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There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

When those African killer bees finally do make their way North to the States, I bet nobody will be laughing then! How long has it been now? I recall hearing about them decades ago, what's taking them so long? Well in a way, the premise of the story has an element of believability to it, but when it comes to battling the little suckers, the whole thing gets rather absurd. Seriously, what was the deal with the poison pellets being dropped from those helicopters - how was that supposed to do anything? Were they supposed to knock out the bees as they fell from the sky, or were the little buggers supposed to die eating them? It just didn't make any sense to me.And wait a minute now, Dr. Walter Krim (Henry Fonda) injects himself with the equivalent of six bee stings when just three will prove fatal? And then waits sixty seconds to give the poison a fair chance before going for the antidote? That was just a bit too bizarre to contemplate, but no more so I guess, than a whole host of famous film stars showing up in this disaster travesty.I hope director Irwin Allen wasn't thinking sequel here because the ending was just a bit too sophomoric to have killed off all of the pesky little critters. You know there had to be a few bees that would have gotten away from that oily inferno to close out the story. Sequel or no though, once was enough for me. I won't get stung again.

the good part - the cast. the bad fact - unrealistic script. the best thing - it could become a kind of comedy. slice of a period fears and trends, it is only an ordinary dark utopia, a form of Jaws but at very different level. without be a good film, it is an useful demonstration about the taste of public and the vision of artistic team. the virtue - good intentions and few scenes. a film who remains legendary for the desire of a part of actors to give roots to a not inspired project. like many other cases, a good idea with huge potential and a not remarkable result. that is all. unrealistic but interesting for discover Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland or Richard Widmark in an easy film about a huge danger. the solution - not different by the entire film.

Run for you lives, viewers, a "moving black mass" is on the loose. Soon revealed to be African killer bees, "The Swarm" levels some people and helicopter pilots. Bee-savvy entomologist Michael Caine (as Bradford "Brad" Cane) quickly swings into action. He's a real smarty-pants. Likewise surviving a bee attack, attractive Katharine Ross (as Helena Anderson) joins Mr. Caine. Initially called a "crackpot" by bee-skeptical Richard Widmark (as Thaddeus Slater), Caine is put in charge of fighting the bee invasion. Action continues in a small Texas town, which is holding its annual "Flower Festival". As you know, bees dig flowers...In Maryville, we meet two of the bigger names in the all-star cast, schoolmarmish Olivia de Havilland (as Maureen Schuster) and mayoral Fred MacMurray (as Clarence Tuttle). This fiasco was Mr. MacMurray's last appearance on screen. Neither he nor Ms. de Havilland spend much time on camera, fortunately. Also making it to town is young Christian Juttner (as Paul Durant), who has a very big bee in his bed. Folksy insect expert Henry Fonda (as Walter Krim) arrives in his wheelchair...More stars appear. More bees fly… "The Swarm" was produced by Irwin Allen, who usually knows how to do this sort of thing. First of all, he should have assigned someone different to direct this disaster. The performances show how those considered good actors and actresses can quickly turn into amateurs without the right script and director. Costume designer Paul Zastupnevich, a regular on Mr. Allen's crews, received an "Academy Award" nomination. This film doesn't warrant an "Oscar" award, but Mr. Zastupnevich consistently contributes well. The bee attacks are laughable and there are a few funny lines buzzing around.*** The Swarm (7/14/78) Irwin Allen ~ Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda, Michael Caine, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia De Havilland, Ben Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Slim Pickens, Kathryn Ross, Jose Ferrer, Lee Grant, Patty Duke, Bradford Dillman, Cameron Mitchell. Whew!Irwin Allen Managed to Sign These "Names" for this Movie and That's Where the "Accomplishments" End. This is Arguably the Most Disastrous Disaster Movie Ever Made.It was Dated from the Get-Go. Just Who Thought that the Romantic Triangle of Sixty Somethings Would be of Interest to Ticket Buyers Under the Age of Sixty Something? The SFX are Chinsy Even by the Standards of the Day with Obvious Models, Cardboard Sets, and the Like. The Dialog Never Even Reaches Sophomoric, More Like Moronic. The Story is Never Clear on Motivation of the Killer Bees or Anything Beyond Elementary Environmental Concerns...Chemical Spraying is Bad. Nuclear Power Plants are Accidents Waiting to Happen and So Forth.The Term "Africans" is Used Throughout to Describe the Threat. Some May Say that it is a Stretch to Call that "Racist", but Considering that there is Not One Black Actor from the Leads to the Extras to be Seen in this Extremely Long Movie Says Otherwise.Overall, an Awful Waste of Money and Talent, not to Mention the Time Moviegoers Spent Watching This Embarrassing Excess of a Truly Terrible Movie Maker...Irwin Allen. A No-Talent, Deep Pockets Hack that Never Had an Original Idea or an Artistic Bone in His Body of Work. A Clueless Dumbo that was Old Before His Time.