I am ranking this movie low, because let's face it, it's horrible. But despite that I would still highly recommend it as a very entertaining film. If you've seen other productions by The Asylum, well, you know what to expect. Horrible acting, ridiculous CGI and puppets, implausible plot and numerous incongruities. Personally, I think this film is slightly better than Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, but it might boil down to your stance on Debbie Gibson vs Tiffany (and really I'm sure we all pick sides on that one).
The plot is simple and ridiculous. Some genetic engineering to increase the size of fish goes awry and somehow gets into a wild piranha population, causing them to grow exponentially. Somehow it also causes them to grow extra organs, thicker skin, become hermaphrodites and absorb nutrients through the skin (which makes one wonder why they need to attack everything in sight).
Here are some of the things which delighted me about this film:
Early on our hero gets geared up and puts on a black shirt with an inexplicable diagonal red stripe patch on the left of his chest, which minutes later randomly switches to the right side before settling back on the right for the rest of the film.
The scene where our hero is fighting off piranha jumping at him near the harbor is pure gold, with him laying on his back kicking the attacking fish away one after another.
The size of the piranha seem almost random, with them sometimes from one scene to the next and sometimes growing. At one point we're told that they'll be the size of a horse in a few hours, when they've already shown piranha larger than a horse.
During a car chase, while the car is shown moving continuously forward, they cut to a shot of the gearshift and you can see him shifting from reverse to 1st gear.
While trying to make a phone call with a dead battery, Tiffany suggests sucking on the battery to give it a 10% charge. First, this is completely ridiculous. Secondly, he's clearly using an iPhone which makes it rather amusing when he pops the battery out of a phone with a non removable battery.
While flying in a helicopter losing fuel, subsequent shots of the fuel gauge frequently show the fuel amount as higher than the previous shot.
During the final battle, divers wearing normal regulators are constantly talking to one another, apparently without having to move their mouths at all or use the type of full face mask which would allow communication.
Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady on the Brady Bunch, plays a character named Bob Grady. Nice.
The acting overall is quite bad, with everyone playing an over the top version of their character with all the skill of a middle school play. Barry Williams is the only real notable exception, as he deliver's a surprisingly not terrible performance.
Overall, yes, this film is quite bad. But that makes it very entertaining. Look for Titanic II coming from The Asylum soon!
The plot is simple and ridiculous. Some genetic engineering to increase the size of fish goes awry and somehow gets into a wild piranha population, causing them to grow exponentially. Somehow it also causes them to grow extra organs, thicker skin, become hermaphrodites and absorb nutrients through the skin (which makes one wonder why they need to attack everything in sight).
Here are some of the things which delighted me about this film:
Early on our hero gets geared up and puts on a black shirt with an inexplicable diagonal red stripe patch on the left of his chest, which minutes later randomly switches to the right side before settling back on the right for the rest of the film.
The scene where our hero is fighting off piranha jumping at him near the harbor is pure gold, with him laying on his back kicking the attacking fish away one after another.
The size of the piranha seem almost random, with them sometimes from one scene to the next and sometimes growing. At one point we're told that they'll be the size of a horse in a few hours, when they've already shown piranha larger than a horse.
During a car chase, while the car is shown moving continuously forward, they cut to a shot of the gearshift and you can see him shifting from reverse to 1st gear.
While trying to make a phone call with a dead battery, Tiffany suggests sucking on the battery to give it a 10% charge. First, this is completely ridiculous. Secondly, he's clearly using an iPhone which makes it rather amusing when he pops the battery out of a phone with a non removable battery.
While flying in a helicopter losing fuel, subsequent shots of the fuel gauge frequently show the fuel amount as higher than the previous shot.
During the final battle, divers wearing normal regulators are constantly talking to one another, apparently without having to move their mouths at all or use the type of full face mask which would allow communication.
Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady on the Brady Bunch, plays a character named Bob Grady. Nice.
The acting overall is quite bad, with everyone playing an over the top version of their character with all the skill of a middle school play. Barry Williams is the only real notable exception, as he deliver's a surprisingly not terrible performance.
Overall, yes, this film is quite bad. But that makes it very entertaining. Look for Titanic II coming from The Asylum soon!