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The Swarm Reviews

1978

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A star-studded scare film, THE SWARM features 22 million African killer bees crossing the border into the United States. As the city of Houston becomes abuzz with fear, the bees spread havoc, death, but no honey, upon a cast that features Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, .. Read more

Starring	Michael Caine, Olivia De Havilland, Richard Chamberlain, Jose Ferrer
Director	Irwin Allen
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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- Very obvious all-star disaster movie with risible dialogue. A box-office flop, probably because several TV movies had already tackled the same subject.
- 32157
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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- - 4
  - 0
  Bee afraid. Bee very afraid...
  
  Brilliant, gripping, engrossing, and superb are all words that appear in The Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately none of them apply to this amateurish mess... read more »
  
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- 15862
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - The North Of England
  - 24 Aug 2004 at 21:13
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- - 0
  - 0
  Fab Film
  
  Why are people saying that this film is rubbish?
  
  I loved every minute of it.
  
  It's a perfect early evening or bank holiday movie, the ... read more »
  
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- 917846
- - Danno
  - 3 reviews
  - Bournemouth
  - 25 Aug 2010 at 10:18
- - 0
  - 0
  good classic
  
  as i remebered this film ,very good
  
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- 707011
- - lcfc
  - 70 reviews
  - Cannock
  - 11 Feb 2009 at 17:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Not Michael Caine's finest hour
  
  Even by Irwin Allen's standards this movie is a bit creaky. The plot is ludicrous, and the script is atrociously poor in places. Caine must have done this ... read more »
  
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- 694306
- - LaurenceScotford
  - 48 reviews
  - Hove, England
  - 24 Jan 2009 at 09:48
- - 0
  - 0
  Caine classic
  
  This film crams every cliche of the disaster genre into its action packed minutes - marvel as the bees derail a crowded train, thrill as they attack and blow up... read more »
  
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- 593382
- - charlieb
  - 8 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Jul 2008 at 22:47
- - 0
  - 0
  Just like I remembered
  
  I liked this film like I did all those years ago. Think about when it was made, I love films from this period and I'd watch this again.
  
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- 248024
- - a customer
  - London
  - 24 May 2006 at 18:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Just like I remembered
  
  I liked this film like I did all those years ago. Think about when it was made, I love films from this period and I'd watch this again.
  
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- 248023
- - a customer
  - London
  - 24 May 2006 at 18:14
- - 0
  - 0
  Bee Warned!
  
  Terrible, absolutely terrible. I rented this expecting a fun disaster movie romp. What I got was a po faced mess that seems to go on and on. At least 40 mins ... read more »
  
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- 233341
- - a customer
  - Newbury, UK
  - 16 Apr 2006 at 08:14
- - 1
  - 0
  The Bees, watch out for the Bees
  
  This is a brilliant film with Michael Caine, and is one of his good acting days involving the rising threat of the dreaded "African" killer bees that ... read more »
  
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- 361995
- - MichaelCornfoot
  - Merseyside
  - 20 Mar 2006 at 22:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Pretty damn Dire!!
  
  Good in so far that it allows for plenty of Schadenfreude at what must be the lowest eb of Caines career!
  
  You can count the tension on one finger. ... read more »
  
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- 348632
- - FilmoCritico
  - Devon
  - 17 Sep 2005 at 18:44
- - 0
  - 0
  awful
  
  Absolutely awful, not scary. would have been better to do a remake and cert it an 18 and make it a lot more hair raising! You just can't take this one ... read more »
  
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- 106443
- - Peter Langdon
  - norwich, uk
  - 23 May 2005 at 10:42
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- - 4
  - 0
  Bee afraid. Bee very afraid...
  
  Brilliant, gripping, engrossing, and superb are all words that appear in The Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately none of them apply to this amateurish mess... read more »
  
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- 15862
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - The North Of England
  - 24 Aug 2004 at 21:13
- - 1
  - 0
  Slow but Watchable
  
  A film to watch when there is nothing to do. Very slow to get going but an interesting and entertaining story. A great film to watch and see the difference in ... read more »
  
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- - LewtonJ
  - Leeds
  - 02 Feb 2005 at 10:58
- - 1
  - 0
  The Bees, watch out for the Bees
  
  This is a brilliant film with Michael Caine, and is one of his good acting days involving the rising threat of the dreaded "African" killer bees that ... read more »
  
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- 361995
- - MichaelCornfoot
  - Merseyside
  - 20 Mar 2006 at 22:30
- - 0
  - 0
  It's BEES, what do...
  
  It's BEES, what do you need to know? Stormer of a disaster flick and scared me witless as a kid, still one of my faves today!
  
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  - CARLTON
  - 26 Jun 2004 at 22:06
- - 0
  - 0
  awful
  
  Absolutely awful, not scary. would have been better to do a remake and cert it an 18 and make it a lot more hair raising! You just can't take this one ... read more »
  
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- 106443
- - Peter Langdon
  - norwich, uk
  - 23 May 2005 at 10:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Bee Warned!
  
  Terrible, absolutely terrible. I rented this expecting a fun disaster movie romp. What I got was a po faced mess that seems to go on and on. At least 40 mins ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 233341
- - a customer
  - Newbury, UK
  - 16 Apr 2006 at 08:14
- - 0
  - 0
  Just like I remembered
  
  I liked this film like I did all those years ago. Think about when it was made, I love films from this period and I'd watch this again.
  
  Report this review
- 248023
- - a customer
  - London
  - 24 May 2006 at 18:14
- - 0
  - 0
  Just like I remembered
  
  I liked this film like I did all those years ago. Think about when it was made, I love films from this period and I'd watch this again.
  
  Report this review
- 248024
- - a customer
  - London
  - 24 May 2006 at 18:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Pretty damn Dire!!
  
  Good in so far that it allows for plenty of Schadenfreude at what must be the lowest eb of Caines career!
  
  You can count the tension on one finger. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 348632
- - FilmoCritico
  - Devon
  - 17 Sep 2005 at 18:44
- - 0
  - 0
  Caine classic
  
  This film crams every cliche of the disaster genre into its action packed minutes - marvel as the bees derail a crowded train, thrill as they attack and blow up... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 593382
- - charlieb
  - 8 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Jul 2008 at 22:47

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  A star-studded scare film, THE SWARM features 22 million African killer bees crossing the border into the United States. As the city of Houston becomes abuzz with fear, the bees spread havoc, death, but no honey, upon a cast that features Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard ...