We could not get through EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977). It was awash in leisure suits, floating cans of nuclear waste (clue: cans of nuclear waste are heavy), and unsympathetic characters: guys on the make, ladies unable, except for one, to assert themselves; the exception is a land developer ready to sell shares in a disastrous island. The latter is played by Joan Collins, who tries but fails to make this mess work.
When we gave up, we hadn’t even seen the ants. We did fast forward and the ants were not awful, but they might have ranked as the least objectionable part of the show.
Not bad enough to laugh at, not good enough to watch: stranded in the chasm of mediocre awfulness.
