A swarm of bio-engineered locusts escape from a research centre in Bulgaria - sorry, I mean Idaho - and have a taste not for crops but for flesh! I expected this to be yet another bad Sci Fi creature feature and while this is hardly a good film I certainly would not call it terrible either, hence my 5/10. Acting wise the leads - Dan Cortese, Jeff Fahey & Julie Benz - do a good enough job. Some of the minor roles were played by Europeans & this does show. Lots of cheap CGI here including helicopters (I've seen more realistic ones on video games). Plenty of gaffs too - many of the vehicles are obviously European; there's a scene where our hero is driving along a dirt track but when the camera is inside his vehicle it's obvious that it was filmed on a proper road, buildings & other vehicles are visible. What I do like about this film is that it's not played with tongue in cheek, nor is it unintentionally fun. It's actually played straight & when the locust descend on human victims it is done efectively to scare.

Following the release of experimental locusts, an entomologist and a government doctor race to find a way of stopping the ravenous creatures before they eat through the US and consume the entire world.This turned out to be quite an enjoyable if not overly spectacular killer bug effort. One of the better elements here is the fact that there's a lot done here to make these creatures seem deadly and vicious, which is what should be done in these kinds of films. The early attacks here are where this one really gets good, as not only is the scenes showing their control in the hive provide this one with a solid base in determining the fear here which makes the attacks that much more fun. This one manages to get a lot of quite fun and thrilling encounters here with the bugs including the farm swarm, the attack on the family at the campground and the rather thrilling rescue from the area later on being the main efforts. The film's two biggest set-pieces are also great action scenes, as first the discovery and subsequent failure to kill them off in the caves results in the swarm attacking with ferocity while the second scene is the splendid amusement park assault that is quite fun for how cruel it is in dealing with the trapped patrons. That this one also manages to get some rather impressive facets of their biology into this one is another big plus, making it smarter than it really should how they attack and behave. Along with a great finale, these are enough to hold this up against the negatives in here which starts with the whole point of creating the insects. There's very little here that makes sense about how the creatures came into being since the motivation is rife with problems and chances to fail which it does here. This also points out the rather clichéd notion of the film's storyline, which is pretty simplistic and doesn't do a whole lot here to offer up many different twists and turns as this one follows along pretty much all the expected paths to its conclusion that would be expected in such an effort. Along with the pretty lame and incredibly unrealistic amount of CGI found throughout here, these are what keep this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language, and children-in-jeopardy.

This movie contains some of the worst acting, most over-used cheap CGI and most unrealistic props I have ever seen in a modern movie. What a load of schlocky tripe! I laughed out loud when the leading lady spun on her heel, pointed at the head anti-locust team and said "There's got to be another way!" in the most B-Movie way ever. The poor CGI of the helicopters was so obvious that it became quickly obvious how cheaply this film had been made. Even the flame-throwers and explosions were computer effects! Maybe the whole of the budget was spent on building the locusts and throwing them about to look like they were dead.As for plot holes, this had more gaps than a hill-billy's teeth. The last ditch trigger of the bomb, for example. Firstly the swarm of six-inch bugs interferes with the radio when you could have driven a tank between each bug. Then the counter stops, presumably a bug switched it off, so the bad guy has to go in and set the bomb off, heroically sacrificing himself in retribution for his greed, etc etc. Why not use a hard-wired bomb? Sheesh...I am amazed that some quality actors gave up their time to be in such a movie. If I was that hard up, I'd consider selling Pepsi before being in this kind of trash. If you're having a drunken weekend watching horror movies and eating popcorn, put this on first!

I had to watch this film twice - simply because I fell asleep during the first viewing! It really is awful! The film is heavily dependant upon CGI throughout, but, unfortunately, they appear to have been composed on a ZX80 - they are diabolical.And the acting??? That surely is a contradiction in terms! It is sooooooo wooden! If this film had been made in black and white 50 years ago, it might be classed as a decent B movie, but with today's standards? Absolute pap! 2/10 only because the first 5 minutes actually lull you into thinking it will be a decent movie to watch: at least, I was fooled! DG