Mansquito (TV 2005)

A scientist and her subject turn into mutant insects.

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writers:

Kenneth M. Badish (story), Ray Cannella (story),

Stars:

Corin Nemec, Musetta Vander, Matthew Jordan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Corin Nemec	...	Lt. Thomas Randall
Musetta Vander	...	Dr. Jennifer Allen
Matthew Jordan	...	Mansquito
Matt Jordon	...	Ray Erikson / Mansquito (as Matthew Austin Jordon)
Patrick Dreikauss	...	Detective Charlie Morrison
Jay Benedict	...	Dr. Aaron Michaels
Christa Campbell	...	Liz
Ivo Tonchev	...	Arrogant Swat Member
Vladimir Nikolov	...	Barry
Dimiter Spasov	...	Bellion Security Guard #1
Ivan Urukov	...	Bellion Security Guard #2
Cara McDermott	...	Gaffney
Peter Mechkoff	...	Cop #1
Jonas Talkington	...	SWAT Leader (as Jonas Tlakington)
Gvenga Akunkova	...	Uniform Cop #1

Storyline

Police lieutenant detective Thomas 'Thom' Randall's steady girl-friend, Dr. Jennifer 'Jen' Allen, is Dr. Aaron Michaels's main assistant on his pharmaceutical firm Bellion's research program to cure the highly contagious, fatal infection Guinin. A convicted murderer, whom Thom arrested, is one of their special drug test subjects, but escapes. The convict and Jen are affected by radioactively altered DNA from an experimental reactor used on mosquitoes which transfer quinine. The convict soon mutates into a mosquito-like monster, which sucks its victims dry. By the time Thom and his junior murder brigade partner Charlie Morrison figure out what happens, Jen starts mutating herself.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | insect | mutant | police | monster | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence/gore

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mosquito Man

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nu Image Films, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG II, Active Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

It is entirely against procedure in any police department to seat a civilian in the front seat of a squad car, in order to prevent what Jennifer did - steal it.

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Quotes

Dr. Jennifer Allen: He's more mosquito than man by now.

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Connections

Referenced in Atop the Fourth Wall: The Thing from Another World #2 (2012)

User Reviews

grade-z, sure, but perversely compelling

undoubtedly you've seen the previews on sci-fi which show the sexy scientist tearing off her blouse-- that and the title tell you all you need to know about how cheesy and ridiculous this picture is-- but I hate to admit I found it strangely watchable. Corin Nemec plays a positively Beowulfian cop who tussles repeatedly with the mansquito but somehow survives each time, while(numerous) lesser men and women die within a few tenths of a second of their 'squito encounters. The story hurtles forward at a breathless pace,which is undoubtedly a good thing considering how silly it is. The heroine is also infected by radioactive skeeter juice(hence her need to disrobe(?), and she figures out that Only She can lure Mansquito to his doom...and you can probably guess the rest.

Look: obviously no one watches a teevee movie called "Mansquito!"(it needed an exclamation point, don't you think?) expecting King Lear, unless they have neurological problems or something. Mansquito! is the cinematic equivalent of cheese nachos: you hate to admit you occasionally crave because you know they're nutritional gargbage-- good in a bad way. And gee, I didn't know mosquitos growl.