Review of Webs

Webs (2003 TV Movie)
7/10
Three battles for the price of one
23 January 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Webs offered me as a viewer several enjoyable movies, one with an alternate world and a believably bizarre and deadly enemy, another with human protagonists at odds with each other while at the same time confronting a common threat, and still another with the drama of people sacrificing themselves for the common good. There was drama and even some effective acting, although it was obvious that this was a low budget picture, and the actors weren't exactly first rate. Still, for me, these actors were fresh faces, and while not as experienced or polished as bigger names, they really threw themselves into their roles. The spoilers :The special effects I felt were quite acceptable and unexpectedly good, especially the Spider Queen, but even her zombie soldiers and their black blood spraying every which way when they were killed was pretty creepy. The professor and his time machine was routine, expected, and mundane, but he played his role quite well, and didn't let it turn into cartoon. The tense final scene in which the leader and the professor sacrifice themselves in order to allow the last two humans to return to an apparently prehistoric era was satisfying as an ending, and along with the science fiction and human drama, I feel made this movie well above average.
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