Review of Sting

Sting (2024)
8/10
Message in a Meteor
13 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
I saw Sting, starring Alyla Browne-The Secret Kingdom, Three Thousand Years of Longing; Ryan Corr-The Secrets She Keeps_tv, Hacksaw Ridge; Penelope Mitchell-Hellboy_2019, The Vampire Diaries_tv and Jermaine Fowler-Coming 2 America, The Eric Andre Show_tv.

This is an Australian horror movie and not an autobiography of the lead singer of the Police-I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. A small meteor crashes into an apartment building, releasing a small spider-maybe it was a space ship? Alyla finds the spider and turns it into a pet named Sting-named after a sword from her favorite book, The Hobbit. I know, it's a little weird for a pet but she has had a rough time lately. Her father abandoned the family and Ryan is Alyla's new step dad that is married to her mother, Penelope. Ryan is a comic book artist and works as the building maintenance man in his spare time. Alyla discovers that whenever she feeds Sting, he grows at an astonishing rate-it doubles it's size in hours. Of course, when it gets too big, it goes in search of more food, such as pets and then eventually, people. Jermaine is the exterminator they call for assistance. The arachnid also has some other little talents, such as imitating vocal sounds-which comes in handy while it's searching for food. There are 2 scenes as the end credits start but nothing at the very end.

It's rated R for violence, bloody images and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 31 minutes.

I enjoyed it and would buy it on DVD.
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