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Intensity

Intensity

Intensity

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Movie
3h 6m
Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in the Napa Valley. A serial killer named Edgler Foreman Vess breaks into the house, killing Laura and her parents. Chyna survives, but she learns of Vess's captive: a girl, just as innocent as Chyna, trapped in Vess's home far from the Napa Valley. Chyna feels a great sense of responsibility for this girl, and she travels deeper into her nightmare. (imdb)

Directed by:

Yves Simoneau
Yves-Simoneau
28 total credits
Yves Simoneau has 28 credits at Criticker, including: V, Nuremberg, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Assassin's Creed - Lineage and Mother's Boys

Writers:

Stephen Tolkin
Stephen-Tolkin
25 total credits
Stephen Tolkin has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Captain America, 12:01 PM, Legend of the Seeker, Cleveland Abduction and The Craigslist Killer
,
Dean R. Koontz
Dean-R-Koontz
14 total credits
Dean R. Koontz has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Odd Thomas, Phantoms, Demon Seed, Hideaway and Watchers

Starring:

John C. McGinley
John-C-McGinley
65 total credits
John C. McGinley has 65 credits at Criticker, including: Se7en, Office Space, The Rock, Platoon and Identity
,
Molly Parker
Molly-Parker
58 total credits
Molly Parker is a Canadian actress, notable for her roles in Canadian and American independent films and the HBO television series Deadwood... (Wikipedia)
,
Blu Mankuma
Blu-Mankuma
36 total credits
Blu Mankuma has 36 credits at Criticker, including: The Santa Clause 2, Upside Down, Stakeout, The Stepfather and Tin Man
,
Brent Stait
Brent-Stait
12 total credits
Brent Stait has 12 credits at Criticker, including: Final Destination 5, The Damned Thing, Intensity, Hollow in the Land and Roswell: The Aliens Attack
,
Katie Stuart
Katie-Stuart-b
5 total credits
Katie Stuart has 5 credits at Criticker, including: The Edge of Seventeen, A Wrinkle in Time, Intensity, Croft and Red Rain
,
Lori Triolo
Lori-Triolo
5 total credits
Lori Triolo has 5 credits at Criticker, including: Intensity, Barbie in the Pink Shoes, Secrets of an Undercover Wife, Past Tense and Drive, She Said

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Intensity

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Movie
3h 6m
Avg Percentile 53.3% from 35 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(35)
Compact view
Compact view
Rated 02 Apr 2023
65
72nd
The film captures the essence and much of the atmosphere of the awesome Koontz novel, and is a prime example of a TV movie done well. McGinley and Parker are great, and the plot deviations (and the additions) from the novel work well for the different medium of TV. The 3 hours - or broken in two separate viewings of 1.5 hours each - are not cumbersome. My only criticism is that the villain's character is a tad less menacing than the one in the novel, showing lower levels of self-control.
Rated 13 May 2018
38
24th
Just barely remains entertaining over the span of two feature-length episodes, despite the mostly godawful text (a Dean Koontz adaptation). There are certainly good, popcorn-worthy moments scattered about, but whenever there's dialogue it goes downhill; with McGinley's incessant spewing of tedious serial-killer tripe, and the constantly tearful Parker dallying endlessly with the captive teen, telling stories about her own childhood instead of running.
Rated 28 Sep 2010
20
4th
Not good. Not good at all.
Rated 20 Jan 2009
70
82nd
Hard to find, worthy adaptation of the Koontz story - worth the buy. Noteable predecessor to High Tension.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Yves Simoneau
Yves-Simoneau
28 total credits
Yves Simoneau has 28 credits at Criticker, including: V, Nuremberg, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Assassin's Creed - Lineage and Mother's Boys

Writers:

Stephen Tolkin
Stephen-Tolkin
25 total credits
Stephen Tolkin has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Captain America, 12:01 PM, Legend of the Seeker, Cleveland Abduction and The Craigslist Killer
,
Dean R. Koontz
Dean-R-Koontz
14 total credits
Dean R. Koontz has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Odd Thomas, Phantoms, Demon Seed, Hideaway and Watchers

Starring:

John C. McGinley
John-C-McGinley
65 total credits
John C. McGinley has 65 credits at Criticker, including: Se7en, Office Space, The Rock, Platoon and Identity
,
Molly Parker
Molly-Parker
58 total credits
Molly Parker is a Canadian actress, notable for her roles in Canadian and American independent films and the HBO television series Deadwood... (Wikipedia)
,
Blu Mankuma
Blu-Mankuma
36 total credits
Blu Mankuma has 36 credits at Criticker, including: The Santa Clause 2, Upside Down, Stakeout, The Stepfather and Tin Man
,
Brent Stait
Brent-Stait
12 total credits
Brent Stait has 12 credits at Criticker, including: Final Destination 5, The Damned Thing, Intensity, Hollow in the Land and Roswell: The Aliens Attack
,
Katie Stuart
Katie-Stuart-b
5 total credits
Katie Stuart has 5 credits at Criticker, including: The Edge of Seventeen, A Wrinkle in Time, Intensity, Croft and Red Rain
,
Lori Triolo
Lori-Triolo
5 total credits
Lori Triolo has 5 credits at Criticker, including: Intensity, Barbie in the Pink Shoes, Secrets of an Undercover Wife, Past Tense and Drive, She Said

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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