recommended

Excellent, a Must See

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

I agree with drystyx. Four stars, but maybe for different reasons. First off, I saw the movie on a video sharing site that rhymes with zoo boob. So it was free and there were no commercials. Wow, now that I check the resolution, I see it is 720p, I might move back to the beginning and watch it full-screen. Naahhhh, it really is not worth watching over. I re-watched The Departed last night and no, this is not in the same league. The Departed cost 90 million dollars, this cost two million. So I think this movie is much more like giving John Lennon a tuba and getting some art. You could make 45 of these from the budget for The Departed.This movie is not Tab Hunter channeling John Waters in Lust in the Dust. It is not Tim Blake Nelson channeling the Coen brothers in Leaves of Grass. I liked both those movies a lot, and they both were way better then this movie, but lets remember: 2 million dollars. Free to watch. In HD.And it is easy to slag the actors and the script and the special effects, like Crazy King Ludwig pronouncing "This did not please me," but remember, 2 million dollars. Yeah, it was a little forced, like a dating site or community college full of 35-year-olds that know they just have to mate and settle down really soon.Everybody was a bit too good looking. Maybe not Zoolander ridiculously good looking, but I agree that going with 45-year-old fading stars with some BMI issues might have made for a better movie. I don't watch horror flicks so I didn't know Robert Englund, but when he was introduced it was easy to think "this is the best actor/actress so far." Sound was good, music was OK, walk and talk, bokeh, its really amazing to me they could make this for 2 million dollars. And two million with a child actor, that will triple your shooting time. Yeah she was precocious and yeah, I would have had her stung to death in the first ten minutes, but mothers watch made-for-TV movies, and there is no better way to keep them tuned in than to put a child in danger.Everybody says this movie was predictable but I didn't see some of it coming. It was half-way through before it became apparent this was a modified....well, Zombie is such an ugly word, lets say, a reanimation movie. Wow, the black limo just picked up the fluff babe, the surprises never cease. Maybe its a 5 star movie. Ahhh, now that I see she is a government employee, her stiff stilted delivery is quite fitting.Ahhh ahhh ahhh, a Goldwing with a sidecar, I am so tempted to do 5 stars now. Pride of Marysville Ohio. Oh, the kid is a wasp magnet-- now I really like this movie. If only they had the moral courage to have the priest toss her off a parking deck, this thing would be Palme d'Or material. OK, fluff babe is packing, and she is-- well, enough spoilers. Watch it. Its fun, its free, and its a tuba making art.

Probably the filmmakers tried to convey a decent story on rabid bees(or wasps whatever) that attack humans but the effort was absolutely disappointing. Average special effects and unbelievable, unconvincing or silly scenes spoil the complete picture and therefore any fair performances the actors came up with was of no use anyway. The attacks by the wasps could have been treated better - or should I say with more horror! Probably the only impressive performance is of the blind, elderly character essayed by Sheena Larkin. Actor Robert Englund best known for Nightmare on Elm street is forgettable here. This is one sting that induces more laughter than hurt!

I guess good advice in regards to 'Black Swarm,' is not to watch the trailer first as it gives away too many spoilers. Okay, the best advice is just to simply avoid the movie at all costs. The "when animals attack" film, like so many other b-movies, tries to be too many things and ultimately falls apart. Those unfortunate enough like me to waste time on such filth will see: part 'Aliens,' part 'Day of the Dead,' part 'Empire of the Ants' and any "government's secret weapon runs amok" movie. It's frivolous to attack any of its hundreds of flaws, inconsistencies or even the little girl that laughs and smiles at inappropriate times. It is a b-movie about killer wasps that fear the fruit after all, but with lines like "Maybe it's playing hive and seek," good cops that threaten to kill at will and scenes stolen from much better movies – think Newt's dilemma in 'Aliens' – it's hard not to simply hate any effort produced here. Perhaps it is a good drunk movie, as so many scenes make you laugh out loud, such as a "shocking" revelation in the closing by the two stars while aimless Robert Englund stands around. One of my favorite flaws (and yes spoiler ahead) was the quick and almost immediately forgotten death of the beloved blind "B" woman who previously attempted to protect the young girl with a perfectly sized raincoat she happened to have. Then, when it was never revealed to her mother the blind woman got it, her mother seemed to know. I'm getting tired of at least acknowledging one's efforts, even with a low budget. "At least they attempted to make a movie." Well, Marlboro also attempts to make a quality cigarette. And we all know how that ends up.

So the military is conducting experiments into weaponizing wasps. A guy named Eli (Robert Englund, best known for his portrayal of Freddie Kruger in the Nightmare on Elm Street movies) is in charge of it. He's got a huge, top secret research facility located under a small town. Even though pretty much any random manhole you go down leads to this lab, nobody's found it. And then there's the sheriff. She just moved there from Manhattan. She meets her deceased husband's identical twin brother, and strikes up a romance with him. She's also got a kid. I just love precocious kids in movies, doesn't everybody? Several people in town are stung by Eli's killer wasps and turn into zombies. Nobody notices. The sheriff, with her kid, then meet Eli. She's holds him at gunpoint, as he is the person responsible for the wasp attacks. But I guess she has a rather rapid change of heart, because after about two minutes she puts her kid in Eli's care so that she can run off and do whatever it is she's going to do with the dead husband's lookalike. I found that rather odd. The big rule in this movie is that when killer wasps attack, you must immediately leave the safety of whatever building you're in and try to make it to the other side of town, where perhaps you'll find another building, which might be safe. Yup, makes perfect sense, doesn't it? This line of thinking is responsible for the majority of wasp deaths during the movie.Anyhow, We got the kid entrusted to the bad guy, Mrs. Sheriff running around getting friendly with the dead husband's brother, the requisite cornball explosion ending, yadda yadda yadda. At one point mom and kid are fleeing a building because attack helicopters are about to destroy it. Instead of taking her kid by the hand and running, mom decides to leave her with Eli. Mom runs away to safety. Gee kid, hope you have as good a luck as I did! If you've seen one low budget bee movie, you've pretty much seen them all. This one is remarkable only for the blatant idiocy of the characters. Special effects were pretty good, much better than the movie deserved. The plot was more Z-grade than B-grade. Acting was spotty, good in some cases and lousy in others.One thing I cannot figure out: At one point, sheriff babe takes her sheriff shirt off, and is only wearing a T-shirt. Okay, she looks sexy, and the movie makers obviously did this to add some sex appeal to the movie. Otherwise it's just stupid. So why then, two minutes later, do they have her put a sweatshirt on? I mean, you get her into a T-shirt because you know full well this movie doesn't have anything else going for it, and then you almost immediately have her put some other shirt on? Hello? WHY in god's name would they do that?