Hybrid

The plot sounded like it had promise. To be honest I did not watch the entire movie. After about an hour into the movie I had to make a decision. Is this movie worth watching until it conclusion? The answer was clearly NO! It was not the fact that the human body could not receive a transplant from a different species without rejecting it. Nor the premise that he was being chased by secret government authorities for an human / wolf transplant. It was because the movie was badly written, acting lacked emotion and I did not understand the several dream sequences with the wolves and buffaloes. When he was running to the zoo with a dog pack and leaving them at the front of the zoo gate the saying "If you can't run with the big dogs don't leave the porch" kept running through my bored mind. Save yourself the time and skip this movie. I can guarantee if you do dare to watch it you will sit there slack jawed as I did wondering why anyone waste money, time, energy and effort to make this insulting outrage to American cinema.

I liked it.

I think it's rather important to attempt to look out through the eyes of other species on the planet, many of which we slaughter, imprison and use in painful experiments.

If the movie is low budget, I think the importance of the message can be taken into consideration.

Running about with wolves looks pretty pleasant to those of us who work hunched over a desk much of the time. Running through the woods. Yeah.

Wolves are cool, and they help ecosystems in countless ways, such as reducing predators that overgraze plant species in which birds nest. Prey carcases increase insects which feed small mammals including beaver which affect the water systems that support frogs, the fish that sustain bears and so forth.

The lead was personable, the love interest attractive with her heart in the right place, and burning a braid of sweet grass with a medicine man is a fine thing. I liked the touches of light hearted humor.

The movie was also about violence. The wolves' violence was to defend themselves, family and offspring. Bison were killed for survival. The shooters' killings, by contrast seemed purposeless. They seemed out of touch with nature outside and within themselves. Another way of saying that corporate people need to get back to what's important and reconnect with the natural world.

I'd like to see the sci fi channel air more movies like this. Rather than feeling down and empty after watching nonsensical gore following a lot of hype which mainly serves to keep more of our eyes glazed on advertisers' shiny mirages no matter how good the special effects can be, we can go back to our lives feeling far better and even a bit optimistic. I think that's what entertainment is for.

Is it just me or could the movie be better with more of him running and shots of wolves growling? On the other hand that is all this movie is, with a few Native Americans thrown in for atmosphere. The kills are boring and plot is weak for such a unique idea. Mallory from Family ties cannot save this move, but did make the beginning more interesting with the "hey isn't that?" "Oh she was the sister in..." The lead guy is fit, but shirtless cannot make a movie and it seems like the director was like, um it not long enough, can we add about 40 shots of him shirtless. While it's better than if he was 400 lbs. It quickly becomes gratuitous and irritating, because they are shots that lead nowhere. I'm still bitter about the loss of those 90 minutes. While you may see this on scyfy and think, why not? Don't. Its a bore and a half. Watch a few reruns of something instead.

When the operator of security cameras of the Olaris Corporation Aaron Scates (Cory Monteith) watches one of his colleague trapped in a fire, he saves him but burns his eyes becoming blinded. Dr. Andrea Hewlitt (Justine Bateman), who is ahead of a secret research of eye transplant, decides to use Aaron as a human subject of her experiments, successfully transplanting the eyes of a wolf found wounded by the half French half American Indian Lydia (Tinsel Korey), restoring his vision. However, Aaron changes his behavior and abilities, as if he were dominated by the spirit of the wild wolf. Lydia helps Aaron to escape from the facility and go to the woods while the government troops chase him.

"Hybrid" is a weird little movie with a quite original story. Unfortunately and probably due to the restraint budget, something is missing to make "Hybrid" a good movie. The unknown Cory Monteith shows a great physical shape but the plot does not work well and in the end this film is a forgettable entertainment. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Olhos Selvagens" ("Wild Eyes")

With the sound off this could be mistaken for a movie about a guy using the Native American technique of running with animals to train for a marathon.

Man loses eyesight, gets wolf eye transplant, begins acting wolf-ish. Weak ass tropes and lots of repetitive wolves in the wild trances/flashbacks follow. We've got the super rare steak eating scene. Some running with puppers. Seeing and hearing better. Biting people... with normal human teeth mind you. But no transformations. Just becoming super best buddies with a pack of wolves and loads of shirtless running.

The romance is forced and weird. The dialog is abysmal, every line is utterly forgettable. The villain is the military in its usual roll, you know the one, wanting to use scientific advancements for war. With some Native American schlocky mysticisms sprinkled liberally throughout. The ending seemed to drag on forever.

Does not, I repeat, does not fall into the so bad it's good category (which sucks because I live for those movies). I don't think it could even be saved by RiffTrax because there are just too many scenes of wolves running, him running, and nothing really happening besides running.