The Hive (2008) (TV)

Director:

Peter Manus

Writer:

T.S. Cook (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

When ants, displaying never-before-seen behavior, seize an island, the controversial Thorax Team is called to stop the massive threat only to discover that the ants are controlled by something beyond this world. |

Plot Keywords:

Ant | Alien

Cast

Tom Wopat	...	Bill
Kal Weber	...	Len
Elizabeth Healey	...	Claire
Mark Ramsey	...	Cortez
Jessica Reavis	...	Debs

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Krabi, Thailand

Company:

Thai Occidental Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: One of the team Thoax members yells about going to melt some endoskeletons, ants like most other insects have exoskeletons.

Really bad effort in making this film.

I do not dare to call myself a film critic but I think I do know how to appreciate a good film and differentiate between a good movie and a bad one. And in my opinion, this is a rather bad one, given the technology in film-making of 2008.

Honestly, when I play the movie, I thought it was made in the 1980s. The whole texture of the film just looks cheap and unpolished. Even if it's done on a low-budget, I assumed given the abundance of hi-tech equipment and all today, there should be at least some quality to making this film (apparently I was wrong). None of the characters look good(except for the lead actor who look like Keanu Reeves at times)and frankly, I would not turn my head to have another look at them if they passed me by on the streets.

The plot is ridiculous and the twist at the end of the movie just made me deemed this film as stupid rather than pleasantly surprising. The CGI is really really bad and childish. And to be called a sci-fi movie, the special effects should be the most basic component that the film-makers should invest money in. I would probably had felt better if it was seriously just a plain good horror movie about man-eating ants destroying things and end up being destroyed by humans. This, to me is more convincing than telling me that the ants are controlled by aliens. I am utterly disappointed in this movie and though I do not deny the fact this movie has the potential to be good, it failed badly this time as I do not see the effort in the film-making process.