Deadly Swarm (2003)

Director:

Paul Andresen

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

A cargo truck crashes outside a small town in Mexico. The first officer is found stung to death. A scientist...

Plot Keywords:

Juggalo

Cast

Shane Brolly	...	Daniel Lang
Kaarina Aufranc	...	Sandra
J. Patrick McCormack	...	Dr. Schroeder
Pepe Serna	...	Commandante Alvarez
Roger Nevares	...	Mayor Enrique Sanchez
Freddy Soto	...	Charlie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Granville Ames	...	Huston
Hugo Ateo	...	Guide (as Hugo Esquinca)
Murphy Dunne	...	Earl
Roman Echanove
Bobby Plasencia	...	Oficial Baca
Evangelina Sosa	...	Maria
Marco Uriel	...	Bolanco
Jorge Valdés García	...	Deputy

Also Known As:

Black Fire (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials) | Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA | Mexico

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Company:

Art In Motion

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: On the initial scene were the Daniel Lang character is introduced, he is seen flying a paraglider but in the close-up shot, Shane Brolly is clearly hanging using a parachute harness, but after the double lands the paraglider the actor is now seen using a correct paragliding harness.

Quotes:

Daniel Lang: So I hear I'm walking ext to the miracle cure
Sandra: Yeah but you'll have to kill me to get it
Daniel Lang: Why don't we start with a kiss, and work our way up to the killing?

Loco Bees, Absurdo Movie

Watchable, but totally absurd. This is yet another take on the killer bugs idea; this time somebody, somewhere in Mexico, is somehow engineering our buzzing friends, but something goes wrong and (hold on to your seats, folks:)they attack people!

There are some good action scenes, if you can overlook all the mockeries of scientific law that occur. Swarms of bees, or wasps, or something....take direction very well and choreograph their dive-bomb attacks viciously. You have the usual idiot politician who insists there's nothing wrong, (this time the mayor of a tiny town); thus ensuring lots of violence and carnage.

The movie doesn't seem to be sure if it's a horror movie, or a comedy, though. Mostly, the plot darts around, and doesn't make much sense. The irony of the potential victims being at a Dia de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") observance suggests it wanted to be taken seriously. But then, during the generic panic scene; well, there's this policia guy who tries to exterminate the swarm with....ahhh, I'm laughing too hard to type it--just see the movie.

There's lots more that's outrageous to the point of being comical in this film. It's like watching John Belushi in the old Killer Bees skits on SNL. Of course, the movie is topped off with another one of those "Oh, come on!!!!" endings that are so notoriously common in these "nature gone berserk" movies.

All the flaws notwithstanding, however, this one actually has its moments, and is fun to watch. If nothing else, it's good for a few laughs.