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Killer Bees

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A sheriff (C. Thomas Howell) tries to save unsuspecting townspeople, including his estranged wife and young daughter, from a deadly swarm.

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Chris M This is so dumb, I was hoping we'd be beyond killer bee movies by 2002 since it's been years since the threat of massive swarms was proven to be nothing but paranoid misinformation. And human deaths were and still are extremely rare. But even among shitty killer bee movies this is the dumbest. Plus there's a subplot where the bank forecloses an old man's farm but when taking the farm doesn't include everything on the farm including the man's truck. Speaking of the old farm, a killer bee gets into his bee and he swallows his and SOMEHOW it stung him and killed him. One sting, when even the movie says it takes a minimum 3 to kill. And the movie says killer bees can't sting more than once, if he had an allergy but the movie never said. But that's not even the dumbest part, the dumbest part is how the killer bees got to Washington state from South America. The farmers import bees from South America to pollenate their crops, guess it was cheaper, I don't know. But among the hives of honey bee there was a killer bee hive. Because the best way to stop the crossbreeding is keep them in the same area. Also, it has a huge read sticker warning not to take this. But the guy somehow drove from South America to Washington state with that hive and NOBODY saw it. He'd had to go through customs at the Mexican boarder could read Spanish and it was Spanish not Portuguese. It might have made sense if the driver was American but they point out that he's Hispanic, not once but twice. Or if the warning was English. But it wasn't. It's so stupid. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/05/24 Full Review Audience Member AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Acting is very wooden. Special effects are dubious. The story was a little better than expected, just a little better. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This film gave me nightmare's when I was a kid. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member „Oh Nein, Killerbienen. Die Klimaanlage! Sie können durch die Luftschächte. Ich muss die Klappen schließen ... oh nein, der Kamin. Ich muss den Abzug schließen“ Auf derart subtile Art und Weise beschreibt eine Protagonistin, die zudem allein zu Hause ist, genau das, was sie zeitgleich tut – aber auch abgesehen davon bietet der Film wirklich tolle Szenen. So hätte ich mir beispielsweise vorher nicht gedacht, dass man Bienen mit einer Autohupe verjagen kann, oder dass ein fliegender Bienenschwarm eine Masse aus grünen und schlecht digital animierten Punkten darstellt. Das Drehbuch dieses Films ist somit einfach nur außerordentlich schlecht und neben derartigen Lächerlichkeiten einfach nur langweilig. Der Gipfel ist allerdings das extrem konstruierte Ende, bei dem wirklich kein typisches B-Movie-Klischee ausgelassen wird. Auch die Regie ist hier bestenfalls Durchschnitt, die Darsteller sind einen Tick über der „gerade noch erträglich“-Marke, was vor allem an dem recht professionell agierenden C. Thomas Howell liegt. Bei „Mörderischer Schwarm“ sollte die Frage auf dem Backcover nicht „Werden die Dorfbewohner den Angriff des mörderischen Schwarms überleben?“ lauten, sondern vielleicht eher „Werden die Zuschauer diesen Angriff durch ein mörderisches Drehbuch überstehen?“ An sich habe ich ein Herz für trashige B-Movies, „Mörderischer Schwarm“ ist allerdings ein derart vehementer Vertreter dieses Genres, dass man selbst als erfahrener Trashliebhaber hiermit seine Schwierigkeiten haben wird. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Completely ridiculous but I'll admit, a lot of fun. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A sheriff (C. Thomas Howell) tries to save unsuspecting townspeople, including his estranged wife and young daughter, from a deadly swarm.
Director
Penelope Buitenhuis
Producer
James Shavick, Kirk Shaw
Screenwriter
Dana Stone
Production Co
Pax TV, Chum Television, Shavick Entertainment Inc., Regent Entertainment, Insight Film Studios, 614603 B.C.
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 25, 2018
Runtime
1h 36m
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