But Oldman also sinks deeply and empathically into Churchill's lower ebbs, projecting a sagging, load-bearing frailty and eloquence-sapping indecision we less readily associate with this semi- mythical figure. As foreign secretary Viscount Halifax (Dillane, once more compelling as a grey, rigid man of power) politically manoeuvres against him, we see Churchill flag and flounder. Not only is it impressive evidence of Oldman's dynamism and flexibility as an actor, it's also a timely reminder that world leaders should pause,

When those African killer bees finally do make their way North to the States, I bet nobody will be laughing then! How long has it been now? I recall hearing about them decades ago, what's taking them so long? Well in a way, the premise of the story has an element of believability to it, but when it comes to battling the little suckers, the whole thing gets rather absurd. Seriously, what was the deal with the poison pellets being dropped from those helicopters - how was that supposed to do anything? Were they supposed to knock out the bees as they fell from the sky, or were the little buggers supposed to die eating them? It just didn't make any sense to me.And wait a minute now, Dr. Walter Krim (Henry Fonda) injects himself with the equivalent of six bee stings when just three will prove fatal? And then waits sixty seconds to give the poison a fair chance before going for the antidote? That was just a bit too bizarre to contemplate, but no more so I guess, than a whole host of famous film stars showing up in this disaster travesty.I hope director Irwin Allen wasn't thinking sequel here because the ending was just a bit too sophomoric to have killed off all of the pesky little critters. You know there had to be a few bees that would have gotten away from that oily inferno to close out the story. Sequel or no though, once was enough for me. I won't get stung again.

After escaping into the wild, an entomologist joins up with an Air Force captain to track down and destroy a ravenous swarm of bees flying around in the southwest United States before they consume the entire country.This was quite a decent if flawed effort. One of the film's few bright spots here is the rather fine action scenes, which is quite fun with some great scenes along the way here of their initial attack on the helicopters and managing to take them down, the thrilling attack on the picnicking family in the woods as the son observes this from the car and the attack on the friends who came back to seek revenge on them which is all quite fine action scenes here while setting the stage here for the big action scenes from their general swarming found on the small-town which is all highly fun and enjoyable here with the different attacks on the populace through the town, from schools, fairs, diners and more in a frantic, absolutely enjoyable sequence. Others include the big train attack, the power station destruction and their appearance in the control room where the need to spray the area with a flamethrower gives this a really impressive feel, while the film's big action scene here is the containment attempt in the big city as the flamethrowers spitting streams of flames on the buildings, blowing things up and generally making everything feel quite grand and epic gives the film quite a large number of positives against a few flaws. The biggest flaw here is the absolute overkill here in terms of allowing scenes to go on for way too long or are just unnecessary being here, starting with the introductions of his credentials from the very beginning, the romance between the elderly townsfolk, the father taking his dead son home or the continuous scientific minds sitting around debating everything which grind the film to a literal halt at times while effectively exploiting the other problem apparent in this section here in making the film seem overlong and purposefully epic for no reason. The other flaw here is some rather lame special effects for the swarm here, never seeming like the bees are there but rather just a mess clumsily inserted with buzzing noises thrown in to make it seem like that's bees. These here lower this one somewhat.Rated PG: Violence and Language.

Gen. Slater (Richard Widmark) leads soldiers looking into a missile complex. A swarm of African bees had attacked the base and the only survivor is Dr. Bradford Crane (Michael Caine). He's a scientist who followed the bees onto the base. Dr. Helena Anderson (Katharine Ross) saved herself and others by barricading inside the hospital bunker on the base. The swarm continues to advance killing many in their path.The acting is over the top horrible. It's surprising with such a top class cast but not unexpected. The fight early on between Michael Caine and the military is utterly tiresome and laughable. The dialog is incredibly bad and lifeless. So the giant bee hallucination made me laugh but that's not a good thing. This disaster movie simply doesn't move. Instead of being scared of the bee swarm, I'm more afraid of being bored to death.