Scintilla

2014
Scintilla
4.6| 1h34m| en| More Info
Released: 28 February 2014 Released
Producted By: AV Pictures
Country: United Kingdom
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From a torturous cell in Africa, Abel Powell is released and given the chance to regroup his team of skilled mercenaries for one last job. A top scientist will guide them half a mile underground through an ex-Soviet bunker to extract the vital specimens and information being paid for by a mysterious backer, but what they seek should never have been found!

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Sean Curtin 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.
hissy23 I knew nothing of this movie, hadn't even heard of it before watching, therefore I had few expectation and to be honest didn't expect to last more than 10 - 15 mins. And I almost gave up during the first act - I'm not a fan of Dirty Dozen vs The Alien type action movies. But I'm so glad I kept watching. Superb.Something about the setting, the atmosphere and the alien just got under my skin. I found it truly disturbing - in a good way if that's possible. It unnerved me in a way big budget mainstream sci-fi / horror movies usually fail to. In my opinion it is a Prometheus on a small budget - creepy and uncomfortable but beautiful in it's simplicity.So glad I watched - this will stay with me for weeks ... those eyes!!!Well Done All.
guglnalog123456 Some spoilers included, if it is possible to spoil this trash.I thought this flick might be something at least decent, but after 30 minutes, I just jumped forward to the end.Acting is bad even for B-movies. Camera is also bad. Script is non- existent, looks like somebody tried to mix Mad Max with current Washington politics. Driving a Toyota with machine gun is out of place for many reasons, and "brave" protagonist of the movie are using East German Wartburg (or it was Trabant).Everything is out of place, including land mines, weapons, languages etc.The idea is so stupid it does not deserve "Sci" in sci-fi. It could be placed in "St-fi" genre for it is stupid-fiction.It is obvious somebody needed this kind of trash to depict pro-Russian militia as criminals and murderers. That is Washington part of the mix.Total garbage, find something else.
Darren Petts This is one of those films that values telling a story above effects. These are all too few and far between these days.The negative. With the notable exception of the hybrids eyes the rest of the effects are both pretty thin on the ground and pretty poor. This is of fairly low importance to be honest though. I watch a film for the story. The effects are just icing. Too few films provide any cake to put the icing on, believing the icing alone will carry the day. The Hybrid provides plenty of cake but the budget didn't allow for that bit of icing that'd have made it great.The good. Crackingly told story which is more impressive as it takes quite some time before you actually know what the story is. The mercenaries are not supermen or Rambo. They are not even particularly good looking. They are very believable though. The Hybrids are weird with an utterly unfathomable perspective. The screenwriter and the director have put in a great deal of both effort and ability into this film and it's paid off. The sets are perfect for the atmosphere too. Like a previous reviewer I too found the mercenary leader's sandwich eating to be odd at first then a tension release valve. A great little insertion in the proceedings.All in a good film with an unusual and well told story. I just wish they'd had that slightly bigger budget to buy some icing for that excellent cake they produced.