HYBRID is another bottom-dollar TV movie that has something to do with the Sci-Fi channel in the US. It never should have been released. Advertised as some kind of werewolf film, in reality this is nothing more than an excuse to fill a TV slot on a Friday night and it has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Bland leading man Cory Monteith (I blame the script rather than the actor) stars as a security guard who has his eyes burnt out in a fire. He ends up having the corneas of a wolf transplanted into his own, which leads to perfect vision, but some unwelcome side effects as well. Monteith soon finds himself running in the woods at night while Native Americans, scientists, and the police hunt him down.
The story is plot less and dull and what could have been the set-up for a fun, cheesy horror film is wasted through inactivity and dullness. Never has a film been so boring as in the many scenes of Monteith walking around acting wolf-like. Some genre clichés pop up here and there (there's a bar-room brawl and a brief bloody attack in the woods at night) but they're shown in snippets rather than in full and for 90% of the film it's just inaction and lifelessness. A heck of a lot of stock footage of wolves is used but even when they tint it purple it doesn't look interesting.
I don't mind B-movies in general and I realise that, due to their low budgets, they're never going to have the same technical qualities or level of acting you'd find in a Hollywood blockbuster. Generally, though, B-movies compensate for their lackings through increased campiness, lots of action, and special effects to keep your mind off the other inadequacies. Not so here. I also want to make special mention of heroine Tinsel Korey who is one of the most unattractive and downright glum actresses I've ever seen in a leading role; if only she'd smile once in a while she might have been more appealing, but no, her character is a total non-event. As is the film.
The story is plot less and dull and what could have been the set-up for a fun, cheesy horror film is wasted through inactivity and dullness. Never has a film been so boring as in the many scenes of Monteith walking around acting wolf-like. Some genre clichés pop up here and there (there's a bar-room brawl and a brief bloody attack in the woods at night) but they're shown in snippets rather than in full and for 90% of the film it's just inaction and lifelessness. A heck of a lot of stock footage of wolves is used but even when they tint it purple it doesn't look interesting.
I don't mind B-movies in general and I realise that, due to their low budgets, they're never going to have the same technical qualities or level of acting you'd find in a Hollywood blockbuster. Generally, though, B-movies compensate for their lackings through increased campiness, lots of action, and special effects to keep your mind off the other inadequacies. Not so here. I also want to make special mention of heroine Tinsel Korey who is one of the most unattractive and downright glum actresses I've ever seen in a leading role; if only she'd smile once in a while she might have been more appealing, but no, her character is a total non-event. As is the film.