There are two ways to go about creating a movie that's so-bad-it's-good (or "good-bad" as I'll refer to them from here on). In its pure form, a filmmaker lacks the competence, awareness, and funds to create a good movie. A good-bad movie can also be created if the filmmaker knowingly sets out to create schlock but has the talent and ambition to surprise the audience with the outlandishness of the premise despite the limited resources. Big Ass Spider! attempts to be the latter, but director Mike Mendez lacks the requisite ability and drive to push his movie past the promise of its B-movie title. The result is the worst kind of good-bad movie where the filmmaker cynically creates a proposition where he thinks he can't lose. The movie begins with an excellent opening where pest exterminator Alex Mathis (Greg Grunberg) awakens off the ground to see mayhem all around him. Set to Storm Large's cover of The Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?", Alex walks through slow-motion chaos to eventually look up and see the eponymous arachnid attacking a giant building. Big Ass Spider! then cuts back 12 hours to see the hapless hero come across the large bug, which is also being hunted down by the military. The spider continues to grow exponentially as it runs across L.A., killing citizens by eating them or occasionally spraying them with acid. Accompanied by security guard and Hispanic stereotype Jose (Lombardo Boyar), Alex must use his bug-hunting knowledge to stop the spider. After the intro, ...
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