Bugs

Bugs is a compelling and cautionary tale of how even the best intentions can be twisted to something evil, and to misjudge the power of Mother Nature is inviting disaster. It takes place in a small remote town in Alaska where two men, General Frank Pierce and Scientist Abdul El Rabat try to end war forever. Pierce’s idea is to use insects in place of humans on the battlefield. His partner Abdul is put in charge of implementing the plan, genetically engineer Wasps to perform a myriad of operational directives such as surveillance, sabotage weapon systems and even killing the enemy. The experiment goes terribly awry though, when Abdul learns that it was on Frank’s order that his dissident son was hunted down and killed. In a twist of irony Frank’s son had led the raid and was also killed. Now Abdul is bent on revenge and alters the course of the experiment by using human DNA to enhance the Wasps. Enabling the Wasps not only to carry out orders but to think and evolve. Part of their genome is that Wasps are parasitical, they lay their eggs in living hosts. The larvae are inserted when the victim is stung. Once inside they secrete an enzyme which acts like mind control, essentially turning the host into a zombie to do the will of the hive, whether it is human or animal. With each generation born the Wasps gain more knowledge and inherit the traits of their once hosts. This turns them into an unpredictable, unstoppable army with an almost unlimited number of soldiers.