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Empire of the Ants

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Con artist Marilyn Fryser (Joan Collins) has a steady and profitable racket. Along with an unscrupulous ship captain (Robert Lansing), she takes gullible investors on a cruise of the Everglades and persuades them to invest in a housing development that will never be. But when she and her latest group of suckers go ashore on a small island, they're horrified to discover that illegally dumped toxic waste has created a breed of giant ants set on human destruction.
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Rex Reed New York Daily News 10/26/2021
The Empire of the Ants is edgy, insipid worthlessness that dares to claim it derives from H.G. Wells. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
Periodic moments of good special effects are separated by reels of dramatic banality as players flounder in flimsy dialog and under sluggish direction. Go to Full Review
Time Out 01/26/2006
It's all drastically boring. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 11/07/2022
1.5/4
[UPDATED 2024 BLU-RAY REVIEW] Yup, you'll be rooting for the ants. Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 08/29/2020
6/10
Once the attacks begin, the film grows slightly more interesting, if only because of the curious combination of monster effects. Go to Full Review
TV Guide 08/03/2009
1/4
Laughable exploitation film results in a complete waste of time and talent. Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 10 Failure in 1 hour and 29 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Brandie H May 18 If you enjoy a movie that is so terrible its good, you will love this. I very much enjoyed every dishointed turn it took. I love a great bad movie! See more SkyRo P @TheMovieSearch Feb 9 I recently sat down to watch the 1977 film "Empire of Ants," featuring Joan Collins. Despite its age, it was an experience to behold. However, the movie was plagued by a nonsensical plot and a storyline that seemed to have emerged from the mind of a lunatic. It was hard to comprehend how the screenplay came into existence, as it felt disjointed and overly cheesy. Given the limited CGI technology of the time, the portrayal of the giant ants consisted of poorly enlarged images of real ants, making it almost unbearable to watch. The scenes depicting the ant attacks and the ensuing chase sequences were exceptionally poorly executed. I found it difficult to grasp what I was witnessing, as the film was so shockingly bad that it was almost surreal to see it on screen. I cannot recommend this movie at all. See more Brian D 08/25/2024 These critics are absolute jokes. See more CodyZamboni Z 08/18/2024 Campy, Cheap, Silly, Ludicrous, 1970s drive in schlock, Laughable, but never boring, Cast of C listers give their all, in this tale of radioactive giant ants snacking on humans, FX consist of fake looking ant mockups, paired with huge closeups of real ants, Along with Bert I Gordon's horror technique of swooping and shaking the camera when the ants attack. Horror indeed. See more Regina J 08/16/2024 I have watched several movies throughout the years. Once I was a film snob. I would not watch anything unless it was a classic. This movie was thoroughly enjoyable and predictable, It was even educational at the beginning. I suppose this goes along with Frogs, and Godzilla in that it is environmental. Oh how I loved complaining about it. I loved how the visual quality of the ants was not as defined as it was with the humans and the somewhat ridiculous nature of it. I was thoroughly entertained. It definitely was not erudite like Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowls. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Con artist Marilyn Fryser (Joan Collins) has a steady and profitable racket. Along with an unscrupulous ship captain (Robert Lansing), she takes gullible investors on a cruise of the Everglades and persuades them to invest in a housing development that will never be. But when she and her latest group of suckers go ashore on a small island, they're horrified to discover that illegally dumped toxic waste has created a breed of giant ants set on human destruction.
Director
Bert I. Gordon
Producer
Bert I. Gordon
Screenwriter
Jack Turley
Production Co
American Internat'l Pics
Rating
PG
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 15, 2016
Runtime
1h 29m
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