Hybrids (2013) User Reviews

An appetiser

[voyou-703-655350 · 6/10 · 8 January 2016]

This short is probably intended for a portfolio, or as a proof-of-concept, hoping to find producers for a long version. Like many of its competitors, Hybrids offers good camera work, good photography and good SFX. What it does better than most is providing a full, if simple story, and spending enough time to hint at the background world.

The flaws are forgivable only thanks to the shortness of the film. For instance the monsters, apparently high-tech-using aliens, behave rather stupidly, obviously so as to be showcased in some (very well made) combat scenes. Another example is the losing-a-shoe-during-kidnapping cliché. The script has many such weaknesses, which would severely damage the overall quality of a longer story.

Hybrids is definitely a post-District 9 enterprise. With enough creativity and visual appeal, it succeeds in making me want to see more, on the condition of a more polished and mature writing.

Mediocre Sci Fi film with nothing that stands out really

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 26 June 2017]

"Hybrids" is a Canadian English-language short film from 2013, so this one will have its 5th anniversary next year. Writer and director is Patrick Kalyn and this is perhaps his most known work in both professions, even if he worked on some really huge blockbusters as a visual effects artist, "Avatar" for example. Sadly, judging from this 8-minute film we have here, I cannot say that I support future films from his as the man in charge. It is a pretty generic little SciFi movie where a hot young women chases alien creatures. The attempts to give it more depth by including daughter flashback scenes are not working out at all and they actually feel forced. In fact, the mere idea of keeping this a survival movie without trying to become a tear-jerker would have worked much better for sure, even if I am not sure if I'd given it a recommendation that way. The way it actually turned out, it was a really forgettable little movie though. Watch something else instead. Oh yeah, lead actress Daniella Evangelista does not seem to be related to Linda. Quick final side-note.

How Did the Aliens Accomplish Anything?

[Hitchcoc · 6/10 · 2 April 2019]

It's a pretty ordinary revenge film. The pretty blonde daughter of the pretty blonde heroine is killed by one of these buggers. Mom decides to devote her life to erasing them. The aliens are strange stringy fellows with very large heads. They don't seem to have any imagination. It's entertaining at times, but just doesn't give us enough data.

revenge

[Kirpianuscus · 25 March 2018]

A short film with the status of sketch. few cliches, fight scenes, pathetic heroism, nice scenes of past as way to explain the present. something missing to give credibility to story. but the result is far to be bad and, maybe, the confuse end is the only real sin.