The Swarm
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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. *
Movie Review: BAD SCRIPT, HORRIBLE ACTING!!
Summary: 1 Stars
For a man of Irwin Allen's talent with great disaster films (Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno) to his credit, it is sad to see the result of this swarming mess!! Literally. We have a distinguished cast..many of them Oscar winners including: Henry Fonda, Olivia deHavilland, Jose Ferrer, Patty Duke, Lee Grant and Michael Caine. Add to them Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain and Fred MacMurray and you would think we would have a film worthy of Irwin Allen and his ever present script writer Stirling Silliphant.
The acting is horrible, not helped any by the static direction. Only Henry Fonda rises above the horrible script. Caine and Widmark also but to a lesser degree. The rest of the cast founders...especially Katherine Ross, Patty Duke (in a thankless role as a pregnant widowed mother)and especially Olivia deHavilland who is a fine actress. She was horrible in this film, just horrible. (Pay close attention to her reaction in the scene where she peeks out of her school window and sees many children lying dead on the ground after having been stung by the bees. Any nominations for worst supporting actress that year????)
This is by far Irwin Allen's turkey. Nothing is believable here and one doesn't care if the bees are caught and eliminated or not. One doesn't care period. Always the hallmark of a bad movie. This is a total stink bomb far beneath the talents of those who appeared in it.
Movie Review: Extremely Dull
Summary: 1 Stars
As a bad movie lover I thought I found a lost classic when I purchased this, but instead found it to be very dull. Yes, the diologue and acting are both bad, but not the kind of bad that I found funny. Most of the movie just drags along and at times I felt like I was watching an episode of "The Love Boat." When the bees came, it was nothing special. No gore or anything out of the ordinary, just a bunch of stunt people covered in real live bees...yawn! If you like Irwin Allen films stick to The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake, and The Towering Inferno. Forget this mess it's a complete waste of time.Movie Review: A Genuine Disaster Movie
Summary: 1 Stars
From the producer who gave you "The Towering Inferno" comes this hilarious killer-bee invasion with a "Hollywood Squares" cast (including Fred MacMurray in his final screen role). "The Swarm" is another Irwin Allen schlockfest mired in ludicrous dialogue and unspecial effects. This cinematic turkey inexplicably cost a whopping $21 million, which makes you wonder about creative bookkeeping. A definite must for bad-film aficionados.Movie Review: Worse than I remember, plus wrong bonus feature info
Summary: 1 Stars
When you see a movie with your sweetie on a warm summer evening when the world was young, you tend to remember it through rose-colored glasses. When you watch it 25 years later in this scary new age, reality bites. This is a bad movie. I mean really bad. It makes The Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno seem like masterpieces. At least they had a cheesy charm. This has none. this DVD DOES NOT have commentary by Michael Caine.