Deadly Swarm [DVD]

The plot had more holes in it than a screen door. The attack occurs, as in all creature features, during a festival the mayor refuses to cancel. The only 2 Americans in town (besides the evil doctor) just happen to be the heroes. How come the bats that save the day not show up sooner? Other than those quibbles, it was okay.I was tempted to give it only 1 star because the description of the DVD claimed it had English and Spanish subtitles, but it had none.

Love Killer Bee movies

This was one boring mess after another! I did get through it and I should get an "A" for effort. I usually like anything where animals or insects are chewing, chomping, swallowing or stinging, on people! This one left even me bored. The characters were shallow and as boring as the plot. Don't know whether I will watch this one again, even next year!

excellent sci-fi

Great movie, a must see

WOW...IF YOU HATE WASPS OR BEES IN GENERAL.DO NOT WATCH THIS...SOME VERY NASTY BEES WITH A BAD ATTITUDE...THAT ATTACKS YOU.AND LEAVES YOU FOR DEAD IT SEEMS LIKE.BUT YOU ARE REALLY ALIVE..THEY PUT YOU IN SOME KIND OF COMA.THAT MAKES EVERYBODY THINK YOU ARE DEAD..BUT YOU AN'T.SOME SCENES ARE GROSS.SOME SCENERY THOUGH IS VERY BEAUTIFUL...MEXICO I BELIEVE.WHEN THESE BEES ATTACK THEY ATTACK BIG TIME...GOD-BLESS,AND HAVE A GOOD DAY IN OUR LORD JESUS-CHRIST..AMEN AND AMEN....AND REMEMBER JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON......AMEN AND AMEN...

A scientist is illegally transporting killer wasps across the boarder. The truck he hired to move the insects crashes and the wasps escape and begin stinging people to death. An entomologist working in the area is called in the see if he can figure out what is happening. The insane scientist is looking for a cure for his wife’s illness and will do anything to accomplish his goal. Even use the entire town as Ginny pigs for his experiments. And he gets his wish when the mayor of the town typically refuses to stop the Day of the Dead festival. That’s typical cause everyone knows you need a whole town full of people to attack at least once in every horror movie. Of course the crazy scientist is instrumental in making sure there are plenty of victims for his testing. He’s one of those bad guys that you really wanna see get killed.This was your average SYFY channel movie. There isn’t a lot of blood or gore since it is a made for TV work. The story and the acting were good. It’s your basic low budget horror type movie. OK for most of the family. Don’t expect a lot of special effects but all in all the CGI was decent considering it is an earlier work but it is milder than newer killer bug movies. This one concentrates more on the story than the action. It’s watchable provided you don’t expect too much out of it.

I don't even know where to begin as I sit down to review "Deadly Swarm." Here is a movie about killer wasps with absolutely no sting. I know it sounds like I'm trying to be witty, but it's the truth. Miramax and Lionsgate definitely played it smart when dumping this straight-to-DVD and Blu-ray.Crazed scientist Jacob Schroeder (J. Patrick McCormack) stops at nothing to trap thousands of killer wasps in the jungle of Guatemala. He's convinced that the venom from their stingers can be used for medicinal purposes to fight serious illnesses. The truck they are smuggled in crashes during an attempting to transport them across the border into the U.S. The container the wasps are held in breaks open, unleashing them on the innocent citizens of a small town. American entomologist Daniel Lang (Shane Brolly) and a meddlesome writer Sandra Kern (Kaarina Aufranc) must find a way to stop them before they wipe out everything in their path."Deadly Swarm" does have an interesting story to tell and a simple question to answer. The plot is well thought out but loses its potency somewhere in the transition from script to screen. The question asked is one brought up by Mr. Spock first in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one? Are the deaths of a couple thousand residents of a small town insignificant if it helps to create medicines that can cure millions? Pretty deep stuff for a film about killer wasps to tackle.The special effects for "Deadly Swarm" are what we've come to expect from these types of nature-gone-awry flicks. The cloud of wasps is evidently CGI and filmmakers don't really try too hard to hide it. How much extra money could it possibly take to make a cluster of wasps look more realistic? The giant welts found on the bodies of their victims are convincing and rather nasty looking, though.The biggest problem with "Deadly Swarm" is it isn't visually graphic enough. People who watch these types of horror movies want to "see" the wasps stinging and crawling all over the victims. They want more gore and graphic imagery. This seems intent on playing it safe to appeal to a wider audience. Many viewers attracted by the "Not Rated" tagline are going to be angry or disappointed as the credits roll.Even though "Deadly Swarm" is "Not Rated," it really should be PG-13. There's some bad language sprinkled throughout and scenes of victims with welts all over their bodies. The film is devoid of any nudity or sexuality, unless you consider a girl in a half shirt obscene.I'm not entirely sure how "Deadly Swarm" came to be released by Miramax and Lionsgate. It's tailor-made for the SyFy Channel and obviously barely missed the clutches of Roger Corman. The only reason I could see Corman passing this up is if the filmmakers just flat out refused to allow him to have bikini-clad women running around senselessly while trying to escape being stung by wasps. It's B-movie fodder without the self-aware charm found in the Asylum or Corman's releases.

Enjoyable action film only downside to it (reason for 4 stars) is the dutch subtitles that cannot be removed

Shane Brolly (Underworld) stars in this sci-fi action film! When a lorry crashes outside a village a deadly swarm of killer bees is released! A good fun B Movie!

good