In this made-for-TV sequel to Vampire Bats, Lucy Lawless returns as Dr. Maddy Rierdon, now a Department of Agriculture investigator, who has to deal with a large swarm of bioengineered locusts that is endangering her town.There are some average-rated action, including all the scenes of the investigations, locusts attacks and residents fleeing for their lives. A swarm of insects, at least for me, would always send chills down your spine and make you shiver. The special effects of the insects were actually pretty realistic at times, but very apparent CGI in most scenes.But, like the previous film, the acting the was pretty horrendous. Lawless pulled off her role quite professionally, but much of the other actors, especially that of the little girl, appeared to be giving half-hearted or less performances - no emotion, character development or screen presence. There are also some illogical plot-points, including the part where ***spoiler ahead*** Dr. Peter Axelrod (John Heard) goes out of the barn, into the insect swarm, to fiddle of some type of machine, where he meets his doom. I thought that scene was meant to be tragic, but distastefully done ***spoiler ends***. In addition, the direction of the plot was slow. But overall, it is a pretty predictable film - maybe a tad better than Vampire Bats, but definitely not much of a humdinger.Grade D

Dr. Maddy Rierdon(Lucy Lawless) is a Department of Agriculture investigator that is pressed into duty with the pressure of protecting North America from one of her colleague's experiments. Dr. Peter Axelrod(John Heard)over steps his bounds when he secretly bioengineers for the military a breed of locusts immune to all known pesticides. These locusts are three times the size of normal locusts and have the appetite and capability to devour the entire continent. Its the proverbial race against the clock as swarms of these pests are eating their way from each coast with America's heartland doomed in the middle. Also in the cast are: Mike Farrell, Dylan Neal, Caroline McKinley and Gregalan Williams.

I enjoyed watching this movie, although I may never look at locusts quite the same way again. I enjoyed watching the performance of Lucy Lawless, Dylan Neal, John Heard, and Mike Farrell. Lucy Lawless was outstanding as Dr. Maddie Rierdon, a woman who is both intelligent and resourceful and who, because of who she is, has to put the welfare of those endangered by the locusts before her relationship with her husband. This movie caused me brought up some slightly disturbing thoughts about what the people or a governments might do in order to put a stop to something that's out of their control. That is, unless they're forced to seek other, less damaging (to the citizens)alternatives. On another note, I sincerely hope one of those bugs didn't really fly into Lucy's mouth as the movie showed. If it did, I feel sorry for her. That had to be disgusting.

I admit it, I am a huge Lucy Lawless fan, and even I was nervous about this movie. I have been waiting for this since February. I knew the whole concept of LOCUSTS taking over the world was a bit far fetched, but, I was willing to go for the ride. And I ended up enjoying it. :) Honestly, much to my surprise.I could go with the main plot, bugs devouring the crops. And somehow, Lucy made me believe that a giant bug zapper would work. In the end, I thought Lucy did a great job. She was not over the top, and did not slip into her 'Xena' mode. Lucy played the role strong, but not overly butch. Lucy took this role because she thought it would be fun, and "good Sunday night fare". She did not take it because as one person has said 'she needs the money'. Well, I know for a fact, that is not true. Lucy chooses her projects based on things other then money. All in all, I thought this was a good movie, and held up better then I thought it would. If you can allow yourself to get into it, you would see that the acting was good, the plot can be worked with, and Lucy got mostly naked for us! What more could you want? Xx