Adam Almerud
SPOILER ALERTS!This movie made the reason for me going online and register an account at IMDb.com. The movie is an insult to what it could have been. It is stated in earlier dialogs of other reviewers that it was a bad attempt on trying to create a somewhat different story comparing to the Alien franchise.Plot: Requires more actually originality, more story, not simply jump into the main problem without really introducing us to its characters. You know the ones that are suppose to "action" the story forward. They state a cliché problem, "there is something alien in the dark and the question is will we be able to stop it?" Enough said!Characters: Are just briefly described with stereotypes. Really, nothing more.Special Effects: Apart from the blood literally standing out as an fountain out of the victims, looking like ketchup, it is watchable (like an 90s epilogue to an animated game trailer).
Coventry
Two, maybe three years ago, I surely would have bashed this movie entirely and probably wouldn't have been able to mention one minor positive note about it. "Bugs" back then would have been just another imbecilic creature-feature produced by the infamous Sci-Fi channel and exclusively aimed at undemanding audiences over-enthusiast to see big monsters and loads of blood. But the (sad) truth now is that I've seen so many horrible and even downright embarrassing Sci-Fi (these days re- baptized as SyFy) lately that "Bugs" all of a sudden doesn't come across so bad anymore. Compared to crap like "Troglodyte", "Sharktopus" and whatever else, this a more than endurable movie. Like pretty much every other movie revolving on over-sized animals ever made, "Bugs" is a rip- off of Steven Spielberg's "Jaws". The giant shark has obviously been replaced with giant insects and the sunny beaches that must absolutely remain open during high tourist season have been replaced with a newly finished subway of which the opening ride with prominent guests absolutely has to take place. The rest of the scenario is fairly obvious, predictable and includes the possible stereotypical characters and clichéd situations you can think of. Still, the action sequences are quite entertaining, with above average special effects (director Joe Conti is primarily an F/X guy) and good old-fashioned cheesy dialogs. The explanation on where the bugs come from is rather grotesque and laughable, but hey, at least the movie bothers to provide an explanation. I've seen more than enough dumb creature features where the monsters' origins are never even clarified. There's some decent gore and bloodshed to enjoy, especially during the train's opening ceremony massacre, and it was nice to see sexy redhead Angie Everhart again. I will most certainly forget that I've seen "Bugs" in a few weeks from now, but at least I wasn't bored or annoyed while it lasted. That's already an accomplishment these days.
davidthomas-4
I think this was a very good movie even if it was short. The plot was a bit predictable as the main hero and the main heroine would be the only ones to survive in the mission to wipe out of the killer bugs in the subway. I like the CG effects of the movie and for it's time it stands out and I like all of the scenes where there was gore and I felt sorry for all of the soldiers/police whatever they were that tried to kill the insects. Bergstein, Manning, Benton, Reynolds but the one who I really felt sorry for was Garcia because he was the one who suffered the most physical and psychological damage. They were all good hearted people who fought very hard to destroy all of the nasty bastard scorpions.A good film none-the-less and I advice for many people to watch it.
Michael O'Keefe
Brisk paced with debatable quality CGI. Story line is nowhere close to being novel. While an underground railway track is being built, a horde of prehistoric scorpion-like insects are rattled from a million year slumber. A SWAT team is joined by FBI and a lovely entomologist(Angie Everhart)struggle to stay alive while trying to eradicate the flying big, black bugs. There are a few tense moments, but mostly ho-hum and albeit predictable. Not exactly the worse movie from the Sci-Fi Channel. Others in the cast: Duane Murray, Karl Pruner, Stephanie Moore and Elias Zarou.NOTE: I'm not in agreement with the survivors logic that the swarm can not live without its queen. I think another female usually takes on that duty.
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