The Swarm
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Katharine Ross, Michael Caine, Olivia de Havilland, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Widmark Brand: Warner Brothers DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 116 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-08-06 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Warner Home Video |
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Movie Reviews of The Swarm
Movie Review: Silly swarm.
Summary: 1 Stars
The Swarm (Irwin Allen, 1978)
The Swarm was the nadir of Irwin Allen's career, a film so bad, that lost so much money, he forbade those around him to ever speak of it again. It's pretty easy to see why. Long considered one of the worst disaster movies ever made, and rightly so.
Plot? There's a plot? Okay, here you go: a swarm of killer bees is attacking America, and the army, along with the somewhat-coerced help of Dr. Bradford Crane (Michael Caine), has to figure out how to stop it. As time goes on, things get outrageous, pulling in every subconscious fear the scriptwriters could throw in (the bees attacking a nuclear plant is a piece of moronic genius).
Despite the movie having a rather large number of stars, the acting is godawful from front to back. Caine might as well have been dead. No one else in here manages to even come close to that. Katherine Ross is wooden. Fred MacMurray and Bradford Dillman, as rival suitors for the hand of the town schoolteacher (Olivia DeHavilland, who might as well be made of clay) inject some much-needed humor into the movie, but it isn't nearly enough. The love-story subplot between Caine and Katharine Ross is preposterous both as a plot point and for the utter lack of chemistry between the two. And those are the high points.
Disaster movie? It's a disaster of a movie. Probably worthwhile for playing drinking games with, otherwise can be safely avoided. *