Killer Buzz (2001)

Killer Buzz (2001)

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(Foreign Titles)

Nomination Year: 2005

SYNOPSIS: Deep in the Amazon rain forest, an intrepid female reporter and her faithful cameraman come across a plot by corrupt American oil interests to exterminate the indigenous Indian population by siccing bio-engineered killer bees on them. However, these bees seem to have an unexpected side-effect: Their stings *heal* as well as kill. So a self-serving scientist smuggles a crate of the little darlings aboard his flight back to New York. You can probably guess the rest: They get loose and start killing people while the reporter's ex-boyfriend finds his inner hero and rescues as many passengers as he can, even eventually landing the plane safely under less-than-ideal circumstances. Rutger Hauer plays an over-the-top mercenary.

Bryan Cassidy

Smithee Award Nominations

Most Ludicrous Premise
Ripped from the Headlines The evil oil company exec describes the plan to genetically-engineer bees to kill the indigenous people of the Amazon so they can swoop in and buy up the land and make a ton of money. Except for the whole genetically-engineered-bees part, it doesn't sound so far-fetched anymore.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Worst Special Effect
CGIBs The CGI bees fly around a bunch of actors pretending to swat at them. Including one girl who screams "Oh. My. Goooooooodddd!", which the CGIBs take as a cue to fly into her mouth.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Deus Ex Machina
Killer Bees Come Flying for the Great Taste of Jaguar Our heroes are menaced by a jaguar in the jungle. This is terrible! They're lunch! But wait ... out of nowhere, CGIBs show up and attack the jaguar. Saved!	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Best One-Liner
Rutger Reminds Us Why They Cast Him Rutger's character to the evil boss: “You hired me because I'm a natural-born asshole!” Or maybe he was reminding the director?	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Jeff Hare

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Gabrielle Anwar	<Not Yet in Database>	In Scent of a Woman; One of People's 50 Most Beautiful People, 1993
Rutger Hauer	<Not Yet in Database>	Very blond, ruggedly handsome Dutch action star who's extremely prolific in sci-fi and action films, both pretty good and very Bad. Played the main android Roy Batty in Blade Runner, whose ad-libbed "Tears in the Rain" speech will bring you to those tears.
Craig Sheffer	<Not Yet in Database>
Duncan Regehr	<Not Yet in Database>	First Ministar Shakaar on ST: DS9
Jason Brooks	<Not Yet in Database>	Peter Blake on "Days of Our Lives," Sean Monroe on "Baywatch," and played the Romulan helmsman in the Star Trek 2009 reboot.
David Naughton	<Not Yet in Database>	Played the title role in An American Werewolf in London


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