Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jack Plotnick | ... | William Marx | |
Sarah Lieving | ... | Catherine Deckert | |
Ted Jonas | ... | Steven Raiger | |
Camden Toy | ... | Sydney Gerber | |
Bo Kane | ... | Captain Rogers | |
Devon Ogden | ... | Wilson | |
Randy Clark | ... | Jones | |
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Kris Wheeler | ... | Corporal Tyler Nichols |
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Steve Silverie | ... | Webber |
Tyler McGee | ... | Rifleman Lewis | |
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Andre Tenerelli | ... | Army Ranger O'Connell |
Michael Monks | ... | General Banks | |
Don Williams | ... | Colonel Reed | |
Kenny Lombino | ... | CIA Director | |
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Carmen Thomas | ... | CIA Officer |
After a convoy of American soldiers disappears, a special ops team is deployed to rescue them. They soon encounter an army of gigantic scorpions, spiders and snakes that have come to Earth from another dimension.
Sydney Gerber (Camden Toy), a very mad old scientist, opens a wormhole somewhere in Afghanistan, so giant scorpions can come out and kill all of his team. Dr William Marx (Jack Plotnick), a slightly mad young scientist, is sent with a team of soldiers to find Gerber and close the wormhole. Lieutenant Raiger (Ted Jonas) is determined to finish this mission soonest, because he and Marx are in love with the same woman. However, fighting various monsters and human enemies becomes an almost impossible mission that drags on and on.
'The Vortex - Beasts From Beyond' is an incredible movie. If you didn't see it, you wouldn't believe people release something like this. There is a giant plastic hornet and 2 talking (!) snakes. Probably becoming aware of how ridiculous everything would look, the makers added a lot of comedy by the relationship of Marx and Raiger who hate each other from the first moment, but have to continue working together on this mission. A few dialogs of these two characters are the only enjoyable thing in an otherwise horrifying flick.