Review of Phase IV

I hadn't seen this in many, many years, but I remember that I had seen it more than once. Not sure what my fascination was then with this slow mover, but while this is not a great film, it is a fascinating one especially technically. This is about some unnamed happenstance to the planet in which everyone wonders how it will be affected, but no one sees anything different due to its only affect being on ants, which is a terrifying concept as they outnumber humans by huge numbers. This is not some silly thing about giant ants or whatnot. It is about ants becoming smarter with interspecies connections that never occurred before. A scientist and a journalist camp out in a special domed habitat in a remote area in which everyone who had been there has been evacuated. The ants footage is real and I'm clueless how they got the shots they did, but there are many, they make up the bulk of the film, and they are truly fascinating, though for action seekers, this is not your film. The acting by the two leads, Nigel Davenport and Michael Murphy is bland, but not as bland as Lynne Frederick's is. This actress here can barely emote, but she sure had an interesting, though short, personal life. The film isn't believable in concept and some of the script is silly, but it is so very well made that I do recommend to serious sci-fi buffs.