Intermedio (2005)

This has to be without a doubt one of the worst movies with some of the worst acting I have ever seen. Pathetic does not begin to describe it. Painful on the eyes and ears would be an understatement. A bunch of teenagers with guns run around in a cave yelling, screaming, and cursing at one another while a mad warlock controls spirits that maim and kill them in some mysterious way-they get sucked through doors, sucked into the ground, become covered in blood. At least one of the guys was relatively nice looking and almost provided eye candy. That's about the brightest point of the movie other than when the credits roll and you realize that it thankfully has ended.

Just awful. If I were the producers, I'd get my money back from the film lab. At least, I hope they didn't get charged for color correction, since every shot has a different color balance.I'm puzzled about Cerina Vincent failing to show us anything, too. In "Not Another Teen Movie" she appeared completely nude every time she was on screen. In "Cabin Fever" she managed to keep her clothes on most of the time. Here, she just sort of jiggles a lot, but keeps her shirt on. At least some boobs would have made me give it another half of a star.Most of the time, the characters are sort of lost in a tunnel. Eve though it's conveniently strung with lights, they never think to just follow the light cables to either end.The scenes are shot in very confusing angles and you never really get a sense of where anyone is. Very amateurish. The highlight is when a couple characters are moving through a crawlspace. When they return the way they came, the director just flips the earlier scene...with the predictable result that the very distinct writing on one of the character's shirts is reversed. Guess nobody noticed or cared.Definitely not worth your time unless you just can't sleep.

"Intermedio" is a rather unremarkable Sci-Fi Channel creature feature.**SPOILERS**Years after the deaths of their father's, brother and sister Malik, (Edward Furlong) and Gen, (Cerina Vincent) and friends Barbie, (Amber Benson) and Wes, (Callard Harris) decide to bury old wounds and head off into the tunnels where they were supposedly killed. Winding up in a small town near the Mexican border, they descend into the tunnels and begin to experience flashes about their past. As they start to get picked off one-by-one, a legend about a mysterious creature that can move between dimensions is blamed. Struggling to stay alive in the tunnels, the group tries to fight off the creatures.The Good News: Even though it's a disappointment, there's still some decent moments in here. The setting is really creepy and makes for a great place. The walls give off a great eerie presence throughout, and are dark enough to really become spooky. They are generally just creepy and are quite frightening. The gore is quite nice, and looks pretty good as well. The deaths themselves aren't all that bad. One is sawed in half at the waist with razor blades, another has a metal chain through the eye, both hands get chopped off and one gets knife in the throat, which is quite gorier than it sounds. It has some more blood coming from the creatures themselves, who look pretty freaky and messed up. The fact that it has a pretty clever intro to the storyline is actually pretty good. It's not new or anything, but it allows for some more relatable experience to everyone else viewing it. It's a more common experience and it gets the viewer a little more involved, and any film that can do that isn't all that bad of a film.The Bad News: This really could've been good, it had the potential, but what really ruins most of this is the actual plot itself. It starts off as a great creature feature about a group of creatures loosened from another dimension onto ours, but then it changes course into becoming a supernatural revenge film. It really doesn't mix well and becomes a jumbled mess. The final half of the film is mostly at cause, mixing in a couple of twists that stick out quite hugely and don't really serve anything other than to stretch the film out. The fact that the film really doesn't even have a real strong plot is another strike. It's all been done before, and besides the protagonists twist, it's not that original. It can be seen coming along the way pretty much right all the way through, and that can be irritating. The opening half sets up this wonderful atmosphere of creepiness and dread, and then it gets completely ruined at the end with the clichéd ending that really destroys the credibility of the film. This really could've been good, but it's such a shame how it ended up.The Final Verdict: Another rather typical creature feature that isn't sure it wants to be one, this ends up being a weird combination of everything that doesn't really work. See it mainly if you enjoy the normal Sci-Fi Channel films they normally have, it will really appeal to that crowd more than anything. Otherwise, exercise caution with this one.Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity and drug use

Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad!!!! This has to be the worst movie I have EVER seen. The box at the video store made this movie look awesome....but I guess that's the point. I'm a huge fan of B and C horror movies, but this one didn't even hit the bullseye...heck, it missed the target entirely. Makes me cry for the days when Edward was John Conner...his acting is wasted in this movie. It really had no plot, just stupid teenagers running around stupid caves for stupid weed. I feel like I should sue Asylem pictures for the 90 minutes of my life I can never get back! Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad! Don't waste your money or your time...I wish someone had told me that before I did, but oh, well...I'll survive...unlike the actors in this hunk of junk.