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Title: Competent acting & effects don't help - it's just boring.
Review: I've always been a fan of old sci-fi flicks, even if they're corny with bad special effects, even if they're so bad they're funny, like Ed Wood films. Some of my favorites are The Monolith Monsters and Panic In Year Zero. I'm sorry to say this one is just downright boring. The acting is good, and the special effects are certainly better than some other 1950s B-movies, so there's not much to poke fun at. The idea is good in the beginning - a satellite crashes in the jungle, and a Wasp on board was exposed to radiation, making it grow giant. But most of the movie follows the scientists on their trek through the jungle to find it, and is no more than a pointless safari movie, like those old black and white Buster Crabbe films. They finally do get to some monster fighting, but by that time it's hard to keep paying attention. I'll give'em two stars mainly for effort.
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