i must have seen a different film!!

Best movie ever!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

There's a lot of interesting stuff going on here. Bad acting? OK yes but thats forgivable, you can see they are really trying. What isn't forgivable are the missteps that keep the movie from being really good, Who's decision was it to have the assassin spend 5 minutes beating up a drugged out woman and then drag her, wrapped up in a shower curtain to the main gun fight only to never see her again? This is our introduction to the ultimate killing machine? The theme of the movie is an interesting one and the resolution is even well done to a point until it gets all 'Angel Heart' on us... These guys are good at staging a fight but it needed better editing, and a better writer or script doctor.

Hello, my name is Ron Balicki and I was part of the crew on the movie "The Prodigy". I felt compelled to write a comment about this film and some of the people who have written in with really negative feedback about this movie. I know that it is not going to be every ones cup of tea but many of the comments made are utterly ridiculous. This movie has been breaking all kinds of rental record through Netflix.com. We have also received stellar comments back from our distributor about many of the people who have seen the film. This film has won awards in festivals that it has participated in. I have always been told that if you are even invited into a festival it means that your film is a winner. So, to hear some of these people write in with their highly negative feedback makes me wonder why they are saying what they are saying? I sat down last night and looked through all of their feedback on our film. What I discovered is that about 95% of the people who wrote negative comments about "The Prodigy" had never written anything else about any other film on IMDb.com. This made me wonder why "The Prodigy" was so important for them to write in about? I am just confused as to why someone would write this? I receive email every week from people all over the world telling me that our movie is amazing and that they can not believe that we made such a great movie for so little money. I also hear people say that the acting is great. So, my question is this, why are some of the these people so compelled to join IMDb.com and comment on our film when they have never taken any initiative to write in about any other film ever made? Again, I know that it is not going to be every ones favorite type of film. I myself can watch films with topics that I am not wild about but I can still see the quality that has gone into it and appreciate it for that. I am not going to run and slander those films. Am I missing something? Could it be one person is writing in under different pen names to slam our film? Does anybody out there know why someone would want to make comments that are outrageously misleading? If you do know why please let me know. I wonder if this is a normal thing for films to go through? Are people so unhappy with their lives that they have to find joy in tearing up everybody's work out there. Is it a case of misery loves company?Please checkout "The Prodigy" this movie is excellent and I know it will please you if you are an action / thriller fan. You will not be disappointed.

It's been about 10+ years since I could actually say I enjoyed an action movie that has been released. There has been nothing but cheap Vin Diesel flicks with bad plots and diction that makes a 3rd grader sound good and the acting, lets just consider who plays in most of the action movies of the past decade...lets leave it at that.Not only was The Prodigy a great film, but the storyline kept the group I was with guessing through-out the picture. The fight scenes were authentic in a way that only a true fighter would know how to produce. A film of this caliber has the audience wanting a sequel to see where this concept could go!Would love to be able to see this again on the big screen and look forward to having it on DVD!

I don't know what the people that rated this film a 5 or more usually watch but I have a fairly good idea. And perhaps if you see little else than MTV all day and catch a Horror flick every once in a while, this movie could indeed be appealing.I can safely say that I have seen my share of stinkers but those movies didn't all fall short due to the lack of almost everything that makes a quality movie. Yet, Prodigy certainly seemed to spare no effort to try to fail on all counts although I admit there were some nice action-scenes and the premise certainly was interesting.But the main question is: why make a movie and blatantly ignore directing it? I mean, the story was all over the place and none of the scenes seemed to blend at all. It was like watching a collection of scenes in a non discernible order. Any first grade film student would have surely done a better job in creating some cohesion.Directing aside, what was up with the grainy footage, the constantly changing camera style (make up your mind guys) and the first-draft dialog? And don't even get me started on the 'acting' by some of the cast. I know this movie was obviously low-budget but for the love of God, you don't have to remind the audience of it in just about every scene.This movie gets a lot of positive reviews and those reviewers give this flick a neat 4/4 stars. 'Bit suspicious considering that the weighted average vote isn't even a six, which is due to the fact that 36%! of the voters gave it a ten obviously without giving it much thought. If you don't mind incoherent film-making, overlong scenes and an in-the-face feel of lowbudgetism, then, by all means, go see this and give it a 10 as well. Otherwise just avoid...