Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Irresponsible slacker Cooper (Chris Marquette) is in the process of getting fired from his crappy job when a strange noise renders him unconscious. Waking up several days later, wrapped in webbing, he frees himself only to discover that giant insects have cocooned everyone for miles around, storing them for food. After freeing several other immobilised individuals, including his boss's sexy daughter Sara (Brooke Nevin), Cooper and company set out to locate their nearest and dearest.Oversized insects have been terrorising the world of movies ever since the '50s; Infestation doesn't offer anything particularly new to the genre, warming up a hodge-podge of ingredients borrowed from many a big bug movie (Starship Troopers and Eight Legged Freaks automatically spring to mind).The resultant narrative is a bit of a mess, hindered by awkward editing, pointless exchanges of dialogue that affect the pacing, and plot threads which end abruptly; however, plenty of huge chitinous creatures (including several cool human/insect hybrids), a likable cast, a smattering of gore, and even a spot of gratuitous female nudity (courtesy of blonde weather girl Cindy, played by Kinsey Packard) ensure that Infestation proves to be a reasonably enjoyable slice of B-movie nonsense nonetheless.

When I have tried to seen this movie, I was asking myself if it is a joke. It seems to be a comedy but for me, it is a very bad comedy. I have tried hardly to see whole of the movie but it was impossible. Characters played too bad. The story have not any real senses. Insects do not seem at all to be "real".According to me, it is a wasting time to see the movie. There are a lot of films which are better of this one.If I have to describe this movie in one word, I would say: "disappointement".

Anaconda gave us a giant snake. Lake Placid crocodiles. Tremors gave us giant underground worms. Boa Vs Cobra gave us ludicrous giant snakes. King Kong made us afraid of CGI monkeys. Deep Blue Sea gave us giant smart sharks. Arachnophobia gave us millions of spiders.Infestation gives us giant bugs who have taken over the world, or at least part of it.After some meaningless guff everyone who is gonna be in the film from here wakes up from an unexplained coma to find that the world has been overrun by giant bugs.Most of our "heroes" awaken in an office building, where they are joined by other similarly confused punters. They decide to go outside...Bad idea.Plan 2 sees them joining up to head across town to the home of one of the characters, a guy named Cooper whose Dad is a crazed war veteran with an underground bunker where they should be safe.Along the way the group end up as a 5-some, but really it is Cooper as the slacker office idiot and the daughter of his ex-boss (both because he was fired and because she was eaten) Sarah who matter, as from the start they are destined to be together. Sorry "the rest", you are all bug food!Sarah is taken by the bugs just before they reach Cooper's pad, meaning he must save her before he turns on the lave lamp and throws all his best moves at her in his stale smelling bedroom where the walls are covered in posters (I'm just guessing he is like every other early 20s guy who still lives with his parents), so it is on to the nest!Look this is a nice little low budget effort so the plot doesn't matter once you've read the People Vs Giant Bugs bit. There are some creative creature effects, most notably the "hybrid" creatures that seem to use unwilling humans as hosts. Being a low budget flick it is also good to see that they covered some of the bare minimum elements that such a film requires.Those include:* - Bad jokes.* - Boobies.* - Violence.* - Funny and gross creatures.I liked the ending too, all in all this is an ideal mid week rental. You don't have to think, your missus will shriek a couple times without ever being scared or too grossed out, and it doesn't really matter if she falls asleep half way through. It also tops out at under 90 minutes.Final Rating - 5.5 / 10. No-one behind this is walking up the steps to get an Oscar, but a creative genre piece that achieves its limited goals.

"Infestation" is a fairly enjoyable and entertaining Sci-Fi Channel Creature Feature.**SPOILERS**Awakening from a cocoon imprisonment, Cooper, (Christopher Marquette) and Sarah, (Brooke Nevin) finds themselves among other survivors Cindy, (Kinsey Packard) Hugo, (E. Quincy Sloan) and Albert, (Wesley Thompson) as the only people still alive after an unknown attack from an unknown source. Trying to get a bearing on things, they find that a race of gigantic alien bugs are responsible for attacking them and putting them into the constrictive webbing that they were found in. Determined to fight back and end their presence here, they try to find whatever they can to fight back but manage to keep hitting stumbling blocks along the way, and finally getting back on track, the group encounters the bugs one last time to finally end it once and for all.The Good News: There's a few really good parts to this one that actually help it quite well. One of the best features is that there's a ton of action scenes within that are incredibly fun and entertaining to go through and make this one an entertaining film. The film begins with the big action scene within the office building, as the general confusion of the situation is played off nicely as the bugs are shown right off the bat chasing and hunting down the cast, something that is a lot of fun and quite creepy due to the layout of the office providing excellent hiding spaces and jump opportunities, plus the hand-to-hand combat against the bugs is a lot of fun. Other good scenes include the first escape attempt, where the bugs swarm down over the group and causing massive damage involving a moving truck and citizens nearby, which is a lot of fun and provides some great action based on that encounter. A swarming scene out in the open, when the bugs attack them at a bridge overpass is another standout scene, gathering a lot of big action scenes and concluding with a big surprise that sets the rest of the film's actions into motion quite nicely. Even more encounters later on, from a series of encounters at houses to scenes in the establishments left after the bugs' conquest, there's no real shortage of action once the film decides to inject them into the frame, giving off a lot of fun moments that are enjoyable all the way around. This one also decides to throw in some rather good parts in the beginning about the confusion over the events, since that would be a common theme in the situation in real-life and this one plays it off exactly like it should be done, with the survivors trying to actually figure out what happened. The different theories are plausible, the rationale is fine and there's definitely a sense that it's something which would be thought of in the situation, and it feels really good. Another plus is the bug's design, which is quite fun and definitely gives them a purpose for being in a horror film, and they're able to do a lot that drives the film's action forward nicely. There's also some nice deaths in here, mainly through stabbing done by the bugs, but a few violent gunshot-riddled bodies and one who is dropped from a great height onto a building then to the ground are a big plus as well. The film's best part is the finale in the hive, which has a lot going for it. One is the incredibly suspenseful nature of it, being in an unfamiliar location and being completely unsure of what's going on or will happen, and it's a fantastic tool to use. The action is fast, fun and furious, getting a lot accomplished in the process and the inherent suspense in the situation is good, making for a great finale to a fun film. These here are all that help this one.The Bad News: There really isn't a whole lot with this one that doesn't really work. The biggest flaw here is the complete lack of anything regarding knowledge of the bugs. They are a complete mystery in this one, including where they come from, what the purpose is or what they can actually do. This one makes a brief comment about them being extraterrestrial in origin, but that is never confirmed and really only agreed to based on lack of evidence otherwise. It makes sense, but nothing is ever confirmed about them, or what they actually plan to do other than wrap humanity up in cocoons. That is the cause for stopping them in here, nothing about what they plan to do after that, or even how they got their powers. That is merely given in a flashback where we see that they did succumb to something, but that is never expanded upon, and in the end, the bugs are viewed as complete unknowns. The only other flaw in this is the fact that the middle segment is pretty bereft of action scenes, mainly consisting of way too many detours for the group to embark on that could've used that time to better use. The trip to the police station and being caught by the locals there is entirely stupid and serves no purpose, with the action being lame to boot, and the trek down to all the houses results in wasted time. These end up keeping the action down in that segment of the film and hold the momentum down that gathered from the beginning. These here are the film's only real flaws.The Final Verdict: Not a whole lot really wrong with this one, and it's actually fairly entertaining for what it is, which is certainly a big shock. Really give this one a shot if you're into these kinds of Sci-Fi Channel Creature Features or have an affinity for giant bug movies, while those who aren't should heed caution.Rated R: Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity