A swarm of African killer bees attacks an Air Force base in Texas, then the small town of Marysville and later Houston. A team of scientists, leaded by the arrogant Dr. Bradford Crane (Michael Caine), tries to find an antidote and an effective way of destroying the lethal swarm against the military command advice, that wants to restrain the area.
"The Swarm" is one of the most absurd, long, boring and flawed story with awful characters that I have ever seen. The annoying Dr. Crane, for example, is arrogant, does not show any education or respect for the others, takes very bad decisions, and hangs around with the gorgeous Capt. Helena Anderson, performed by Katharine Ross, instead of being in the base where he is in charge of the whole operation. The silly teenager Paul is responsible for the death of more than two hundred persons and is patronized by Crane and without any further consequences but his moralist death. General Thalius Slater, performed by Richard Widmark, behaves like a puppet in the hands of Crane and has terrible lines. And the senior triangle of love? What is the point? The train wagons exploding and on fire is one of the most ridiculous scenes I have ever seen. How could they explode and burn? It was imperative that the nuclear power plant should not shutdown, therefore why Dr. Hubbard did not ask the operators to wear protective clothing while working in the plant? How can Dr. Walter Krim, the man in charge of finding an antidote of the sting, be the subject of his experiment? The final solution with the tune of the alarm sound attracting the bees to the ocean completes this shameful flick that wastes an excellent cast. My vote is three.
Title (Brazil):"O Enxame" ("The Swarm")
"The Swarm" is one of the most absurd, long, boring and flawed story with awful characters that I have ever seen. The annoying Dr. Crane, for example, is arrogant, does not show any education or respect for the others, takes very bad decisions, and hangs around with the gorgeous Capt. Helena Anderson, performed by Katharine Ross, instead of being in the base where he is in charge of the whole operation. The silly teenager Paul is responsible for the death of more than two hundred persons and is patronized by Crane and without any further consequences but his moralist death. General Thalius Slater, performed by Richard Widmark, behaves like a puppet in the hands of Crane and has terrible lines. And the senior triangle of love? What is the point? The train wagons exploding and on fire is one of the most ridiculous scenes I have ever seen. How could they explode and burn? It was imperative that the nuclear power plant should not shutdown, therefore why Dr. Hubbard did not ask the operators to wear protective clothing while working in the plant? How can Dr. Walter Krim, the man in charge of finding an antidote of the sting, be the subject of his experiment? The final solution with the tune of the alarm sound attracting the bees to the ocean completes this shameful flick that wastes an excellent cast. My vote is three.
Title (Brazil):"O Enxame" ("The Swarm")