A Major Disappointment

The first must-see film of the year.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

A group of 8 mercenaries break into an isolated secret Eastern Block facility on a mission to obtain/destroy a project deep inside a maze. The film is marketed as "Scintilla" and "The Hybrid." It isn't hard to figure out from the titles and DVD cover we are talking about some kind of human hybrid. Yes and PLOT SPOILER EXPLANATION OF FILM the DNA they cross humans with, is from a 2.4 billion year old meteor found in the Soviet permafrost. Forgetting the fact DNA breaks down, they cross it with human DNA and plan on getting an offspring from two hybrids that is more alien than human because....we can.The characters were fine. I wish they had expanded them a bit more. Their entrance into the facility was good scene and started the feature off with promise. The maze wasn't too bad, but they could have made that better and the last third which was hurt by low budget.Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

This film is not anywhere nearly as bad as the IMDb score would suggest. I almost did not watch this film purely because the score was so bad. It has helped me to re-evaluate what I accept as a decent score on IMDb.In the past, I used to avoid any films that scored less than 5.0 on IMDb. However, I have watched a few films under 5.0 (including The Hybrid) that are ridiculously under-rated.No, The Hybrid is not have a spectacularly original plot, but the plot is engaging nonetheless and the acting is solid and effects are good. In general, it is an entertaining film. There is no need to drop it to such a low rating, I have seen so much worse at a higher rating.The ridiculously low rating of this film has made me distrustful of IMDb's user rating system. Although, to be fair, anything I've seen under a 4.5 has genuinely been awful.My advice would be (if you're reading this) is to go check the numerous critic opinions before accepting user opinions, since, in my experience, they seem to be more objective (and true).This is a good film with good acting, decent (if not entirely original) plot and believable effects.I've given it a 10 purely because I believe other have under-rated it excessively. I feel I should try to bring the bar up. My real feelings are that it's a 6.

It starts like any B movie, and it can be a little boring at the beginning but continues excellently.Nobody really knows what kind of experiments the Russians were running during the cold war, so the story feels almost real.The general acting is very convincing. This is how real mercenaries may look like, and how they surely work. The civil war/postwar scenes located somewhere near Russia, also contributes with the dark scenario needed to create tension.You must know that this movie is not "The Expendables". There were a few good surprises and it got me intrigued till the end.It's a good job.

I think that's the best scene where the alien escapes over the wall and he looks in his coat-pocket and finds a sandwich. The recurring sandwich that seems so out of place in the beginning. Here is this special forces guy on a huge underground mission and he takes out a lunch bag with a sandwich in it. It looks bizarre at that early point in the movie. It makes you question the seriousness of the forthcoming scenes. Once you get immersed in this cavernous thriller, you soon realize that the sandwich is actually the symbol of normality. Amongst the completely crazy action, the sandwich creates this release of tension and makes you laugh. The alien hybrids looked insane woah. I was seriously freaked out lol. This is a great sci-fi movie. It could be horror also.