The Hive (2008)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

A Disappointing Continuation

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Following an epidemic in Brazil, a team of specialists investigating the voracious ant colonies discover the creatures are from outer space intending to colonize the planet and launch an attack against the insects to stop their plans.There was some decent stuff to this one when it tried to. One of the best parts here is pretty much the whole first half as there is some really great action scenes which is really fun and enjoyable. It's a fun story to see this kind of struggle going on all pretty much the first half of the film, and it's really fun and entertaining the way it plays out that the beginning has a lot to enjoy about it. This becomes quite fun as the two different sides are engaged in war, which allows for some really fun moments of the military getting the upper hand with the plasma rifles when it wipes out a huge swarm in an intense blue-light, and a later scene when they use it to blast a humongous swarm straight off a fallen victim is a visually-impressive sequence. The very first encounter on the outskirts of the town with the tactics to keep them at bay looks really great, and seeing the retaliation from the ants being really nice as well, including the film's top kill watching one of the peasants get swarmed by the creatures and completely stripped down to bones seconds later. Others, such as the battle in the factory leading to the trap is impressive as there's a fair amount of tension brought up from the gradual realization of the trap, and there's also the scene where they form an offense and attack leading to some really great battles. As well, there's the tense, action-packed finale in the cave, which has a gigantic ant-made-of-ants interacting with them and features a lot of nice action to get the colony under control which gives this some great work and ends it on a high-note. These are all that really work for this one as there wasn't a whole lot really wrong. This is all pretty much in the middle of the film because the film throws in the really lame and quite unnecessary plot-twist by making the ants aliens. This is completely lame and idiotic, as the scenes which showcase this, from the ants in the colony and the repeated attempts at trying to understand them, manages to undo the rather enjoyable war-story-like- battle with the ants. Also, this one has a much lower body count than it should as this one manages to have not even a half a dozen deaths, an incredibly paltry number for a creature feature, and none of the ones in here are even gory. The last flaw here is the really weak CGI, which is typical of these kinds of films that rarely looks anything at all that realistic, and really is quite easy to determine when and where it's used, though it isn't as detrimental as expected. These are the film's few problems as there's a lot more to like here.Rated R: Violence and Language.

I'm giving this a 5 coz it did make me laugh out loud on a number of occasions.The basic plot, killer ants. It sounded like the kind of cheap sci-fi B-movie I like, so I though I would watch it. And I was entertained for all the wrong reasons.The acting was OK, not the worst I've seen, but I've seen a LOT better. The story was ridiculous! I mean, even to the point where; you know in Bond movies, how the bad guys does a plot exposition to Bond? Well, the 'ants' do this to the good guys of the movie...yes, the 'ants' actually tell the humans what they want! I'll not tell you how, but it is ridiculous! It made me laugh out loud.The direction was taken from the 'how to film every camera cliché in the book' school of filming.The end was really disappointing. They try to have a 'twist' ending, but it's more of a 'we couldn't be bothered to think of anything, so we'll resort to an obvious answer' ending. After I saw this, I read a review that said this film has 'credibility', lol, really, it's only credible if you've never seen the 'moving image' before. If you like B-movies, that make you laugh, then you will enjoy this. If you're looking for a sci-fi/horror/action film, then this isn't for you.

Tom Wopat is always fun to watch from a nostalgia aspect, and his part is very cool. At fist, though, you will wonder if the gray haired old guy really is him- it is. This movie is as other reviews have stated- much much better than what it should be. It's not gory or vulgar so the kids can watch it, but it's very entertaining for all. It's very worth a watch- better than a lot of big budget films. It's fun, if nothing else, and makes you feel satisfied, never bored. The pacing never leaves you wanting more (an aspect of the little screen I suppose). I've always thought the reason for a movie was to have fun, no matter if it's old 40's with no CG or all green screen. If it doesn't make you feel your time with the movie was worth it then it's no good, no matter what you paid for admission. This one rates.

This is one of those misleading films that you see in IMDb and you instantly assume that are utter trash. I guess most people will dismiss this film as silly and awful without haven't even watching it. I pity them. And I'm not talking about your regular "This is so bad its good!!!". No dear internet fellows, I'm talking about, "This is so good its awesome!".The, for most people I guess, apparently laughable plot (a film about killer ants, you say?) hides an extremely satisfactory script that manages to deliver thrilling action and top of line dialog lines. Not many low-budget TV films manage to capture the essence of what every sci-fi should aim at: originality, compelling story and, above all, credibility. The final twist of the film is the perfect example of that: pure indie brilliance.I'm not giving the film a 10 since CG scenes are a bit blurry because of the film's low budget, but don't let that mislead you: this is one film you owe yourself to see.