Not many people have much to say about this movie that is good,which is maybe to be expected. However,what do they really expect from a tiny budgeted movie about killer spiders starring nobody you've ever heard of,which went straight to DVD? I bought this film for £1 from my local Tesco. I knew what I was going to get and got it. Solid B-Movie fun,no more,no less.
Most of the first hour is set in an underground base,which obviously saved on the budget,but the endless scenes of the heroes creeping around or running from something get monotonous and make the film resemble a very old Dr Who episode padded out to feature length. Still,the actual mechanical spider effects are pretty good and in some ways no less realistic than some of the CGI you see everywhere in big budget films. As for the dreadful CG explosions in the film,I've definitely seen worse in recent films where there is probably less of an excuse for them to be bad. Somewhat disappointingly,there are only two spiders {my DVD back cover at least implies there are loads}.
The climax of the almost Kong-sized second spider rampaging through Los Angeles really isn't badly done considering the budget the filmmakers had to work with. The silly climax,with the heroine hanging out of a helicopter with a bazooka,is quite exciting. Obviously,script,direction and acting throughout are mediocre. There is little real atmosphere,in fact most of the film looks flat and TV-like. But honestly,as I've said before,what did people really expect from this? Watch it for what it is,a B-Movie for the uncritical,and you might quite enjoy it.
Most of the first hour is set in an underground base,which obviously saved on the budget,but the endless scenes of the heroes creeping around or running from something get monotonous and make the film resemble a very old Dr Who episode padded out to feature length. Still,the actual mechanical spider effects are pretty good and in some ways no less realistic than some of the CGI you see everywhere in big budget films. As for the dreadful CG explosions in the film,I've definitely seen worse in recent films where there is probably less of an excuse for them to be bad. Somewhat disappointingly,there are only two spiders {my DVD back cover at least implies there are loads}.
The climax of the almost Kong-sized second spider rampaging through Los Angeles really isn't badly done considering the budget the filmmakers had to work with. The silly climax,with the heroine hanging out of a helicopter with a bazooka,is quite exciting. Obviously,script,direction and acting throughout are mediocre. There is little real atmosphere,in fact most of the film looks flat and TV-like. But honestly,as I've said before,what did people really expect from this? Watch it for what it is,a B-Movie for the uncritical,and you might quite enjoy it.