“Hornet” (*1/2 out of four) was a dismal action thriller which just about stings you with its awfulness about an alien race who invades Earth and begins to brainwash humans into senseless acts of destruction and how humanity must rely on the title robot Hornet to save Earth and restore civilization. Just an umpteen amount of ideas borrowed from umpteen other movies (“The Transformers” and “Alien” just to name a few) except those movies are far better than this forgettable trifle. Film doesn’t so much end as stop but no one will be complaining.