dtharter This movie is just garbage. Sorry if this counts as a spoiler, but there's no discernible plot other than "giant insects are attacking." Most of the characters are interchangeably bland and non- important, so I'm not even sure how many are left unless they're all together in one room for a headcount. The main character is supposed to come off as funny (I guess) but ends up being just obnoxious, like if Ryan Reynolds had his IQ bumped down 30 points or so.Worst of all, however, is that this movie doesn't know what it wants to be. Is it a monster movie? Is it a spoof of a monster movie? Are the rampant clichés put there on purpose, or is it just a lack of originality? Do the characters do and say deliberately dumb things because it's supposed to be funny? Or was this movie written by people who have no idea how real humans act?On the other hand, the special effects are well-executed. Whoever did the insect effects in this film could be on the crew of a Naked Lunch remake. Other than that, I'm not sure how this film has gotten such great reviews, except that maybe most people who like good films have never heard of it. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time with this trash heap straight out of Amateurville.

metalrage666 Unlike the fun of other recent movies such as 8 Legged Freaks, Infestation is just plain stupid. It is supposed to be a horror-comedy but this is neither horror or comedy and is just some haphazard attempt at movie making.For some unexplained reason, large CGI bugs, which appear to look like over-sized beetles and wasps, have taken over the earth and cocooned everyone in sight.Movie starts on a typical work day and within 5 minutes a large ear-piercing noise is heard which knocks everyone unconscious. The next we know, every human being is cocooned in webs. One of them manages to wake up and sets about freeing others that are trapped. They appear to have no recollection of what has really happened but they work out they've been cocooned for several days.Pretty soon after several encounters with over-sized beetles and wasps, which thankfully manage to pick off a few of the more annoying members of the reanimated group, we learn that the bugs are largely blind and respond to various forms of noise. That knowledge however doesn't seem to stop them from walking around outside talking as if they're on a Sunday stroll, but we're not supposed to notice that I guess.The group doesn't seem to have any goal or direction except to try and lay low and get somewhere they can defend, while also wanting to get back to their various homes, loved ones etc. all of which they fail dismally at. To make matters worse, if you manage to get stung by one of these wasps, the venom doesn't kill you, it transforms you into some kind of weird spiderlike bug/human hybrid instead.There is no real story here and unfortunately this movie is only part one of what was going to be a trilogy. The movie ends on a cliffhanger after they penetrate bug hive so it doesn't really end at all. I have no idea why they would bother to make 3 movies when this mess is already too much but as of this release there has not been any other sequels planned, maybe it did poorer than expected but who knows. It's a bunch of no names reacting to CGI bugs, so budget doesn't seem to be a factor.I said this was brainless and it is. I couldn't even consider this funny as every character was just too annoying. Our main "hero" tries to rescue the bosses daughter at the start, (a boss that just fired him from his job) and while she's all woozy and disorientated, she's coherent enough to mace him in the eyes like any would-be pervert and he still manages to fall in love with her!? Yet when one of the other girls strips nude and tries to get intimate he rejects her. I'm guessing that's the black humour they were talking about, but I just found it irritating.Also in what I consider to be a massive plot hole, if the bugs respond to noise, how did they manage to locate and cocoon every single human everywhere if everyone was unconscious and not making noise? Every person in their cars, offices, homes, shops etc. are cocooned. So are we to believe there was no one who managed to be in a secluded area at the time such as a basement or windowless storeroom that managed to escape being cocooned? It's just a dumb movie that makes no sense and everyone in it is painful to watch and what's really scary is that at some point 2 more of these could be made. God help us all.

p-stepien On a typical workday deadbeat mild-mannered goofster Cooper (Chris Marquette) shows up at work. Late. Again. And in a whole lot of trouble for badmouthing clients. Again. Just as soon as he shows up at work he get the long-deserved can by his boss... only for a loud noise to knock them unconscious. Cooper wakes up a few days later wrapped in an insect's web. After freeing himself and fighting off an overgrown dung-beetle he manages to rescue a group of rag-tag individuals, who now have to survive in a world overtaken by giant insects.Never one to expect much from a sci-fi channel movie I was quick off my blocks to disregard this one as a certified turd. The opening sequence surprised me as to the special effects quality, which were much more decent than average low-budget productions. Then we are quickly introduced to Chris Marquette's character, a amiable slacker with a unabashed level of charm to him. Being the focal point of the movie it sure does help that Chris does such a bang up job at making you fond of him within the opening five minutes. However admirably the movie jumps on you unexpected it does have a few gaping plot holes the size of the infestation's nest. The least of which is the supposed blindness of the insects. Nonetheless this is one of those tongue-in-cheek movies, which manages to go the distance at endearing its audience, so all such flaws are easily forgiven.It may not be the funniest comedy horror at there and at times it does feel like a sub-par TV movie, but the overall enjoyment shows that "Infestation" manages to pull off what it aimed at. It won't become a classic or be covered in glory, but the director has to be commended for almost flawlessly executing the game-plan and delivering a sweet, charming monster flick for an entertaining Saturday evening.The movie ends with a real cliffhanger and I for one will be sure to check up the follow-up to this below-the-radar little gem.

domunited What a little belter of a film! Takes me right back to some of the fantastic 1950 / 60s sci-fi B movie classics. Congratulations to the director - keeping it tight and focused on what must have been, in all honesty, a tight budget. Nevertheless, I laughed out loud many times, I thought the interplay between the main characters was spot on, the script was witty throughout, and the film never dropped the pace from the opening scenes. Yes - some of the special effects were a little ropey, but that is not the point. This is an entertaining film, certainly 'cult' material (and no bad thing for that), it did not 'fall in line' with the usual teen/romp/scary movie rubbish, and it is just a little bit different.