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Had no real hope that this low budget, first time directed, movie would be anything good but I was pleasantly surprised - mostly...

The romantic side to this was not just your standard main actor love interest, it was a good blend of action\romance and a little Sci-Fi. No real major special effects here but it didn't need them for the story it was telling and it told it pretty well - flowed well and well acted by the main two actors. Some of the fight scenes were very poor though, I could see what the director wanted to achieve by doing it that way but really didn't work.

Not really recommended if you want either a proper romance or in depth Sci-Fi, no really gripping suspense or riveting action here - but worth a watch if you just want something light where you don't need to concentrate too much!

Iqbal Ahmed is a very inexperienced filmmaker. His credits are pretty sparse and "The Answer" is only the first full-length film he's directed. He also wrote and produced the film…something not uncommon with up and coming indie filmmakers. So, because of the very low budget, I am willing to cut his film a bit of slack. So, while the production values and story left a bit to be desired, there is a lot of promise and I would sure like to see more of his films in the future. The film begins with a creepy prologue. Women are being held captive as breeders by folks who dress a lot like members of the band Daft Punk! And, after they give birth, the women are viciously killed! So, it's obvious from the onset that these folks are kindness impaired! The story now jumps ahead many years. An unimpressive guy named Bridd (Austin Hébert) is working in the mail room of some stock trading company. He also looks a lot like a slightly more macho version of Sheldon from "Big Bang Theory". Who would suspect that this guy has hidden abilities that make him a bit of an action hero?! But, after going out on a date with Charlotte (Alexis Carra), they find themselves in the middle of a murder scene…and the Daft Punk wannabes are looking to kill or capture Bridd and blood and mayhem abound. Can he and Charlotte manage to elude these weirdos as well as determine who they are and what this is all about by the end of the film?

There are a lot of neat story elements and the why of all this is pretty interesting…even though Bridd almost seems to magically figure it all out at times. The notion of aliens and a hybrid species as well as why they need these hybrids is intriguing. But, unfortunately, much of the film seems rushed and not quite worked out properly— especially the relationship between Charlotte and Bridd. It seems as if parts of the story are missing…and so it all moves too quickly to be realistic. Also, the soundtrack is intrusive and repetitive. Fortunately, there are enough good parts that make me want to see more from the filmmaker and his cast. Overall, a miss…but a near-miss that is still worth seeing.

The lead man has no acting abilities. The lead woman is tedious as she thinks being chased by killer aliens is fun and amusing. The film has little sci fi and concentrates more on the relationship between the two. Beware of cheap contact lenses that at times light up (crap cgi) what a lacklustre crap fest of a so called film.

This movie is so bad. The writing is bad, the acting is bad. I was laughing at parts cause the acting and the writing were so bad at the same time.3/10 cause I did enjoy cracking jokes at the movie.

It should have been a lifetime Chanel origanal movie.

Saw this at the IMAGINE film festival 2015 in Amsterdam. A bit of romance, a bit of humor, a bit of tension, a bit of SciFi, and a bit of mystery, all of that mixed together in this surprising movie. The story line leaves us continuously guessing what is going on, and what could reasonably follow after that. In the final Q&A the director declared this to be a "hybrid" movie, and that is precisely what we got. We see several people and follow them while several mysterious things happen. It starts a bit colorless within an office and a date between two very different colleagues, in fact an odd couple no one would have expected them to go out together. According to the director, they are opposites and that was intentional. Narratively speaking they are the actual binding elements, to guide us through various genres like Romance, SciFi, Thriller and any combination of that.

No chance to outguess in which direction the story is going to develop. Whatever you anticipated, it is totally different from what really went on. And, more importantly, it was much better than I had thought. Strange things start happening, and it is good to consider that the overall theme. It is not exactly an "Action" film as IMDb misleadingly tells us, due to the mere fact that aforementioned odd couple cannot be considered super heroes by any definition.

Some additional notes from the final Q&A with the director: They used a lot of places in his home town in Virginia, which he could use for free, knowing his budget was small. The masked men in the library were dressed as they were on purpose, as this was the only way not to give immediately away that some SciFi was involved. These masked men behaved like any military force, secret police or drug gang. That their assignment was of a totally different nature, was to become clear much later, being one of the surprising twists in the proceedings.

All in all, the low budget does not glare us in the face at all. It was surprising and very entertaining, yet I don't think it will provide for the same mix of sensations when viewed a second time. Whatever happens to the main protagonists is very unusual, even a bit far fetched, and they survive only through sheer luck. Nevertheless, the genre mix was a nice find and it kept our attention throughout the running time.

Main character is great . Could do less of scenery clips and show more of his abilities but a good solid fun movie. Hopefully there will be a sequel.

Do you like overacting? This has got it. Or, hotwiring a late model Mercedes w/o a key - just strip a couple of wires and spark them together until the car ignition starts... Weird huh? Get ready for fun with a share of 'Dance-Fighting'.

Pretty bad camera shake from the start giving me a damn headache trying to watch it. Then 15 minutes in whilst fleeing from the bad guys, Bridd looks in through a window and sees his friend dead on the floor along with his attackers next to him, so what does Bridd do, he bangs the window... LOL Not for me, too much wobbly camera shake.

One of the funniest mishaps I have seen. Literally had to copy and paste and they screwed up two numbers. The 15/22 just below 0 weren't right order. Cmon guys. Amateur stuff here. Lol.

think about that: someone managed to collect money and to recruit a crew to make this... whatever it is! film, in any case, it is not. it is so idiotic, that it leaves deeply astonished: what he was thinking?! and how did he manage to pull this thing on?! the director and film maker, got talent, that's for sure! i mean, if he managed to bring people to put money in this... thing, and to convince actors to take part in this.. whatever it is... that's take talent! it is not as if the actors did act! hey, we don't need to go that far! they were there, that's for sure. but acting?! come-on! it would have ruined the whole thing! and if only that talent could be channeled to movie making! woo! that would make Iraqi, the director, Spielberg! now, i know, people put sweat in it. they worked hard to make it happening. but still, someone had to see it - and in this case it was me! and who will bring me back the 80 minutes i wasted on this... whatever it is??!! so if you feel that you must, but really must! - to waste about 80 minutes of your life, put laundry in your washing machine. put powder , or whatever you use, in the right box. set the program. take a comfortable chair, and place it opposite your washing machine. push the Start button. now look at the laundry machine drum rolling. it is much more exciting and satisfying than watching this... whatever it is. just don't say 'film.'

Storyline was great, but the movie itself was HORRIBLE!!!! Acting bad, action scenes bad... I laughed the whole time.

It was a valiant effort, and technically the movie looks pretty good, but the story is a string of movie tropes and cliches. The first 20 minutes seemed like this might be an interesting little film, but by 30 minutes I was cringing, and by 35 minutes, I'd had enough. It was a good effort and no doubt good practice for the production crew.

The movie is a nice try by Iqbal to bring some romance between humans and aliens if we say so. However, I felt that movie lacks many important factual information that would allow the viewers to have a grasp of where the story has begun from. Also, the movie does not qualify to the canonical movies but I can call it a "soap sci-fi" movie where we already know what would happen by just having a simple guess. In the same line, the plot is not that sophisticated and was not really polished at least to avoid some clichés. The actress fell behind in some scenes where she didn't seem natural and I bet that many have noticed that especially when they argued. Again it's a nice watch by Iqbal but compared to the gurus of sci-fi movies, it is only a decent try. The movie could be improved only adding more mini climax to it.

It reminded me of I am number four I loved it I really did.

Soooo... is this movie bad?

YES! It's terrible! Like 2/10 terrible.

BUT Should you watch it?

OMG yes!!! Lol like 8/10 you gotta watch it!!

Story has so much potential- even though it's incredibly idiotic. It's a hate/love you see... but indeed, the story is the best part of this movie.

The acting is horrible. Like laughably horrible. You'll be entertained by how bad the acting is.

The music score is ok- repetitive as someone else said.