Hybrids Short Film. Patrick Kalyn‘s Hybrids (2013) short film stars Daniella Evangelista and Kaitlyn Bernard. Hybrids‘ plot synopsis: “In the wake of an alien infestation, an ex-special forces soldier loses her daughter in alien attack. Seeking revenge, she leads a team on a mission deep into alien territory. Soon, she makes [...]
Continue reading: Hybrids (2013) Short Film: Daniella Evangelista gets Alien Revenge...
Continue reading: Hybrids (2013) Short Film: Daniella Evangelista gets Alien Revenge...
- 5/1/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"352 days since their arrival." There's another new sci-fi short film that just hit the web that many folks are flipping over already. I've received numerous emails linking me to this film Hybrids, an 8-minute science fiction alien action/revenge short written & directed by Patrick Kalyn. It stars Daniella Evangelista as a badass warrior girl who fights her way through a number of blue-blooded alien creatures, with weapons. It's pretty cool for something made for nearly nothing and is the directing debut of Kalyn, a visual effects artist on films like Avatar, District 9 and King Kong hoping to make this his big debut. It's worth a watch below. From Vimeo: An ex-special forces soldier seeks revenge after losing her daughter at the hands of an alien infestation. The film was written & directed by Patrick Kalyn, with cinematography by Cliff Hokanson and music by Sam Hulick, produced by Gabriel Paul Napora & Triton Films.
- 4/22/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
SP Entertainment
The mean streets of Vancouver are the gritty setting for this based-on-fact story of drugs, crime and artistic aspirations. "How It All Went Down" is more successful as a depiction of sordidness than as a character study with emotional impact. The film, which opens Friday in Los Angeles, will serve mainly as a calling card for producer-director-writer Silvio Pollio, who also stars.
Pollio has an onscreen intensity and a director's eye for detail and atmosphere, but his script fails to generate a compelling reason to care about his protagonist. The first-time feature director stars as Carmine "Istante" Cavelli, a would-be filmmaker whose desperate attempt to raise cash for his project leads to a career as one of the biggest drug dealers in the Pacific Northwest. Cavelli was a film-school friend of Pollio's who showed him his diary before disappearing in 1997. He remains missing, but the film chooses a less open-ended story line for this Italian-Canadian kingpin.
When producers turn down his work-in-progress, a collection of vignettes that deal explicitly with such themes as sadomasochism and gay-bashing, Istante, convinced of his genius (viewers won't be) and in debt to everyone, reluctantly turns to dealing in order to raise the $400,000 he needs to finish the movie. But he quickly loses sight of his artistic vision as the cash starts rolling in. Even an arrest doesn't slow Istante down, instead strengthening his resolve to rule the neighborhood. His network of dealers operates out of a transients' hotel, with a constant exchange of crack rocks and money under shut doors.
Even as he's raking in the profits of others' addictions, Istante preaches rehab to vulnerable young runaway Stella (Daniella Evangelista). But just when he's getting her some help, a taunting call from his ex pushes him over the edge, and he binges on his wares with an insane vengeance that Pollio captures well.
Although the music is almost consistently wrong, Pollio, his cast and crew create a convincing picture of the seldom-seen seamy side of Vancouver. Horace Morris, who worked for the real-life Istante, makes an impression in his acting debut as a down-and-out dealer.
The mean streets of Vancouver are the gritty setting for this based-on-fact story of drugs, crime and artistic aspirations. "How It All Went Down" is more successful as a depiction of sordidness than as a character study with emotional impact. The film, which opens Friday in Los Angeles, will serve mainly as a calling card for producer-director-writer Silvio Pollio, who also stars.
Pollio has an onscreen intensity and a director's eye for detail and atmosphere, but his script fails to generate a compelling reason to care about his protagonist. The first-time feature director stars as Carmine "Istante" Cavelli, a would-be filmmaker whose desperate attempt to raise cash for his project leads to a career as one of the biggest drug dealers in the Pacific Northwest. Cavelli was a film-school friend of Pollio's who showed him his diary before disappearing in 1997. He remains missing, but the film chooses a less open-ended story line for this Italian-Canadian kingpin.
When producers turn down his work-in-progress, a collection of vignettes that deal explicitly with such themes as sadomasochism and gay-bashing, Istante, convinced of his genius (viewers won't be) and in debt to everyone, reluctantly turns to dealing in order to raise the $400,000 he needs to finish the movie. But he quickly loses sight of his artistic vision as the cash starts rolling in. Even an arrest doesn't slow Istante down, instead strengthening his resolve to rule the neighborhood. His network of dealers operates out of a transients' hotel, with a constant exchange of crack rocks and money under shut doors.
Even as he's raking in the profits of others' addictions, Istante preaches rehab to vulnerable young runaway Stella (Daniella Evangelista). But just when he's getting her some help, a taunting call from his ex pushes him over the edge, and he binges on his wares with an insane vengeance that Pollio captures well.
Although the music is almost consistently wrong, Pollio, his cast and crew create a convincing picture of the seldom-seen seamy side of Vancouver. Horace Morris, who worked for the real-life Istante, makes an impression in his acting debut as a down-and-out dealer.
- 10/7/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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