Review of Bats

Two huge virus-based bats from Indonesia escape from mad scientist Dr. McCabe's lab infecting others in the dusty realm of small Gallup, Texas where Sheriff Kimsey(Lou Diamond Phillips)finds citizens being attacked viciously. The Center for Disease Control call on Dr. Casper(Dina Meyer)to help figure out how to stop the bats from spreading the infection on bats throughout the country. She is bewildered at why fruit bats would turn carnivorous, assaulting humans and finds that McCabe designed for them to do so. When asked why McCabe would design these bats to do such things, he answers, "Because we're scientists. That's what we do." Okey dokey. With help from Casper's partner Jimmy(Leon), she'll assist Kimsey in trying to trap the "roost"(this is a term describing the entire bat group collectively in one location)annihilating everyone of them before they have a chance to move on to another spot. But, will McCabe allow them to destroy the monsters he created(..for the military..*yawn*)? And, better yet, will the bats comply to their wishes of staying put? In the center of the film, Gallup is attacked by the swarming bats with people dropping dead one after the other.

Really, really stupid "animals run amok" flick doesn't have a smart bone in it's body. And, the director tries convincing us with rubber bats(which look like rubber bats)through dizzying editing techniques and blurry stretches of the camera lens as they attack. Truth be told, they are about as menacing as Kermit the frog. Even worse, they expect us to believe that bats can throw a large male through a windshield while tossing others grown men through windowed doors. The film is an unintentionally hilarious monster flick. The cast try their best with a dumb plot.