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Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) After a meteor plummets to Earth in the middle of nowhere, the mosquitoes of the area grow to prehistoric proportions and take over a national park. A few random people band together in an attempt to get to rescue and determine what exactly is going on with the giant murderous skeeters.I tend to like 'dumb' giant-bug sci-fi/horror movies, like 'Starship Troopers,' 'Them!'. . . even 'Eight Legged Freaks,' for some reason. Sadly, there isn't much to like about Mosquito. Even for a B sci-fi movie, this is bad. The acting is horrendous, the writing is even worse, the effects are ridiculous. . . the only thing even slightly good about it is the makeup on the corpses. That's all. It tries so hard to be funny: It's not. It tries to be a gross-out flick: It's not. It tries to be scary, even jump-scary: It's not. 'Mosquito' pretty much fails on every level that it could possibly want to be seen. It is watchable, at least. . . but that's about it. If you want to have a few beers and play 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000,' you might have fun. Again, that's about it.Final Verdict: 3.5/10.-AP3-

Paul Andrews Mosquito starts as a small alien spacecraft lands in a state park swamp, a hatch opens & the alien inside tries to get out but dies. Soon Mosquitos land on the dead alien & start to drink it's alien DNA filled blood... Megan (Rachel Loiselle) is a new state park ranger & is one her way to her new job with her boyfriend Ray (Tim Lovelace) when they have an accident & their car is put out of action. They manage to hitch a lift with meteorologist Parks (Steve Dixon) who is on the lookout for a meteorite that apparently landed in the area recently, once at the state park they find nothing but carnage with dead bodies strewn everywhere. The trio soon find out that giant mutated Mosquitos are on the loose & need plenty of fresh human blood to survive...Co-written & directed by Gary Jones this appears to be a throwback &/or homage to the giant bug flicks from the 50's & 60's & while it's no masterpiece it's not a bad little film at all. The script by Jones, cinematographer Tom Chaney & Steve Hodge doesn't take itself too seriously & if you take it as intended can be quite a fun ride at times. The pace is pretty good, it doesn't lag too badly & there's plenty of on screen action. The character's are OK if not particularly memorable although some of the dialogue is stiff & awkward at times, I suppose my biggest problem with Mosquito is that it's rather predictable & it's a bit repetitive. The main group of character's are attacked by hordes of giant mutated Mosquitos in a state park & that's basically the entire film until the end, I'd have liked a bit more variety & less running around doing nothing in particular. Still, it's a fairly entertaining way to pass 90 odd minutes, for what it sets out to do & be it works fine, most creature feature fans should enjoy it & it's definitely better than 99% of those Sci-Fi Channel made creature feature type films like Python (2000) if nothing else. One more thing, when they set the timer at the end for three minutes to blow the gas lines a hell of a lot longer than three minutes actually elapse before the flame ignites!Director Jones does alright here on a minuscule budget & he also went on to direct a couple more giant creature feature films with the rather fun Spiders (2000) & the distinctly less impressive Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002). The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) fans will be pleased with an amusing reference to that film as Gunnar Hansen who played Leatherface in it plays a bank-robber here who at the end fights off the giant Mosquitos with a huge chainsaw which he quips 'I haven't held one of these in over twenty years'! The special effects are a mixed bag really, some of them are extremely impressive while at other times they are pretty poor & unfortunately as audiences we generally remember the poor ones rather than the good ones. The opening shots in space of the alien ship are brilliant & look great, the Mosquitos themselves look cool as well but it's just some of the effects when they have to fly & move that either the budget or expertise wasn't there. There's not much gore here, there are a few dead bodies sucked dry of blood, someones eyes poke out on stalks & then explode, there are a few close-up shots of the Mosquitos proboscis entering flesh & that's about it. There's only one scene with any nudity in it as well.It's amazing to think Mosquito had a budget of about $200,000 because some of the special effects as I've already mentioned are very impressive especially the opening spaceship sequence & there's a great scene of a farmhouse being blown to bits at the end that would rival any Hollywood action blockbuster. Shot on location in some woods in Detroit in Michigan. The acting isn't that great, in fact it's pretty poor at times.Mosquito is a fun little creature feature, I was very impressed with some of the special effects while other's left a lot to be desired. I liked it, it wasn't a masterpiece, it's not deep or meaningful & it certainly won't change your life but it will probably entertain you for 90 odd minutes & that's all you can really ask for.

Werewolfy Jippie, the first movie I comment!Anyways, this was one baaaaaad bad movie, in fact it was so hilariously bad it just cracked me up and I thought it was good! Okay the beginning is pretty slow. This had some poor acting too but what can you expect? I actually rented this movie because it stood in the news section, it had just been released on DVD, don't know what the crap it was doing in the news section. The first 30 minutes I regretted renting it but after a while it became very entertaining to watch in all of it's marvelous crappyness.So what we got here is basically mutated mosquito's that sucked the blood of an alien that crashed into their swamp. These bastards are huge and they suck humans dry, even makes their eyes pop out! So we got this small gang of people, running, hiding, and fighting these things. A plus on this movie is that one of them is none other than good old Gunnar Hansen, better known as "Leatherface" from 1974's "Texas chainsaw massacre". He even makes a very goofy, incredibly bold reference to his old days as leatherface by grabbing a really huge chainsaw to fight mosquito's with, saying "I haven't held one of these babies in 20 years!" The mosquito's though are a bit of a gag, looks kind of plastic, though they could have been worse... I guess they are acceptable. Anytime the camera follows a mosquito if we look closely, we can see the wire it's hanging from, though this happens a lot in movies, even in some quality ones so we can't hold a grudge against this movie for that old mistake. Though when several mosquito's are seen chasing after the gang the effects are so poor, it's like 8 frames per second, tops, looks more like paper cut outs, flying across the screen, though more like lagging across the screen.Also one thing in a scene that really astonished me. The main character couple stumbles upon a small boat that moves around. If I remember correctly you could hear mosquito buzzing from inside of it. So they lift it and it turns out to be a local park ranger instead. (WTF?)One scene that had me cracking up was when the group hides underground and the black guy (my favorite character except for Gunnar) mentions he was in nam, to which Gunnar responds him too. Then the young guy hasn't really got anything so he just says "Yeah well I was in the boy-scouts!" To this comments everyone actually starts laughing in the movie! It's completely unsuiting, but it was actually kind of fun, one of the funniest things in this movie actually. I don't know, maybe I was exaggerating a bit, rating this a 7, but it's just because it's so damn funny to me! It's worth a look if you enjoy watching B-flicks.

slayrrr666 "Mosquito" is a basic, run-of-the-mill giant insect movie.**SPOILERS**A spaceship flying in outer space drops a load of chemical waste onto Earth, landing near a camper's community. This attracts a group of mosquitoes to the area to feed. While driving through the park, Megan, (Rachel Loiselle) a new Park Ranger and her boyfriend Ray, (Tim Lovelace) hit one of the mosquitoes, which is about the size of a small cow, and take it with them. The new camp where Megan works at is besieged by mosquitoes, so Hendricks, (Ron Asheton) one of the Park Rangers, is said to spray around the edges of the camp to keep the bugs off. This only attracts more mosquitoes, and they attack the people around the campsite. While stuck in a small town waiting for their car to be fixed, Ray and Megan meet Parks, (Steve Dixon) an Air Force meteor chaser, and offers them a ride out of town. While trying to find the Park, Megan, Ray, and Parks meet a group of bank robbers, led by Earl, (Gunnar Hansen). Now convinced they are dealing with giant, bloodthirsty mosquitoes, all of them have to trust their instincts and their gear to beat off the ravenous insects.The Good News: This is another one of those films that the filmmakers say is different from similar movies because they used a different killer insect. Doing this allows you to pretty much guess what's coming next, and that can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your point of view. If you consider it a blessing, your expectations for the film will be more than meet by the surprising amount of action and suspense in the story. There are plenty of mosquito attacks in the film, and they are all a joy to watch. They feature a few pretty suspenseful parts as well. A man runs away from an unseen mosquito and hides behind a tree. As he stands there catching his breath, he begins hearing their buzzing getting louder. He turns around, but they aren't there. Sighing with relief, he turns back in the original direction as a mosquito attacks, from above. Another great scene has Parks heading off by himself to check out a distress call and finding a campsite full of bloodless victims. The sight of so many drugged bodies in one place was something new. Even adding to the enjoyment is old Leatherface himself, as Gunnar Hansen has the main role in the film as a bank-robber caught up in the mix when he and his gang get lost in the same area as the mosquitoes. That also shows the films high level of action. The entire highway chase, where Parks, Megan, Ray and Hendricks capture Earl and his brother moments before the mosquitoes catch them, then flee as the mosquitoes chase them down the highway, repeatedly trying to break in and the humans inside fighting back. This is really action and gore packed, as is the rest of the film. It is a bit gorier than most similar films, and gore hounds will not be disappointed. What really sets the film apart from most of the similar types is the high amount of gun-play in the film. We have lots of shoot-outs with the mosquitoes, and all of them are quite imaginative. The best one is the scene where their camper has overturned and they have to escape into a sewage draining system, but it has four different access paths, so with each person donning a pathway, they fire at the incoming insects, shooting them down one at a time. There is a lot of high impact action in the film.The Bad News: The low budget of the film really shines through, and that hinders the film a lot more than it should. You can tell that the mosquitoes, while really disgusting looking, are only about two or three props used in the scenes. It hampers a film that its main character is so poorly executed. What also hurts it is the apparent cheesiness that permeates the film. It's the same feeling you get that you can't explain, but which you that it is a low-budget film. It has that look to it that simply screams it, but yet it's hard to explain that look. The cheesiness is practically dripping off the screen, with the performers to the events, practically everything says cheesy. I only have to mention that particular highway scene to prove what I mean. There are tons of examples, but that is the most accurate. Also, the film does have a few scenes ripped off from other films. The aforementioned sewage fight is lifted from "Aliens," the ending screams "Night of the Living Dead" so loud, it's a wonder George Romero never sued them for it, and several attacks also remind one of the "The Swarm." The Final Verdict: Even though we have seen this movie before with different insects and a different cast, this is still a pretty good film. It manages to keep you interested with enough action set pieces and attacks, and is something rare for a film like this to do that. The cheesiness will hinder some people from enjoying it, but it still is a good film to check out.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, and Nudity