Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005)

From my favorite movies..

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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!

Why this piece of cinematic effluent ever made it past the napkin it was written on is beyond me. I am almost at a loss for words to describe just how horrific it was. Think of every bad cliché you could ever put in a movie and it was in this one... twice.The acting was terrible, including a scene where the scientist trying to eliminate the swarm, has to watch her father (who was, of course, responsible for creating the super-bugs in an amazingly original twist in movie plot-line history) die in a terrific explosion, then manages to conjure up a look akin to that one might give to the meal selections in Craft Services. The editing was beyond embarrassing; at one point a group of scientist-onlookers (who have for some reason elected to stay in an area the locusts are being deliberately drawn to so they can be eliminated), duck and cover from a helicopter that has not yet started to crash but will in the scene immediately following. The CG is laughable... at various points throughout the movie the locusts (who are supposedly uniform in size and color) range from a low of about 3" in apparent length to a high of about 8" and are either brown, maroon or pink depending on the particular scene.The real-world physics are... stupid. Just stupid. Locusts chasing a crop duster, flying at full-speed, and not only keeping up but gaining on it. Sure. Right now the world's fastest insect (a locust) tops out at 20mph... this writer has his swarm exceeding 100. Seriously. Go back to school. To echo the other user who commented on this page, don't waste your time.

The Sci-Fi Channel has once again cranked out another "made for TV" movie in their tired formula of species versus human engagements. As the film title indicates, the locusts have the honor of being man's nemesis this time.A good director, cast, crew, writer, et al could have made this a passable piece of entertainment, but alas not in this case. The writing is predictable. The editing and photography are generic. The special effects are far, far from special. These scenes are particularly disappointing for a science fiction movie. While acceptable for a student film or a sci-fi spoof, they lack believability and appear to indicate a project with a meager budget.David Keith does a good job as Gary Wolf, the corporate head. He has become a staple of The Sci-Fi Channel's flicks. Among this swarm of bad acting, he is a welcome relief, but has a limited amount of screen time.Dan Cortese is very disappointing as Colt, the organic researcher and "good guy." His performance was stilted and uninspiring.However, this is not unique in this film that lacks originality and recycles old themes. The evil cooperation versus the little guy. The government drone versus the civilian. The testosterone toxic military type versus the rebel. The industry versus the environmentalist. The geneticists verses the organic farmers. ... The banal list continues culminating in the human versus species of the week theme that is reflected in the title.If you have a free moment with nothing to do and are bored out of your mind, consider this as a possible option.