Scintilla (2014)

Touches You

Good concept, poorly executed.

Crappy film

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

I really didn't have a problem with the basic premise of this movie, even if it has been done to a degree many times before in other movies. What I did object to, however, was how poorly done this particular version was. For starters, the movie moves at a glacial pace. Now, I am not one of those yahoo moviegoers who demands every movie move at a rapid pace from beginning to end; I realize that you do have to take time in a movie to set up the situations and characters. But the movie's first half all the same is way too slow, taking about double the time that another movie would take. Eventually I was asking the movie to simply get on with it. Actually, despite the slow pace of the first half of the movie, there are some parts of the story where the movie does NOT take its time. There are some very important plot points where desperately needed explanation is needed, but never happened. Whether the script was originally like this, or some important footage got left on the cutting room floor, I can't say for sure. All I can say is that the first half of the movie is extremely confusing. The second half of the movie is somewhat of an improvement over the first half. The pacing picks up, there is some action, and there is some plot explanation. But is it worth slogging through the first half of the movie? I say no. The movie still fails to engage the viewer, and you'll be counting the minutes before the movie finally ends. I say skip the entire package.

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.

So many times here on IMDb you will see good reviews for absolute garbage of a movie. Obviously people involved with the production were very active to provide good reviews because it benefits them only. I don't know what can be done to avoid this, but IMDb has to come up with some kind of safeguard, otherwise reviews and scoring will become totally irrelevant.That is the case for this piece of s. When you read these reviews after watching the movie it just makes you laugh and be angry at the same time because of obvious manipulation. Don't waste your time on this turd!

This had everything I want from a lower budget, idea driven video. I did not want to kill-off the main characters, which is not a given.The concept was developed and delivered quite well. Primarily it was easy to watch, no irritating aspects.Notwithstanding the fact it did not hit all the demographic pulling requirements nor the pop-culture mandates such as the ubiquitous LGBT genuflecting. If you can live without the aforementioned and like the genre, give this a try. I am accustomed to low-end budget movies that show it, primarily in the lack of story. This is not one of those. It lacked some heart but it did pull you in, suspend your disbelief....escaped for a bit.