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Oh, my gawd what a bad movie. How Antonio Sabato Jr. has fallen. And of course Jessalyn Gilsig was never any good. But this movie? LOL! It isn't even so bad it's good. I started fast-forwarding through it and the 90 minutes still seemed like forever! There was at least a half-hour of stock footage and ants climbing around on writing and lots of bad specials. Terrible! Funny it was so bad instead of fun. Avoid at all costs! Even when it's free!

Dr. Carrie Ross (Jessalyn Gilsig) is an entomologist on vacation with her daughter. They board a plane in Barranquilla, Columbia on the way to Miami. In the air, a passenger dies with bullet ants crawling out. Sky Marshal Ethan Hart (Antonio Sabato Jr.) takes charge with Ross's help. The ants start eating into the machinery and the plane is refused landing permission.

This came one year after the superior camp "Snakes on a Plane". My guess is that this was rushed into production to take advantage. The difference is that this isn't funny, or at least not intentionally funny. The story is kinda stupid in a million different ways. I hesitate to see anything with Antonio Sabato Jr. I do like Jessalyn Gilsig but she can't save this flight. It's on a crash course and Samuel L. Jackson is not coming to the rescue.

Having nothing better to do on a weekend afternoon, I thought I'd get a few laughs out of Destination: Infestation assuming that it would be cheesy and unintentionally funny. The first mistake I made was thinking I had nothing better to do. Starring at a blank wall for an hour and a half would have been more enjoyable. Secondly, the movie tried to be serious. If you're going to make "Ants on a Plane" or "Destination: Infestation" and it's going to be airing on the Lifetime Movie Network you have to realize that it's not going to be recognized for anything special. This movie is quite simply painful to watch. Some humor would have been a VERY good addition.

I'll sit through an Ed Wood marathon before even trying to muster the courage that is required to watch Destination: Infestation. Avoid this movie at ALL costs.

Why do they even try and make these kind of movies? I turned this movie on expecting a cheesy, stupid movie about killer ants-it was even worse. The acting was atrocious, these people were incredibly unrealistic, and I simply hated the movie altogether.

I turned it off halfway through because of the astonishing awfulness of this movie simply stunned me. It wasn't suspenseful, or scary, or dramatic, it's hardly even a film at all. It rates up there with 'Absolute Zero' as one of the worst TV movies I've ever seen (which is horrible--I've seen A LOT of bad TV movies).

I like Jessalyn Gilsig in 'Heroes', and she was another reason I decided to turn this on. Even she was horrible. I didn't expect much from Antonio Sabato, Jr., as many fans of the sci-fi channel will understand.

So, a 1/10. I can't stand the thought of watching another movie like this again. Ugh. *Starts puking*

0/4

As the movie progresses the plot holes get bigger and bigger. just trying to discover them all just becomes funny. I can't give any away because those would be big spoilers but let's say the film could have ended in 10 minutes if it adhered to real life. If I ever need a drinking game I'll be renting this movie and we'll have fun trying to discover all plot holes. It's a guarantee you'll be drunk way before the credits. I laughed my ass off (so that isn't good for a movie which isn't supposed to be a comedy.)And then there are unintentional movie references like the villain that seems to be from a Bond flick. The "I'm no flight engineer" seems like an unintentional reference to Bones from Star Trek.

This movie is stupid in countless ways, but I'll focus on only one. The killer ant-infested plane was flying at 35,000 feet, where it is very cold. Insects are cold-blooded animals and cannot function effectively below room temperature. Whatever threat the ants presented could have been easily neutralized (at the penalty of some passenger discomfort) by turning off the heat in the aircraft and if necessary, ventilating in outside air. Evidently the basic physiology of insects never occurred to the writers, because early in the story the ants flee to the luggage hold, where they would instantly have been immobilized by the cold.

This may not matter to disaster movie fans who love stereotypical disaster movie plots and characters, but folks who desire a modicum of believability will be disappointed to say the least.

I am not to tempted to write a review on this movie because I have a mixed feeling as to the ratings that I should give. Tempted to give it a very poor rating but it'll do justice to the movie, because even though I found it not worthy for an award, it does have a few good scenes in the movie. But give it a good rating will cause the reader to be misled as to the quality of the movie and in my taste in film.

So I am trying my very best to give it an unbiased review and let fellow readers to make their own judgment.

Alright, first things first. The premise of the story s not an original one. It is a rip-off of the 'Snake On the Plane' action flick starred by Samuel L. Jackson. Whilst Samuel has to fight off snakes, in this film, the passengers and the flight crews have to 'battle' the ants that somehow managed to infest the airplane.

Since when do ants become parasites ? Well, the truth is that, I do not know, and I have absolutely no idea ! Maybe it is a new breed of aliens, disguising themselves as ants to avoid international hunt against their colonies. Hahahaha..

There were scenes that is quite good. One of it the way the ants came out from the infected person's body and stomach. It was gross, which made it good. The way the drunken person acted in the movie was also believable, and one fell certainly happy to see how he got his lesson for being such a nuisance in the plane.

However, as much as there were good scenes, this film is littered with lousy scenes. I would not write it, so you would have to watch it yourself. Suffer an hour and a half watching it, just like I did.

All in all, this is a film in which the review may be different from one person than the other, as it is based on a person perspective. Some may like it, some may don't. As for me, it is good to watch it there is nothing left to watch, but otherwise, don't bother watching.

I expected worse, and was pleasantly surprised. It's "ants on a plane"; an archetypal disaster flick. I thought it was better than "Snakes On A Plane. I mean you didn't have ants attacking a passenger's crotch, or biting a woman's breast! But any one looking for anything other than just entertainment should go elsewhere. It's like The Poseidon Adventure, except on a lower budget. You see a cross section of humanity trapped in jeopardy. Some people you like, and want to survive: others you hate and want to get munched. I was pulling for the ants! If you want to go deeper, it's a struggle of the human species against the natural order. The humans don't work as a machine; the ants do. Guess who has been around longer?

Was surfing the channels on the weekend and came upon this movie just as it started. My God, what a joke. I could understand if it was a deliberate mock-up of the airplane disaster genre. But, alas, this movie was a serious attempt at suspense and horror; it actually took itself seriously.

What an embarrassment to the resume of all the actors and other participants involved. Truly and painfully awful. But I sure laughed at its incompetence. I wonder if anyone actually got paid for their efforts? The two lead actresses (mother-daughter)will rue the day they accepted this acting job. Their careers would have been better advanced by posing for Playboy. The acting and script would have been better for sure!

The first half of the movie was great. The second half seemed to be written by a feminist where men are idiots & deserve to be punished while women are good & brave. No wonder this movie was free.

An ensemble cast of characters board a plane in Columbia and try to go the United States not realising that one of them is a host to bullets ants . " What are bullet ants " I hear you ask . Apparently they're ants that have a sting so painful it's like being hit by a bullet and the pain lasts for 24 hours . I looked them up on the Wikipedia and this is correct . So correct in fact that the line of dialogue explaining what they are has been culled from the wiki word for word . The ensemble characters are a nondescript bunch with all the depth of a dried up puddle . You know the characters , female doctor who is a single mom to a cute kid , a couple of drunken college boys , selfish cowardly male and black air stewardess . No reason for her to be black except to hint the producers really wanted to get Pam Grier or Halle Berry in the role . One black character that is missing is funky black dude played by Samuel L Jackson but that might make you think you're watching ANTS ON A PLANE and this is a totally original movie not influenced in anyway with a film that came out the previous year so we won't be getting any dialogue like " We got mother effing ants on this mother effing plane " . No siree , we won't get reminded of other films and we won't be getting the F word and we won't getting to hear the word " About " either because most the cast are Canadians because it's so cheap to film there . By the way it's interesting the way internal continuity is changed where it suits the story . Despite being told that these are according to Wikipedia " bullet ants " feared for their painful debilitating sting they're mutated bullet ants which means if a likable character gets attacked by swarming ants their stings have little effect while if they attack an unlikable character they suffer an agonising death . Since when did ants become a good judge of character ?

ants on a plane snakes on plane snakes on a train, hmmm, what's next? plantanes on plane?

I don't mind TV movies, and thought this was strange for to be on Lifetime (one of my guilty pleasures) but everything just felt a little too over the top.

would they really not let the plane land? are ants actually scary? is saboto still doing underwear adds?

some OK performances considering the material, but not enough to make me watch it again. if you like plane thrillers check out flightplan. if you don't like plane thrillers check out Airplane. if you don't like lifetime creature features, skip this one.

there is still some fun to be had which is why i gave it a four. maybe I wasn't the target market for this.

Words cant describe how hilariously bad this was. Usually some bad movies are just bad or have some funny things from it being bad but I was honestly laughing the whole time. The out of context quotes were also a big plus.

Obviously it is a B-movie. Most of the time the action is on plane infested by super strong and dangerous ants. But the cast are descent and makes the best out of it. What disturbs me most in the movie is the repeating close ups of the ants climbing on cables and out of ventilation. Seems as it the same footage repeating itself. Some annoying passengers of course, the drunk the hysterical, the brave and the couple. Also a little love affair that happens. So they got the most right. I actually enjoyed the whole movie and watched it to the end and was not too much disappointed. Having in mind how many top budget films I l use to leave after 20 minutes or so, it can't be that bad. So lower your expectations if any and you will enjoy the flight.

Don't believe the ratings, this is a Great Airplane Drama/Thriller with the flavor of a B-Movie. Fair to Great acting and writing. This movie has the flavor of a B-Movie but not, it is in the tradition of Snakes on a Plane, but without a major Star.Like most movies of it's kind, this could never happen like this, but it makes up for it in fantasy and a Great Thriller/Drama...

If you were expecting an award winning film, you were probably disappointed. I enjoyed the film as a whole. I thought it was an interesting take on something that has obviously been done already. The acting was either good or terrible. I think Jessalyn Gilsig has proved she can be a lead actress ANSI hope people start to see this. She's used far to little on Nip/Tuck and Heroes. I'm not Usually a fan of Antonia Sabato Jr. but found him to have done a good job in this film. The Pilot did fine too. The daughter was kind of wooden and some of the other passengers and and the male Flight attendant were to clichéd and over the top. If anything, the one thing that disappointed me the most was that it sorta took itself to seriously. I guess I was hoping for it to be a little bit Cheesier. Something more Sci FI channel movie of the week Cheesy. But overall I thought it was enjoyable.

When I sat down to watch this 2007 movie the cover had the title "Ants on a Plane", despite the fact that the movie is titled "Destination: Infestation". But of course, the former title is more easy to make a buck off of, given its similarity to the 2006 movie "Snakes on a Plane" that had Samuel L. Jackson in the leading role.

I have to say that I wasn't exactly harboring great expectations to the movie, as these "...on a Plane" movies usually tend to be questionable affairs. However, writer Mary Weinstein actually managed to surprise me here, as she churned out a pretty fair script for director George Mendeluk to bring to the screen. Sure, it was a pretty straightforward and sort of predictable script, but it was actually entertaining and enjoyable. So thumbs up to the writer for that accomplishment.

As for the cast ensemble in "Destination: Infestation", then I will say that they had managed to get a good ensemble of talents. The acting performances in the movie were good. There were a few familiar faces on the screen, with the likes of Jessalyn Gilsig, Antonio Sabato Jr. And Ryan McDonell.

Visually, then the movie was actually fair, despite some of the scenes with CGI animated ants was a bit bland. But in overall, I will say that I think the effects were good for a movie of this sort.

I am pretty sure that ants don't make that chittering sound that they did in the movie. But of course, I get it, it is because of entertainment value; having the ants make some sound makes for a more scary and memorable viewing, as to having them silent but realistic.

Watchable for the cheesy movie that is actually is. Of course you know this is not going to be 89 minutes of award-winning Shakespearian cinema when you sit down to watch "Destination: Infestation". But I was actually adequately entertained throughout the course of the movie. But it is not a movie that warrants more than just a single viewing.

My rating of director George Mendeluk's 2007 movie "Destination: Infestation" lands on a five out of ten stars.