jblakely-3 I Loved this movie & want to but it ASAP!!!! I saw this movie on TNT and have been looking to buy ever since. It is scary, almost as intense as the Book which I could not put down. Screen version a little different but still fantastic!!!! I called my sisters to let them know this movie was on. We are all big Dean Koontz fans. If you have never read Dean Koontz this is a good book to start with. Molly Parker the actress who played Chyna Shepard draws you in with her vulnerability and strength. You cannot have a good thriller without a great villain. John McGinley is breathtaking as Edgler Vess! Completely captures your attention by creating an intense character in Edgler making him larger than life! The range of emotions you feel for Ariel, along with the extreme level of terror and then exhilaration is exquisite. This is a must see movie I must have this movie. Can you let me know where I can buy this? Thanks JBLAKELY-3

XxUnknownxX I read the book Intensity a long time ago and had no idea that there was a TV movie made out of it. I thought I would have no chance of seeing it, being as that it was made in 97' and probably not on DVD. But then today when I was flipping through On Demand I saw it in the free section. Cool beans, right? Maybe not so much.As the movie started I came close to stopping it and walking away several times. The first 20 minutes or so is just sooooo asinine. The movie makes a very poor attempt at trying to get you to like the characters that you know are going to die in about 5 minutes, and to try and foreshadow, but fails at it miserably. Pretty much through this entire movie I didn't give two cence about any of the characters.Now, once the killing started happening I was sorely disappointed. The big scene were Vess kills the family that took like a hundred pages in the book is over in about five minutes, and there is no intensity at all. It's pretty much Chyna hides under bed, Vess comes in, annoying music plays, she breaths really hard, he leaves, she runs around the house really loudly and finds all the dead people and freaks out, etc. etc.After the leave the house Chyna hides in with the killer in his RV and they go barreling down the highway. He stops at the gas station and we finally get to see who he is: it's that funny doctor guy from Scrubs...trying to be a psychotic serial killer...no. Almost all the reviews I've read have praised his performance, but I don't think that there's anyone worse they could have picked to play except for Jim Carrey. I was never once afraid or intimidated by Vess. He did not act like a cool collective serial killer, he acted like a giddy school boy squishing bugs the entire movie. I could have kicked his ass, and I'm a real wimp. Plus how is it that he does not take any precautions while killing people, yet has never been caught? Chyna is also a piece of work, like everyone else has stated she makes some of the most stupid mistakes that anyone has ever made in a movie, ever. The actress playing her did a pretty good job. She was good at being scared, being in pain, being scared and in pain.While there was a couple of mildly intense scenes, most of the movie was just dull. If you have 3 hours to kill or are a fan of the book or thrillers check it out, if not don't bother.

funkybiatch79 Sometimes when you read a book before seeing the movie the end result can be a disappointment... not so with "Intensity". This was a great movie that had all the characterisation of the book along with all the edge of your seat thrills and scares. I would definitely recommend that anyone who enjoyed this film read the book as there are a few details that obviously couldn't be translated to the screen. I read the book when I was about 15 and thought it would make a great movie and I was not wrong. Molly Parker makes a great Chyna, playing her with just the right balance of angst and ballsiness. Tori Paul's Ariel is just as I'd imagined her and the young actress's ability to play her with a constant look of absence could be described as somewhat haunting. But it is John C. McGinley, as the sadistic Edgler Foreman Vess, who really steals the show. I can think of no other actor capable of playing this character. The wonder of Edgler Vess is that at the same time as being an absolutely disgusting monster of a man he is also written as disarmingly charming. McGinley manages to play him perfectly. For anyone who has ever seen McGinley in "Scrubs" they should try to imagine his Dr. Cox with a penchant for actually doing all the things he threatens to do. From the moment we first see him in the movie we understand that here is a man with no limits to what he will do just to feel the intensity of the moment. It is not until a little further into the movie that you realise that Vess is actually a fully functioning member of the community who is actually quite adept at interacting with the people he meets in a slick and charming manner (if he so chooses.) Overall this is an excellent screen adaptation of a brilliant book. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys their thrillers with a slightly disturbing edge. Watch and enjoy!

duerden60 I saw 'Intensity'on TV. Of course it was cut to ribbons*.That is, if the IMDb run time of 186 minutes is correct.(*Why do they insist on doing that?) It was still excellent. Molly Parker, one of the most adventurous actresses working today, was terrific. John C. McGinley usually an actor who does a fine job in a lesser part, was mesmerising. Suspense builds up all the way. I went out and got the book, great read that made me realise what a good job the screenwriters had done. Wanted to buy the full length movie, according to IMDb it's unavailable!! This is a great movie, only made in 1997, so where is it? Somebody put the uncut version on DVD, PLEASE!!