Feb 26 2009
Beware the Infestation!
In case you missed the headlines, here in good ol’ New York City we’ve got a problem. A big problem. We’ve become flooded with nasty, little, blood-sucking bedbugs and, apparently, the critters are popping up in such multitudes that the situation can truthfully be described as “epidemic”.
All this insect frenzy makes it the perfect time, in my opinion, to have a horror movie about an unwanted, potentially unstoppable invasion by our six-legged neighbors, and Mel Gibson’s company Icon Productions is probably hoping that Infestation is exactly what I (and others) have been waiting for.
Unfortunately, this tale of a ne’er-do-well slacker faced by a sudden population explosion of giant bugs is more of a yuk-fest than a yuck-fest, judging from the preview. I don’t know, I was hoping for something a little more…nasty, I guess, than funny. But I suppose that bugs on a rampage just don’t seem like a genuine, credible problem to studio execs. Hey, move to New York, I tell ya!
You can go to the film’s official website for more info, or check out the trailer below. Maybe the flick will be more to your taste than it is to mine.
