Bats: Human Harvest

This one i think is better than the 3.5 rating the movie gets on here. Although it's nothing like the first one,, i think this one might be able to stand on it's own , had the movie had a bigger budget. The acting wasn't too horribly bad, the location was nice,, the plot takes place in a forest of all places,, a Delta team goes in there to find WMD's, and upon arriving there find these genetically altered bats, that have a taste for human blood, what a great way to keep people out who you don't want find you're WMD's, anyway the mission is to get the Dr. out of there and capture the weapons, or destroy them,, the Delta team has to fight a bunch of Chechyn rebels in Southern Russia in the forest, where of course all of the bats are,, this isn't bad if you're looking for something fun to watch,, but don't expect it to be like the first, or too deep in thought.

Dull one-note characters with next to no development, unimpressive performances by people who sound like they're simply reading lines, and ludicrous special effects combine to make this a genuine stinker. The story begins with eminently bland commando Russo and his fellow soldiers attacking an Al-Qaeda training base. The scene tells us that Al-Qaeda has recently come to seek an ultimate weapon, and also serves to illustrate Russo's only character trait, a tendency to eschew teamwork. With the help of a collection of blank slates and walking stereotypes, including a Russian spy, Russo travels to Chechnyan territory to catch a mad scientist working for the terrorists. Along the way, they encounter vast hordes of flesh-eating bats that fly in broad daylight for some reason. From there, the movie becomes nothing more than a dragging morass of ridiculous action, including a scene in which a swarm of bats slices a soldier's arm off!

Well, if you are looking for an interesting creature feature, then the 2007 movie titled "Bats: Human Harvest" is not one I would or could recommend that you sit down to watch.

This movie was fairly pointless and lacked a properly interesting storyline. Sure, it was straight forward and easy to follow, but it was just a very boring and generic storyline that offered nothing much of any interest throughout the course of the entire movie. In fact, it did feel sort of unnecessary, as the 1999 movie "Bats" fairly much did everything better than this 2007 movie.

I am sure that writers Chris Denk and Brett Merryman came up with something that seemed good on paper. But it just translated poorly onto the screen. And I can't say that director Jamie Dixon landed a homerun with this movie.

The CGI animated bats were sort of terrible to look at. They definitely had the shape right, but it was just poor CGI. And the poor CGI failed to deliver something believable, which is crucial for a creature feature.

The acting in the movie was, well, let's just say that with a script and storyline as they had to work with in "Bats: Human Harvest", then they delivered adequately enough. Mind you, you will not be blown away by any award-winning performances.

"Bats: Human Harvest" was a boring movie, yet I managed to sit through it. Sure, I started to do something else whilst watching it, but I got through it. This movie failed to impress or properly entertain me.

I am rating "Bats: Human Harvest" a generous two out of ten stars. While I got through the entire movie, this is by no means a movie I will ever return to watch a second time.

After watching many horror films over the years, the idea of bats being the central feature of a film never really crossed my mind. Bats sometimes are in the background but not the stars of the show. These little mammals are obviously small and maybe a little creepy but unless you get very close, I just don't find them very scary.

That said in 1999 came the movie Bats which received negative reviews and has been long forgotten. Bats was only for die hard horror fans. Then close to ten years later in 2007 and really out of nowhere, came this sequel on the SyFy channel, Bats: Human Harvest.

The setting is supposed to be Afghanistan but unfortunately it looks nothing like Afghanistan. Here there is a Delta Force groups of soldiers trying to track down a terrorist who is a rogue American weapons researcher but along the way, they are attacked by genetically-altered killer bats.

Looking at this, the main reason this film fails is because of the bats. There are no close ups of the bats and they are very generic and boring. They just don't work as a villain or a source of danger. Being a SyFy film, there are many unknown actors who are shallow and really struggle at times. All in all, the horror aspects as well as the CGI here is just of very low quality.

One thing I was wondering is just what does this film want to be? It has horror aspects to it but it also contains a war story that is itself pretty shallow and wouldn't work on it's own as a war film. Frankly, I do not think war stories mesh well with horror ideas so this puzzle doesn't really fit even though it is original no doubt.

Bats: Human Harvest is frankly very low quality junk horror that is very hard to sit through and I couldn't wait until it was over. Frankly this series is useless and unnecessary.

I recently watched Bats: Human Harvest (2007) on Tubi. The storyline follows a group of soldiers sent to South America to recover a terrorist hiding in caves. As they pursue the terrorist, they are attacked by genetically engineered killer bats. Can the soldiers fight off the bats and bring the terrorist to justice?

Directed by Jamie Dixon (Shadow Builder), the film stars David Chokachi (Baywatch), Michael Jace (The Replacements), Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead), Melissa De Sousa (Miss Congeniality), and Hristo Petkov (The Hitman's Bodyguard).

This movie falls short in almost every aspect. The premise is cliché, straightforward, and predictable. The acting, dialogue, and behavior during the circumstances feel inauthentic. Pollyanna McIntosh delivered the only performance that I enjoyed. The Russia vs. United States conversations were unimaginative and annoying, and the cinematography and overall feel of the movie have a made-for-television quality. I will say the CGI bats were surprisingly better than expected, and their kill scenes weren't bad, but there just wasn't enough of them.

In conclusion, Bats: Human Harvest is a poorly written and executed film that isn't worth your time. I would score this a 3/10 and strongly recommend skipping it.