Review of Larva

Larva (2005 TV Movie)
Standard monster movie
23 January 2005
Warning: Spoilers
The main monster movie formula hasn't changed since the 1950s: The pet evil technology of the time (radiation, pollution, germ warfare, genetic engineering) in conjunction with the pet villain of the time (mad scientists, the CIA, right wing militias, evil industrialists) turn some natural creature into a dangerous mutated version of itself. Fighting it is made harder by clueless citizenry, corrupt politicians, and head-in-the-sand bureaucrats. Frequently the good guys are aided by a guilt-wracked insider, who often gets killed in the process.

This movie is straight out of that mold, and is as silly as such movies usually are. The sloppy way that it was edited for showing on the SciFi channel created a few extra head-scratching moments that may not be present in the video store version. The best of these was a continuity classic where a girl in a car goes from bra off, to on, to off, to on in about 5 seconds.
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