Flying Virus (2001)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Jeff Hare

Writers:

Jeff Hare (writer)
Zani Leo (story)

Release Date:

31 December 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A journalist uncovers a government conspiracy to unleash virus-carrying killer bees that could wipe out humanity.

Plot Keywords:

Killer Bee | Helicopter | Biological Warfare | Rain Forest | Airplane

Cast

Gabrielle Anwar	...	Ann Bauer
Rutger Hauer	...	Ezekial
Craig Sheffer	...	Martin Bauer
Duncan Regehr	...	Savior
Jason Brooks	...	Scotty
David Naughton	...	Dr. Stephen North
Mark Adair-Rios	...	Raka
Hunter Bodine	...	Rude Passenger
Adam Wylie	...	Adam
Robin Wilson	...	Michelle
Lisa Wilhoit	...	Sandy
Gregory Littman	...	Rick
Patrícia Rizzi Bitondi	...	Naomi
Mario Pezini	...	Town Elder
Silas Cardoso	...	Soldier #1

Also Known As:

Killer Buzz (Canada: English title) (video title) (USA) (video title)
Abelhas - Ataque Mortal (Brazil)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

UK:95 min

Country:

USA | Brazil

Language:

English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:M | Denmark:15 | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Brazil

Company:

FWP Productions

Trivia:

Several explosion shots in this film are lifted from the movie Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the attack on the Shadow People village, a number of men fell before the explosions that supposedly knocked them over occurred.

Quotes:

Martin Bauer: Yeah, well maybe you better get your ass out of here before I introduce my foot to your ass.

Zero budget schlock? Yeah...so what?

If ever a film deserved "WTF?" It's this one. But hey they all had such FUN making it.

This is not a movie to be reviewed subjectively. You couldn't even call it a movie, but you know what? I enjoyed the whole damn thing. From probably the worst plane fx ever put up on screen, to the shoddy "lets blow it up then show it again from another angle" cinematography.. right the way though to Rutger Hauer's comical turn as the "wannabe baddest z-grade terrorist" ever unleashed on an unsuspecting bunch of refugees from the ANACONDA film set. The "Shadow People?????" heheheh! My only question is how did they ever get these actors to keep a straight face when delivering their lines.

Sheffer....who cut his teeth on zilch-grade flicks (TURBULENCE 3 springs to mind) excels himself here in his pursuit of Miss Anwar while endeavoring to prevent the "killer bees" (Irwin Allen sold them what he had left over from THE SWARM) from infiltrating the first-class cabin of the hitherto unknown Boeing design we see here.

It is the very comical ineptitude of everyone from the Director to the tea lady that makes this the crap classic it is. Where else you gonna see killer bees massing for attack in the toilet bowl? scores of trained and fully armed commandos unable to bring down a bunch of natives with spears? A 737 perform a 180 degree U-turn in less than 5 seconds? some teenage d***wad re-program a heat seeking missile with his lap-top? ONLY here my friends!

Pay homage where its due. THIS is the cruddiest and most entertaining piece of unoriginal if not downright hysterical cinematic flotsam ever to grace your local bargain-bin. Grab it while it's hot!