Hornet (2018)
6/10
I Have Seen Too Many Bad Movies
17 May 2021
Okay, so I obviously know that this isn't a great, or even that much of a good film, but I have seen movies with this type of budget, so I grade them on a curve, and with that curve, the movie isn't awful. Well the movie does feel and look cheap, and uses the found footage style seen in most independent films, it doesn't look gross, and at times can look like a real film. Not always, but the director was competent enough.

The movie's title is meant to be a misleading ripoff of the far superior film Bumblebee, but the plots are far different from each other. This one is about a group of friends who create a robot that is used to fight aliens, and that has nothing to do with the plot of Bumblebee.

The effects aren't great, but they aren't unforgivable. Hornet looks decent enough for the times he is on scene, and he doesn't look like the robot on the poster, which is misleading, but that is common for most mockbuster films.

The acting, at the start at least, is actual pretty good, as far as I'm concerned. That is until we get into the interrogation room, for whatever reason the acting quality just drops, and it is pretty jarring. Overall, the acting is better quality than what this film deserves, but it isn't without flaws.

Maybe I am more forgiving of this film because I saw it for free, but I still don't find this film to be too offensive, as I have seen plenty worse films. If you can watch it for free, give it a look, but don't spend too much money on watching it, maybe a dollar at most.
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