THE SATAN BUG?!! That's a awesome title. Too bad the rest of the movie
wasn't as attention grabbing as that name.
When a top secret biological warfare laboratory in Southern California is
burgled of some deadly bioweapons, the people in charge are understandably
worried. Especially when it's revealed that one of the weapons, The Satan
Bug, is capable of wiping out every living creature on Earth. Yikes!
George Maharis is called in to head up the search for the missing vials.
That sounds exciting, but in reality it's pretty tame. The majority
of the events happens in the lab or the surrounding desert and involve a lot of
talking and very few moments of actual jumping around doing physical stuff.
Medium pace, average acting by an interesting cast, lots of talking, not a lot
of urgency expressed by the people searching for the most dangerous weapon on
Earth(!), lame ending, zero tension. Overall, the premise for the film is
great but the execution comes off more like a long episode of a 60's TV show
than a full-fledged movie. Skip it.