After watching “The Calm,” one thought has lingered over my head for the last hour or so. Was this really made on only three hundred dollars? Seriously? Perhaps it’s just a testament to Bischoff’s skill, or maybe just a bold faced lie, but “The Calm” is really so well made, it looks to have been made in the area of a grand more than three hundred bucks only. “The Calm” is a fan film and one that fuses two franchises together in a little under a half hour, and its budget is still something I’m debating with myself even at this moment and time. A young man who lives alone and still mourns the death of his wife, finds himself being hunted by a Predator hunter who is intent on stalking and killing him.

Sure, it’s a fan film, but probably one of the best fan films I’ve seen in years, due to Bischoff’s ambitious attempts to fill in a hole in the entire “Terminator” timeline. Bischoff caps the entire film with a great surprise ending that worked ten times better than “Terminator 3,” and I reveled in the apparent larger story looming within its short time frame. The dread, mixed with the rather great special effects (The Terminator looks almost exactly like Schwarzenegger!), makes “The Calm” a fan boy’s dream, the battle of the Terminator and the predator for one primary objective. And an objective you’ll have to discover for yourself.

Though I'm still questioning the claim that this was all made on three hundred dollars even, "The Calm" is an utterly excellent fan film starring the science fiction stalkers we know and love, with a dynamic plot, and a surprise ending that is worthy of being an extra on the DVD's for "The Predator," and "The Terminator."

• To download and view parts one and two of "The Calm," visit the official website, and check it out for yourself.

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