I'm giving this movie a 10, mainly because there's way too many people that seem to demand far to much from movies these days.This movie delivered exactly what it intended to. That is a story that unfolds in unknown ways as the movie progresses and one that isn't predictable either. To many movies these days loose all sense of enjoyment by being Hollywood copy cats of ideas that have been done many times before.To be fair this idea has seen very similar threads in shows like 'The Outer Limits' for example but I really enjoyed the way it was put in a Russian setting and showed multiple dimensions to an infiltrated location.I'm not giving away anything in this review but wanted to mention that the sets, props, special effects and acting was terrific.There's nothing I would pick on, it's a great piece of film making and I only hope the creators are not discouraged by the sheer number of silly reviews out there (I mean seriously saying a film is not bad but giving it only 4 or 5 stars is like telling a University student that there not bad and have potential but they only get 40% in an exam. Hardly fair).Well done and I look forward to a sequel.

Think...Astro Zombies, only without any of the hideous B movie, campy charm. This movie is yet another example of how the producer, the director and anyone else who put money into the thing begged their parents and siblings to write a positive review about it, thus tricking us into believing it is some kind of avant-garde, grindfest miracle. I am actually speechless as I try to describe the vacuous banality of this awful...thing. I can't even call it a movie, as that would be giving it too much credit. I do not have any technical, academic or practical expertise in script writing, directing, casting etc., but must say, I am convinced, with about a few hundred grande, I could make a far superior movie, with no training, going on intuition alone. That's how bad this movie is. And you don't even have to be original to make it watchable. Just copy Alien, The Thing, The Bourne Identity and 24, and abracadabra, a watchable sci-fi horror is born, making way more money and notoriety than something so bogged down by utter incompetence. I'd rewatch Astro Zombies anyday.

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.

A group of mercenaries are sent on a mission to get something important from an underground research facility in Eastern Europe.Scintilla is a film that shares some common ground with last year's Frankenstein's Army. After all, it is about a group of soldiers infiltrating a grungy underground bunker and discovering strange experiments therein. But it lacks the sheer imagination of that film unfortunately. It has some interesting ideas though, but most of the best threads are never developed very much, such as the skeleton faced biker or the bubble headed underground defenders of the laboratory or even the man with the mutating arm. All of these ideas show great promise but not much is made of them. Not only that but when we do discover the nature of the Scintilla project it is a little underwhelming. So there are areas where this movie fell a little short and others where it didn't build on its own good ideas. Having said all that, it's not really a bad film either. 'Corridors underground' sci-fi/horror films are notorious for being awfully tedious, on account of the limited sets and action. Scintilla at least tries to make its limited set-up a little interesting and it never really gets boring. It doesn't really add up to anything particularly great but it's entertaining enough and does have some memorable moments, even if it ultimately doesn't make the most of its potential.