The Breach

And it currently is rated 4.9? That's wayyy too high. So, here's the story; campers discover a canoe with very grissley remains. Cop shows up and determines only one guy has been up river and works with the outfitter/ guide/ blind bombshell who escorted the guy to a house way up river. A very remote location that is difficult to locate. Upon arrival at the house they discover a mcGiver version of a particle physics laboratory ala CERN in the attic. Really. Then somehow the missing guy's wife manages to find her way to this same remote house and she just says she's there to find her missing daughter. Meanwhile the weird missing guy shows up at this house. Ok, who was in the canoe? They tell us that DNA says it was him. Ummm Anyway, the wife hacks the guts computer watches some videos and goes wack. She then follows her missing daughter into the portion of the attic that has the particle collider in it. And becomes drippy goey human along with a dozen others. The cop set the place on fire and does not get on on time. The blond bombshell apparently gets eaten by other bloody goey humans but then shows up at her home pregnant and ok. Did you find this hard to follow? Yup, that's this movie.

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There are some kind of cool practical effects but they're shown in bright light and the digital enhancement is not good. It reminded me very much of From Beyond but with a drastically lower budget. Some monsters near the end just kind of seem like zombies stumbling around outside, which is disappointing. The idea isn't bad but as a horror fan, I really want a lot more practical effects and the lighting is rather flat. You can see elements of The Fly in there too but it's not really unique enough on its own. The pacing is a tad slow too although I was entertained enough. The ending was great. I probably wouldn't watch it again though.

Couple of effects reminiscent of "The Fly", which I liked very much back in the day. Ignore all the haters who can't watch anything without chi, the effects were good enough. Set decorations were excellent, that must have taken real time and effort..acting was more than adequate, scenery was pretty... Premise behind the tech was completely ignored though, which should have been better fleshed out (pun intended). The whole CERN opening the doorway shtick could also have been bettered explained for the average non-physicists. Watch this!!!! The similarities of one special guest to my ex-wife were truly shocking (joke).

The only 'real' acting is when the main lead kiss his co star near the end of this movie. There's no other highlight or memorable scene in it because of mostly the bad acting, plot is full with hole and no explanation to viewer as why or what the main villain's motive and wonky or bad camera shot. The special effect or makeup for the creature is the only good thing in this movie. Unique in its own way. But the scene is quite funny when they walk lumbering toward the co star like a zombie but with many hole in their head. Overall, watching this movie should be the last thing to do if you really didn't know what else to do with your time.

This film has a few things going for it and overall I found it to be enjoyable. It's far from perfect though. The creature design was absolutely fantastic, it's been a while since I've been so impressed. Shame they weren't used more often and earlier. The concept, while being a blatant rip off of H. P. Lovecraft, is enticing and creepy. Shame they didn't really go into any depth with it. You end the film not knowing much about the breach at all. The pacing, of the main storyline, is poor. We get so much unneeded back story about the characters it leaves not much time for the scary. These characters are not interesting, the strange goings on are and good horror filmmakers recognise this. The acting is of a poor standard. Not outrageously poor but it is a little distracting. Some of the dialogue is not really helping the actors though, it isn't all their fault. All in all worth a watch if you are a horror fan, a solid effort.

Clearly didn't have a huge budget. So what. At least they got some money and made a film. I love this genre, and I think they made a film that overall works. Cinematography and lighting was great. Some of the exterior day wide shots looked a little amateur. But then all the night scenes and interior were right on par with big budget films of the same genre. Writing. I was surprised the writer and director weren't the same person, because there were a lot of lines that I'm sure looked good on paper that should have been thrown out on the day or in the final cut. Luke warm comedy or not so witty attempts at saying something clever. Acting. Not bad. Just bland. I'm sure they'd all do great on Television like NCIS or something. But none of their performances go beyond what was written on the page. None of their personalities show through enough for you to really care about any of the characters. Directing. All of the acting notes and writing notes could have been greatly improved by a good director. The Actors could clearly make words believable, a good director could have pushed them out of their comfort a little more. The script had good structure. A good director could have tossed some of the obvious exposition and silly side lines. So, I'm gonna blame whatever is lacking about this film on budget and directing. Because all the other bad parts could have been helped there first. Still enjoyed it. Probably would enjoy it a lot if you were stoned or on some other substance that lowers your expectations. Don't do drugs. Lol.

Entertained to the end is kind of my requirement for a 5. The first 1/2 was good sci-fi mystery. Hard to do something "new" under this sun. It's somewhat novel , would be a page turner if a novel to about 1/2 ways. As the plot develops it does a pretty good job not over foreshadowing the end. Recommend. Last half has some missing pieces and stupid characters decisions to keep it going. Ends more like a horror movie with than a sci-fi, and it lacks "the inquisitive" science person helping the police with the sci finpart of it , which in always enjoy. You won't be thinking about it 10 minutes after it's over but you won't t feel your time was wasted. Kind of has that 50s sci-fi feel to it. Smonet country sheriff runs into super advanced, advanced but obsessive deranged physicist.

This movie presents as a disjointed cluster of scenes with too many side stories thrown into the mix. The depth of character in the actors is sadly lacking cohesion. There is very little connectivity as the movie lunges from scene to scene. The fright scenes are blatantly juvenile and lack conviction. The special effects are bordering on goofy. It appears that filming began prematurely to production conceivability and full maturation of dialogue and script. Overall efforts felt inexperienced and sophomoric. I feel the basic concept was justified and the entire production needed a fairly large amount of fine tuning.