A crazy little movie about an earthquake that releases cockroaches from Hell. The little buggers can start fires and set about terrorizing a small desert town. "Bug" starts out strong and has some shocking early moments. Then it settles into a made-for-TV movie vibe that it barely recovers from. Thankfully, it's helmed by one of my favorite television directors, Jeannot Szwarc. He keeps the visuals interesting enough to relieve viewers from some of the story's shortcomings.

At first it seemed like the bugs were going to bring about the apocalypse, but the story's focus actually narrows to become a cautionary tale of one man's out of control curiosity. I enjoyed the movie's last act as Dr. Parmiter (Bradford Dillman) turns into a regular Dr. Frankenstein.

This whole adventure proves once again that it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.