk were not created in the first place and taking care of the beast-folk that currently do exist. Even with Aissa all the other humans dead, Douglas stops the Hyena-Swine from tyranically ruling over the Beast-folk. Since Moreau and his team died and the serum was destroyed, Douglas promises to return to the island with scientists who could recreate the serum to restore the beast-folk Moreau had already made, but the Sayer of the Law declines, saying that they were meant to be animals after all and giving the implication that more beast-folk would be made if scientists were to discover the island. So Douglas leaves and tells the story of the island as a warning, leaving out only its coordinates.

Comparison to other versions

 * Edward Parker in Island of Lost Souls (1932 film): Edward is torn between leaving for freedom and staying to keep the catwoman safe.