Bats (Wide Screen)

Advantages: Good action scenes and a few good scares.
Disadvantages: Shifting plotlines, muddled characters, horrific camerawork, and the stereotyped constantly scared black guy.

...the pun, didn't fly. Bats is, at best, a mediocre work involving a lot of people running in terror from a great many more than a lot of bats. The difficulty I have is that these people running in terror are in Texas. At the risk of sounding culturally insensitive, I thought Texans were generally firearms aficionados, especially small-town Texans. Why on earth would they run from a bunch of bats, instead of fighting back? But this small point aside, ...
...to try and freeze the bats to make them hibernate at first, then freeze to death soon after. I had sort of a difficult time following the plot at first; it's especially hard to tell after a while just what genre the director was trying for. Action? Horror? Science fiction? Drama? Any one of these could be valid, but why should the viewer be forced to guess? And of course, the introduction of the "It's all a government plot" concept really muddies ... Read review

Advantages: something to watch
Disadvantages: nothing exciting

...created the 'mad' bats. These bats are big and nasty, and kill. It isn't long before disaster strike the smalle town where the bats have roosted! We need th ehelp of a delightfully looking bat wonder person. Herself scared by bats as a youngster, she is now the lead in the field of bats studies (wow how exciting). The film is exactly what you'd expect, and nothing more. If you are a fan of horror type movies, then this is a typical run of the mill. ... Read review