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Empire of the Ants (1977)

 
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Bud Brewster
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:17 pm    Post subject: Empire of the Ants (1977) Reply with quote



Don't be fooled by that terrific poster.

Producer-director Bert I. Gordon borrowed the title from an H. G. Wells story, but he didn't borrow the plot. His version of the story centers on a group of real estate investors trapped on an island with a horde of giant ants which were spawned by (you guessed it) radiation leaking containers of radioactive waste, rather than a bomb.

This is basically a good 1950s concept given a bad 1970s treatment; instead of likable characters who cooperate with each other to battle the ants, we get a selfish group of argumentative types, interested only in looking out for number one.

Bert I. Gordon's special effects are substandard. The cast includes Robert Lansing ("4 D Man") and Joan Collins.

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alltare
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ant movies, in decreasing quality:
THEM!
PHASE IV
THE NAKED JUNGLE (Leiningen Versus the Ants)

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EMPIRE OF THE ANTS.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I've never seen this one, so I guess I'd better download it and suffer through it.

It's a thankless job, but somebody's gotta do it. Sad

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__Empire of the Ants Official Trailer #1 (1977) HD


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alltare
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

alltare wrote:
Ant movies, in decreasing quality:
THEM!
PHASE IV
THE NAKED JUNGLE (Leiningen Versus the Ants)
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EMPIRE OF THE ANTS.

After commenting on this movie (above), I figured I should watch it again, just to be sure that my original opinion wasn't too harsh. It wasn't.

I downloaded it from Youtube, and it's a very good wide screen HD rip. Although the picture quality is good, the movie itself is pretty cheesy. It was kind of fun, though, to see how Bert I. Gordon got mileage from such cheap special effects. I didn't notice any major goofs, like his grasshoppers walking into space in BEGINNING OF THE END. Even so, it wasn't as entertaining a movie as BEGINNING OF THE END.
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