OllieSuave-007 In this made-for-TV sequel to Vampire Bats, Lucy Lawless returns as Dr. Maddy Rierdon, now a Department of Agriculture investigator, who has to deal with a large swarm of bioengineered locusts that is endangering her town.There are some average-rated action, including all the scenes of the investigations, locusts attacks and residents fleeing for their lives. A swarm of insects, at least for me, would always send chills down your spine and make you shiver. The special effects of the insects were actually pretty realistic at times, but very apparent CGI in most scenes.But, like the previous film, the acting the was pretty horrendous. Lawless pulled off her role quite professionally, but much of the other actors, especially that of the little girl, appeared to be giving half-hearted or less performances - no emotion, character development or screen presence. There are also some illogical plot-points, including the part where ***spoiler ahead*** Dr. Peter Axelrod (John Heard) goes out of the barn, into the insect swarm, to fiddle of some type of machine, where he meets his doom. I thought that scene was meant to be tragic, but distastefully done ***spoiler ends***. In addition, the direction of the plot was slow. But overall, it is a pretty predictable film - maybe a tad better than Vampire Bats, but definitely not much of a humdinger.Grade D

verybentlady I gave this movie 7 out of ten stars, only because of the performance of Lawless. The script wasn't the best to work with, but she is a professional, and managed to pull it off quite well.Still, if your not a fan of Lawless, you'll probably not appreciate this movie. (Like I say, not the best script. But does anyone have any business expecting much from a made-for-TV movie?) The first reviewer actually said that Hollywood needs to adopt a Xenaphobic(!) policy. As an adult, I know the difference between an actress and the character she portrays. It is unfortunate that some of the others who claim to be adults while reviewing work on this site do not.

Michael O'Keefe Dr. Maddy Rierdon(Lucy Lawless) is a Department of Agriculture investigator that is pressed into duty with the pressure of protecting North America from one of her colleague's experiments. Dr. Peter Axelrod(John Heard)over steps his bounds when he secretly bioengineers for the military a breed of locusts immune to all known pesticides. These locusts are three times the size of normal locusts and have the appetite and capability to devour the entire continent. Its the proverbial race against the clock as swarms of these pests are eating their way from each coast with America's heartland doomed in the middle. Also in the cast are: Mike Farrell, Dylan Neal, Caroline McKinley and Gregalan Williams.

whpratt1 Enjoyed viewing this new "Locusts" Film version and thought there was plenty of action with lots of great graphics and location scenes of the great Heartland of America and plenty of fields of corn. Caroline McKinley,(Terry Axelrod),"Katherine",'02, was the big cheese in charge of trying to control and experiment with Locusts and John Heard,(Peter),"Mind The Gap",'04, was fired by Terry Axelrod, for doing some very unusual things with his pet Locusts behind glass. There have been other Locusts films but this film did entertain and I was very grateful that everyone conserved their electricity usage. There was a period in the film when I wondered just when Terry Axelrod would ever tell her husband she was PREGNANT! Good pass time FILM to sit and enjoy, don't be too critical.