Glass Trap

Giant Killer Ants!!!

How do you make a movie about giant killer ants and not make them campy and laughable? You can't, and this movie made no effort to do so. In fact, this movie knew very well that it was a comedy, and did a good job of playing that card.

One of the best things about this movie is the characters. The two main characters are pretty boring, but the rest are very entertaining. From the gun-toting old bat who runs a supermarket tabloid, to the short Italian narcissistic photographer and his trashy models, to the fainting ex-FBI agent, to the all-testosterone-all-the-time extermination specialist¹, there aren't many characters in this movie who can be taken very seriously, and they're great!

If you're looking for some awesomely bad sci-fi and a good laugh, you'll probably be glad you watched Glass Trap.

high points: It's comforting to know that in this age of biochemical engineering and genetic manipulation all you really need to create giant killer ants is a good old fashioned radiation leak, careful! he's got a wooden duck!, super-secret branch of the US Department of Agriculture that not even the President knows about, a compelling argument for death metal at your next picnic, quick! use this telephone wire to save the foreign sluts!, giant killer ants do not exist in this dojo do they? NO SENSEI!
low points: He's an ex-con janitor who's only 12 years older than she is... of course the lovely young executive assistant is going to fall for him, fun people die and boring people make it out alive.

1) Played by Martin Kove, described in his IMBD profile as, "New York born, strong featured, narrow eyed and often untrustworthy looking actor who has portrayed a mixed bag of both good and bad guys!" but better known as the evil Sensei from The Karate Kid.