Alien abduction but not of people, the Aliens take over the minds of Ants. Oh dear.
A meteor falls to Earth on a remote and sparsely populated island and a few days later the Ants begin to act strangely. Some people are eaten and some taken over. When an ant gets in your ear in 'controls' you. So much so that a crack team is brought in to deal with the unusual problem, well, the team slowly get killed. But eventually those who are left, and there's not many, manage to communicate with the aliens. An odd and disappointing ending.
Started promisingly enough but it faded quickly. The acting is poor and the dialog equally slow. The special effects clearly did not have a big budget and it shows. This really is the definition of 'TV' movie and that's where it should have gone straight to.
Wait for it to appear on TV then watch it, or not.
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Science Fiction - Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga - Original Language: Japanese - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Ayako Kawasumi, Fujiko Takimoto
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
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Advantages: Good plot, convincing aliens, lack of appalling bit-part actors. Disadvantages: Somewhat unmemorable and a less than spiffy new mix of the theme tune.
Jan 11th, 2009
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