Logic is at a premium too. It's unexplained what exactly happened when the locusts first escape. Obviously, someone tried to get them out of the lab, but for what reason or for who is entirely unknown. The finale leaves a bad taste in your mouth. The solution to rid the world from a group of voracious insects is fair and mildly logical. What's not is how they figure the remaining few have magically become sterile. That's not just movie logic, that's writers block. There are also some ill-placed moments of humor that seem entirely out of place in what is, otherwise, a movie played straight.
Clichés are cringe-worthy, adding up much quicker than the disappointing body count. Maddy of course works too much, her husband it tired of it, and she becomes pregnant. The government types want to kill Americans in order to fight off the swarm. The 'evil' creator of this new breed of course makes a heroic turn, sacrificing his life in the process. It's all a bit much after a while.
Still, there's enough here to make a recommendation if you're a fan of brain dead entertainment. Sure, it's all lowbrow and cheesy. So what? "Locusts" is fun and one of the better insects-eat-the-world movies in a long time. It slaughters some of the tripe from the Sci-Fi Channel like "Deadly Swarm." Maybe CBS is on to something after all.
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1 - Uncle John
Lucy is so yummy! I would't mind a bite or two myself.
2 - Duane
The usual bunch o' cliches:
Science bad (playing God).
Military bad (collateral damage is just fine).
Sex bad (people who are about to have sex get attacked by bugs).
Love conquers all (protagonists manage to pursue a love affair even though civilization is about to meet its demise).
Other than that, it was great.
3 - Triniman
I thought it was absolute crap. Perfect entertainment for the ignorant masses, though, which is what they were after.
4 - SueEllen
Okay, Locusts? 3 words...PILE OF CRAP.
I'm 15 years old and I still have more brain power than this writer. Not only did unexplainable things happen regularly...they weren't even SLIGHTLY believable. The biggest and perhaps the thing that made me laugh the most was when they decided to destroy the locusts with electricity...possible, you might be thinking...but, not when you are suddenly informed that the way they are going to attract these bugs to huge sources of electric voltage is by...DUN DUN DUN...hanging huge shiny pieces of material you can by at a CRAFT STORE for about a 1/2 mile from power lines. THIS ATTRACTS THE MILLIONS ON LOCUSTS??? SHINY THINGS WITH STREAMERS?! Good Lord...hahaha...
Obviously, I watched the entire movie...but before I sign-out...let me tell you why, even after the first 30 minutes were SOO bad...it was because the locusts got into an office building and there was some poor lady...some extra or something...and she's screaming because they are attacking her, so she jumps onto an office table and starts hitting the ceiling(???) and then instantly jumps off the table flapping her arms like a bird. It was possibly the funniest bit of TV I have ever seen.
Locusts should have been labeled a comedy.
5 - Brittany
The movie may not have been good. Except the parts with lucy in them. She is a true actress in every sense of the word. she helped that movie a lot withouy her the movie would not have even been fimed. the scene where she shines the most is where "maddy" finds out she is pregnant and also she ad libbed a lot everyshow or movie she is in she ad libbs a lot. every director would be happy to have her in their movies