What should I say about this short film....well lets start with the fake reviews!To the IMDb liars who compared this movie to 'The Thing' and 'Life' I hope there is a special place for you in bell, lol, there really is no comparison! It doesn't even deserve being mentioned in the same breath. As for praising Dakota Fanning she was uber lame, maybe she can act but she showcased absolutely none of her acting skills in this movie! The monster, script and dialogue were all shocking. The best part of this film was the end which mercifully comes fairly quickly. I urge you to watch this pathetic excuse for entertainment and make your own minds up. Just don't pay any money to do so or those involved may be able to make more films this would be a travesty/tragedy. As for the low score it may be a tad harsh it's possibly a 3 but a few 1's will re-balance the ridiculously high fake score this debacle currently enjoys! Shame IMDb used to be very reliable but these charlatans posting fake scores are destroying the sites credibility.... Off with their heads.

Zygote is a short scifi horror film with outstanding production values and led by Dakota Fanning.The first thing you notice is how good it all looks and sounds, this is a film with money and talent behind it and it shows.Telling the story of two survivors of some horrific event in a base while being stalked by a gigantic creature seemingly made up of the body parts of its victims.Though it does only stand at around 20 minutes and therefore isn't an entire story it does entertain regardless.I would love to see a full length version of this, a sequel perhaps?!The Good: Monster looks incredible Dakota Fanning is actually on decent form Fantastic production values The Bad: Messy plot Things I learnt from this movie: Closing doors to block the big bad monster chasing you is too obvious

Running at just over 20 minutes, then "Zygote" was initially a movie that I would have passed on, as I am not keen on short films. But I read the synopsis for it and found it to be sounding like it might actually be worth the time and effort.And let me be the first to say wow! "Zygote" turned out to be a rather entertaining and thrilling short film. I must admit that writers Thomas Sweterlitsch, Terri Tatchell and writer/director Neill Blomkamp had put together something quite good.Sure, this was blatantly an imitation of "The Thing", but that hardly mattered, because "Zygote" in your face from the very beginning. There wasn't any tallying about.And with a cast that included just two people, Jose Pablo Cantillo and Dakota Fanning, then there was a certain amount of pressure riding on the two performers. It should be said that they did perform quite well and carried the movie phenomenally. It was a rather nice surprise to see Dakota Fanning in a movie such as this.The creature was rather interesting and it definitely came off as being realistic given the impressive CGI used. So thumbs up for the CGI and special effects department on their accomplishment here.It would be great to see "Zygote" as a full length feature film, although I can't really see what it would bring to the genre that hasn't already been done and seen in movies such as "The Thing". But still, with the entertainment level that they managed to pull off with just 20 minutes, then it would be fun to watch a full length movie with this stuff."Zygote" is definitely well worth the time and effort if you enjoyed "The Thing". I am rating "Zygote" 7 out of 10 stars.

"Zygote" is a Canadian English-language short film just released the other day, so this 2017 film is really new and fresh. The writer and director is South African Oscar nominee Neill Blomkamp, which explains its instant popularity I guess. I must say I really really loved his breakthrough movie "District 9", but this one we got here does not do that much for me and sadly overall I am not too much in favor of his Oats Studios works recently. The first was maybe still the best. Anyway, this one runs for 22 minutes and 22 seconds and stars Jose Pablo Cantillo and (the probably more known) Dakota Fanning. As always with Blomkamp, you could describe it as creature horror, but here the one component that makes his films usually so strong is missing: I am of course talking about the national component. For example District 9 would not have worked outside of South Africa because of the high quantity of references about race, racism and more. Maybe that's the reason why I did not end up liking these slightly over 20 minutes. Or maybe it is that I am in general not a great SciFi fan. I see this is receiving pretty good ratings, so maybe if you like the genres SciFi and horror, then you can check this one out. Not even the claustrophobic component that I usually appreciate in films did a whole lot for me. Same goes for the ending, which felt abrupt and not really good in a way where you could discuss it after the movie. The acting is okay, it's not an actors' film at all I guess, more about the effects and maybe the story, so you can't blame Cantillo or Fanning for the mediocre outcome, even if this film does not change my opinion that the younger Fanning is the more talented. All in all, I am disappointed. I hope Blomkamp can return to his best with his full feature works in the future again. His more recent stuff (also outside of Oats Studios) left me underwhelmed.