I saw the poster for Stung and knew nothing about it, I had
a little Google and it mentioned massive wasps invading a posh garden party and
basically killing everyone, I’ll have a bit of that I thought, Surely 90
minutes of giant wasps after a long day will keep me awake and it sure did!
What can I say about Stung? Well, If you have ever seen a
“B” monster movie or in this case a wasp one (sorry) you know what to expect
and Stung delivers on all levels, The opening 15 minutes or so is a set up for
a high end garden party that is an annual event but this year the party turns
out to be a massive wasp massacre, I'm not going to go into loads of plot
details or story lines because to be honest there isn't much, In saying that I
don’t want that to sound in a bad way because it’s no way bad, It is a 90
minute fun time. I have seen pretty much all that is on offer in Stung before
in many a monster movies but that didn't detract from the enjoyment from it any
way at all, It has its fair share of gore and very predictable on a lot of
levels. The CGI Is pretty solid apart from the last part of the film which
looks a bit dodgy but then again its brilliant what the film makers have done
with the budget.
Did I mention that Lance Henriksen is in it? Looking his age
but still cool as fuck, He has some great lines and loves his vino! Does he
die? Does he become the hero? Does he have a spectacular death? Well you’ll
just have to find out for yourself, but it is worth it, He has some killer lines!
In summing up STUNG wears its classic horror influences
proudly on its sleeve , Mostly I would say as an influence would be John
Carpenters The Thing, So much so that I was waiting for someone to say the line
“You've gotta be fucking kidding” at some point but it didn't go that far. It
dips in a few places as to pan out the running time but it is what it is and I would
say a lot of people will be talking about it soon, Well worth a watch folks,
7/10
Jonny T.
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