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Ants have never been feared by man (or woman). Simple: They're small creatures who can't do harm to you even if they tried. But, give them a little radioactive waste, you'll super-size them into giant, mutated killing machines! I wasn't sure what to think of this movie. For starters, I couldn't resist watching this B-movie flick because they always intrigue me.
But, on the other hand, this is a movie about giant mutated ants. Well, that wasn't much of a problem.
Empires of the Undergrowth Trailer. Empires of the Undergrowth Review. 8.2 Total Score. Empires of the Undergrowth is an ant colony management game, in a fast-paced real-time strategy style. The first children of the nomadic Formica Ereptor must grow quickly if they are to survive. Soon the ants will embark on a vast and treacherous.
The problem before my viewing of Empire of the Ants was how they would create the ants and how they would look. I mean, this was made in the 70's. Time before CGI (and that's actually a good thing).
I was expecting them to just make a little Lego forest and put paper-machete ants in it and film it. But, thankfully, I was wrong.
I don't know how they did it, but they did do it well. But, as always, there are negatives to be had. My main problem was the characters. They were dull, had no personality, and were just there for the feeding.
I'm not saying I wanted Oscar-winning characters, but I would've liked to see some personality. Otherwise, it's just not as fun to see them meet their demise. Also, they didn't play out the town bit well. It was basically just a time-filler. I would've liked to see the ants attack and destroy the town. I mean, a little destructiveness never hurt anybody. Well, not the ones who aren't involved in the destruction.
3 out of 5 stars.