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Rating: - Good Flick
Except perhaps for the miracle that the main character has after being exposed to the virus... and doesn't die.... the movie hangs pretty well. It is a SCI FI classic which foreshadows today's terrorist environment.
Rating: - Solid mid 60's thriller
The Satan Bug is an uncharacteristic Alistair Maclean movie in that ,unlike his biggest box office pictures, it is not a straightforward slice of heroics but a more nuanced espionage slanted movie with some moral ambivalence to it .It seems Maclean reciognised this too for he authored the book pseudonymously -as Ian Stuart.
The Satan Bug is a deadly virus developed by the US government in a secret research facility in the desert.Flasks housing samples of the virus are stolen and threats issued to unleash the plague on the US .Lee Barrett a government investigator (George Maharis)is called in to lead the investigation .He is aided by Ann(Anne Francis)the daughter of the presiding general in the case (Dana Andrews).Among the suspects is Doctor Hoffman (Richard Basehart)the scientist who has been the prime mover behind the development of the virus
Things move to an airborne climax-a fight on board a helicopter as flasks of the virus roll around loose
The script -by James Clavell and Edward Anhalt is solid and provides meaty roles for the leads and a sound supporting cast which includes Edward Asner and Simon Oakland .Jerry Goldsmith does a great job on the score too
John Sturgess was a great action director but seems a little underpowered here and the movie while solid and very entertaining is a little shy of the absolute top drawer.It is a workmanlike thriller which should please most of its viewers
Rating: - Nice Thriller
This is a pretty taut little doomsday thriller, detailing the terrorist theft of some nasty biological weapons -- one of which can wipe out all life on Earth (hence, the movie's name). Good, straight-as-an-arrow performances are augmented by a nicely paced storyline. You'll see a lot of TV veterans in this flick, and they don't disappoint.
The warehouse scene (with the broken flask) and the helicopter fight are particularly well done. It's too bad this film hasn't been converted to DVD.
If you liked Andromeda Strain, you'll like this flick.
Rating: - Where's the DVD?
I don't really care about the other opinions; I thought "The Satan Bug" was a taut thriller, and I enjoyed it a lot. It's always great to see any moment of Anne Francis, the wonderful actress who left us WAY too soon. I would like to see DVDs of the "Honey West" series, and I very much would like to see "The Satan Bug" on DVD. There's a lot of junk on DVD now; this film certainly is more worthy than most. UPDATE: Oops! How could I confuse Anne Francis with Inger Stevens? Anne is alive, and that's great! She's always been one of my favorites.
Rating: - George Maharis: The Hunter Not Home From The Hill
A 1965 release, The Satan Bug falls firmly into the B-film category of sixties cinema, and will find a comfortable place alongside other Hollywood science-fiction and adventure movies of that era such as Tarzan & The Valley of Gold (1966), Mackenna's Gold (1966), Fantastic Voyage (1966), Planet of the Apes (1968), Marooned (1969), and Valley of Gwangi (1969)--genre thrillers all. Despite claims to the contrary, The Satan Bug is not a serious film or an A-list production like The Manchurian Candidate (1962), The Birds (1963), Failsafe (1964), Seconds (1966), or 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
The story of a fatal, artificially-created super toxin stolen from a secret American science facility by parties unknown, The Satan Bug appears cheaply made (viewers hear about but do not see the evacuation of Los Angeles; to avoid scenes of Washington, D.C. and extra cast, stalwart Dana Andrews steps in to singularly represent the entire U.S. government), the sets are limited to a few awkward interiors and stretches of desert, much of the acting by the supporting cast falls just short of caricature, the script is composed of a series of confusing ellipses which defeat its mystery, and director John Sturges doesn't seem to know what kind of film he's making or wants to make.
From the early scene when Ed Asner walks out of the desert compound like a very suspicious cardboard zombie without any of the security staff taking notice, it's clear Sturges doesn't have as tight a reign on the film as he might. Star and brooding protagonist George Maharis is repeatedly required to fire upon men carrying flimsy flasks of lethal toxin for which there is no known antidote and which is capable of destroying all life on earth; the vials are tossed about haphazardly from hand to hand to hand throughout the film, from villain to hero to villain, like bottom-heavy frisbees of no consequence. At times, The Satan Bug seems almost like a parody, an episode of Get Smart (1965 - 1970), Police Squad (1982), or an early entry into the Naked Gun series.
That said, the film is great fun, only charmingly dated, and will be a satisfying viewing pleasure to fans of science fiction, action, and suspense films and of American sixties cinema and television generally.
The film's largest strength is the subtle, nuanced performance by George Maharis as an ex-government troubleshooter called in to find the perpetrators and track down the missing toxin. Maharis performs as if in a serious film and an A-list production (as it may have initially been), ... Read More
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