Spiders

A decent movie, but nothing to rave about. The spiders looked cool, considering this was a straight to video release. The story is a trio of college journalists stumble on a military secret experiment involving mutant spiders. I'm not really sure how the spider grew from 6 feet to 30 feet in literally 15 seconds. I hate whan movies to that. I guess we're suppose to overlook that small detail, and say that it could be part of it's mutation or whatever, but come on! Another odd thing about movies like this is how the babe and the hunk always manage to lose articles of clothing as the movie progresses. Marci lost her geeky glasses then her sweater, and conveiniently falls in a pool (and why this green pool of water is in a military base is beyond me) of green water. Same with John. I'm not complaining or anything, I just thought I'd point out that trend in case any of you haven't picked up on it yet. Anyway, I give it a rating os 2.5 out of 5.

Characters

• Marci: Conspiracy theorist that works work a campus paper. Kind of gulible.
• John: One of the men in black. Seems to be the only one with a concious.
• Slick: Photographer for the paper. Eaten bu the spider. At least he gets to spit blood in it's face as it does.
• Jake: I reallydon't know why he was with Marci and Slick. I think he worked for the paper too. Some kind of computer hacker. Bitten by the spider and dies.
• Agent Gray: The man in charge. The main man in black.
• Mother-In-Law: The giant mutant spider. Seriously.
• Phil: Marci's boss. Really up-tight. Shot by Agent gray.
• Commander Hooper: Diobeys orders and tries to kill the spider. Shot by Agent Gray for his troubles.

The Totals

• Body Count: 21
• Weapons Used: A clip board, a solar flare, guns, a pipe, an elevator, and a rocket launcher.
• Random Breast Shot: 0
• Moments where characters are mysteriously unable to run from certain death: 1
• Ominous thunderstorms: 0
• Explosions: 5

Random Thoughts and Things Learned

• NASA performs experimaents on spiders.
• Autopilot on space shuttles suck.
• Elevators in military bases go really fast.
• Mutant spiders instinctivly go after scientists.
• Someone with a limp can out run 2 other people.
• When being chased by a 30 foot spider, you should sit and roll up into a ball.