MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Leofwine_draca An annoying first half of the film, with the over-emphasis on comedy and stupid jokes, soon gives way to what becomes an enjoyable B-movie monster romp, the kind you thought they'd stopped making but which still crop up every now and then. MOSQUITO must reference about a million horror films (from the inevitable ALIENS to WAR OF THE WORLDS) and has such a sense of jokey fun (including in-jokes such as a reporter's name being Alan Smithee) that you can't help but enjoy it.It's a good, old-fashioned movie brought up to date in the 1990s, but sadly the special effects remain old-fashioned. In fact, I've actually seen better special effects in films from the 1970s. They range from some cool stop motion to some funny close-up models which are shoved through windows and the like, to some totally atrocious animation which pretty much ruins the film when it crops up, and even drawings are used in some scenes.The cast is full of B-movie characters, from the pair of intrepid heroes to the black character in dungarees (who surprising, and happily, survives this film), to the slightly psychotic - yet good - criminal. The criminal in question is played this time around by Gunnar Hansen, the big actor famous for his role as Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Hansen's presence leads to the biggest movie in-joke of all time, when he picks up a chainsaw and remarks "Haven't handled one of these babies in twenty years. Feels good!".Other in jokes include references to EVIL DEAD II amongst other horrors. MOSQUITO is cheesy, cheap, and cheerful. There should be more monster films like this, and less like THE RELIC! For a similar type of giant insect horror (in a slightly gorier fashion) check out TICKS, the spiritual brother of this film.

Scott LeBrun As "Mosquito" opens, some alien creatures dump some corpses / trash on Earth. They land in a swamp where the little flying blood suckers promptly do what they do best and feed on the corpses. This naturally causes them to grow to massive size and breed rapidly. The skeeters then descend on the people in the area. Among those who have to team up to save the day are Megan (Rachel Loiselle), an aspiring park ranger, Ray (Tim Lovelace), Megans' boyfriend, Parks (Steve Dixon), a scientist investigating meteor activity, a ranger named Hendricks (Ron Asheton, founding member of the punk rock band The Stooges), and a bank robber named Earl (none other than Gunnar Hansen).Filmed on a modest budget in the woods of Michigan, "Mosquito" is pretty entertaining for this sort of thing. It doesn't really do anything special, but at least it was made in a time before CGI became the effects standard for such movies, and there is some very engaging practical creature effects and stop motion animation. Thanks to a decent pace established by co-writer / director Gary Jones and editors Tom Ludwig & William Shaffer, lively acting by the mostly no name cast, the aforementioned effects work, and an appreciably tongue in cheek approach, "Mosquito" does turn out to be fairly good. Well aware of leading actor Hansens' legacy, Jones and his fellow screenwriters make sure to get a chain saw into his hands, while having him say, "I haven't held one of these in 20 years".Reasonably exciting at times, "Mosquito" leads to a literally explosive finish. And in a nice change of pace, Jones and company don't try to get cute with some sort of final gag, but just end things on a pleasant, agreeable note.There are MUCH worse ways to spend 92 minutes of ones' time. Interested viewers might want to compare this to the thematically similar 1994 movie "Skeeter".Seven out of 10.

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.

Trixxanna Though it is meant to be a horror it is more the comedy in my eyes, with lines like: "We have to take it with us." "I don't know where your taking it but that thing is not going in my car." "We have to study it" Those how love the bad late night Scifi movies will roll over laughing when they watch this horrible film. The scenes in which people are killed by the bird of prey sized mosquitoes are hilarious in their attempt to be mildly scary. Many who've watched with me say that the usual stereotypical white male and black male roles are reversed in this film.The white leading man tends to want to get far away from the bugs while the black geologist has more of a desire to discover what's going on with the radiation levels.