Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

not horrible nor great

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

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

This has to be a joke! I feel sorry for anyone having to pay full price for a movie trailer. This movie was pretty good - acting was mediocre to say the least. Story unfolds as a Russian physicist discovers something extraordinary that was behind the strange radar anomalies he was recording. Something dark, which will eventually alter the path of mankind. Before he could tell anyone, he is mysteriously vanished. Many years later a young physics student Dean Hollister and his discredited physics teacher have become obsessed with the same mystery. What had been a rare phenomenon is suddenly happening all over the world. The day it happens for Dean working a night shift at his mother's diner. Black rifts appear in the sky. Behind those rifts, something is moving. It's watching us. Very creepy climax. jbog Movie (clip) runs no more than 25 min. Save your money and watch it online. The Director must have run out of money to extend this story. It could have been a big "hit".

Please don,t let the term " short " fool you -this was "tall" ,compared to some of the sci-fi going on in t.v.,and film today. I was not familiar with the creator of this cool little story ,but i,ll keep up with the future work,s ,that,s for sure. I like mystery in a story,regardless of genre,and this tale has an element of the unknown , that,s for sure.The story starts a 20 years before thing,and shows you a bit of whats going on,then the tease is over ,and we jump to present time,where ,as we saw before ,something dark ,and wrong is about to go down. I think the actors were strong ,and the effect,s very decent. i myself not a huge fan of C.G. effect,s,was happy with the way the over all look was pulled off. Great is not enough to rate this film. You would think that this work would be enough to get this guy some backing,as we all know whats being show on screens across the globe. i have seem much worse,made for way more time ,and money.Just enjoy this morsel ,and hope this artist gets a complete film out. I would like to see a huge re-make of this story .I would tune in each week ,if this came on t.v. .Only time will tell.

I have been anxiously awaiting the opportunity to screen The Rift. This is a Short Film debut release from the newly formed Vantis Pictures. The Director is Robert Kouba and his most ambitious project to date. The score I gave this film is a refection of the parts and it's "weight class". It's not fair to judge a debut micro budget short as if it was a major studio release. There is a lot to be excited about in general from Vantis Pictures and Robert Kouba. First thing that struck me was the quality of the equipment used. The camera work was excellent and lighting too. These are little things new directors often do poorly on. The casting of Eileen Grubba was great, she was a stand out. The CGI and editing were also really strong points. Robert Kouba may be young, but he has a firm grasp of movie making mechanics. I expect big things from him in the future...along with big budgets comes big responsibility.Now let's focus a little sharper on the issues I had with The Rift. You would think with the great equipment and skill level on the mechanics it would be a slam dunk winner. Unfortunately this is more of a calling card than a movie. More attention was put into the craftsmanship than the actual story. Outside of Grubba, the cast was sub par. For having such a small script (18-20 pages?) it wasn't very tight. Normally with new Directors the one thing in their control is the story and script and they lack the tools or skill. This is backwards. There was nothing new. The characters were stereotypes and the dialogue was hard to listen too. Even the really well done special effects were familiar, from 10 different movies. In summary I think Robert Kouba is capable of making some really great films in his future, but I hope he puts as much effort in having something to say in his next movie as he does making it look good.~Todd at the movies

I was also given a chance to see this movie in advance and I have to say I'm impressed. It's a good story with a pretty difficult subject to make it look believable, but Robert and his team have done a great job at it. The cinematography is very fluid and easy to the eye, grading and vfx are also very well executed. Everything is done with good professional touch so you can't really notice that it had a pretty small budget, not a Hollywood product by any means. This is a difficult genre to produce a scenes that are not too tacky and "cheap", this being said, The Rift is a positive surprise. I believed every second of it!To sum it up, I'd say it is a film you definitely should watch. The visual effects are well blended to the footage and the acting is good. When I first watched it I felt that I would want to see more, which is a good thing!