when i be young and i remember fondly of my dad and me watch a few movie together on the television . i like anything horror and suspense and science fiction and when animal attack and or a combination of all four . i recall when the opening credit have the symbol and word american international he would laugh and say and oh and this must mean this will be a really bad movie . i have no idea american international be synonymous with a b movie . or even what a b movie be . later in life and after obviously tell the difference between well make and b movie and i also learn from one of my favorite television show and mystery science theater 3000 that not only be american international bad and but anything from burt i. gordon be just a horrible . lady and gentleman and my father and the crew of the satellite of love be correct here . take their and my warning and stay away from the empire of the ant and an american international burt i. gordon feature . i can not put my finger on how many bad thing and or hilariously bad scene be in this movie . from the ant that look just as bore a the audience and to the ant that change shape or specie from when you see the real to the model . from the outrageous acting and to the down right laugh out loud evil plan of the queen . the introduction or narration should be enough to ward off some viewer or the fact that these ant set up shop and adapt to their new environment and worker literally overnight . too bad while this probably be a good book from h. g. well that i miss . there be only one bright spot in this whole mess represent joan collins be pitch perfect in her role . obviously the best actor of the group ( follow closely by the bored ant and ) collins actually have me convince in her evil scheming way . she couldn not save the movie and but at least the movie get an extra ½ star from her performance . what we have here be a boat load of radioactive waste in the form of some silver 5th grade science project and get dump in the ocean ( there a message here . ) and land on a florida coast where ant greedily accept the substance cause them to grow to human size . meanwhile and the land be sell to a prospective group of people that come over via boat immediately after the waste land . fryser ( collins ) and her mate attempt to make the swamp land into investment property and but the newly grow ant have another agenda . thankfully and it not too long for the people to see and or get attack by the large and screeching ant and the survivor head to a river that will save them . one by one they get assault until the remain few make it into a nearby town . there and they enter the twlight zone and learn the queen ant have be quite the busy lady . the movie hilarious . it could fall under that it so bad and it fun to watch genre . and when i be a kid and bad acting and bad special effect and badly make giant ant wouldn not stop me from watch . heck and if i do not turn it off after my father warning and then i be go to enjoy be scar by it . i be 5 then . a an adult and this movie be just about unbearable . and these be adult make this movie . have they no shame . you wouldn not think so and when you hear the ant scream and or them walk on air in some hilarious scene . ( i be guess they be lead down glass tube and blow up to make them look more menacing and but in reality and it be crack me up to see them just crawl up in mid air . ) i want this movie remade . i want to see this with a budget and without the queen story . i say that before with a bunch of other b movie i enjoy a a child and such a the stuff . perhaps i will get petition sign . at any rate and skip this horrible movie . unless youre under the influence . it might be funny and but at least you can get through it .