it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) 1/2 (out of 4)Fin (Ian Ziering) and April (Tara Reid) must run around the world trying to save their young son who has been sucked up into one of the sharknados. The two are also trying to figure out who to destroy these evil things one final time and it might depend on something from the ancient past.You know, I liked the first SHARNADO and I also slightly enjoyed one sequel. With that said, it's becoming rather clear that the producers haven't any original ideas as the stories keep getting worse and worse and they've gotten to the point where this fifth film is downright awful and deadly boring. It's clear that this series has run out of steam but sadly it appears there's yet another one to come.What you've got here is basically no story but instead you've got one location after another, around the world, that falls victim to the sharknado. We see our leads travel to these places and see the towns destroyed by the monsters. This was never fun and this includes a very dull opening sequence that pays homage to the Indiana Jones movies.The vision of tornados with sharks in them just isn't fun on its own any more so you need something else to go with it but there's simply nothing here. I really struggled to make it through the film and even the supporting performance of Olivia Newton John and the various cameos didn't help things. SHARKNADO 5: GLOBAL SWARMING is about as bad as they come.

The movie I watched was spectacular and the physics of this movie was just too true to be in here. The acting was on point not one mistakes and The main character acted like a human who dosnt care if someone does in front of them. The CGI was better then all the star wars movie. The only bad thing Is that the bad Indiana Jones character was in here. But we can all agree that this movie should of won all Emmie awards.

The first two 'Sharknado' movies were not great and had a lot wrong with them, but they were guilty pleasure fun as long as not taken seriously. 'Sharknado 3' however was a let-down, it lacks the fun and charm of the first two as a result of being too self-aware and trying far too hard, really wanted to not take this seriously and view it as a guilty pleasure but it was just too amateurish and tired. A notion that was present and multiplied in 'Sharknado 4' that indicated the novelty was wearing off.A feeling that can also be seen in 'Sharknado 5'. There is still a little more fun here and overall it is the best of the 'Sharknado' franchise since the second film. And it is not because it is set in my home country, it's mainly because there's a little more fun and freshness and parts are slightly more inspired. There is still a sense though that the franchise has gone too far and that the novelty value that was there in the first two films has worn off. Even when one tries to take it for what it's trying to be (it is clear that it is not to be taken seriously), it generally just falls flat.Ian Ziering is likable and charismatic in the lead role, he plays it straight but still looks like he's having fun with the role. There is some nice scenery and an energetic and eerie music score. Some of the references, while obvious, are fun and create a sense of nostalgia. Likewise with a few of the cameos.Very little else works. Tara Reid continues to be unspeakably awful, her facial expressions look so expressionless and very forced in the few times she tries, her line delivery is mechanical and she constantly looks ill at ease. Other references are not as clever as they think and induce a groan in how they are written and there was a sense that the cameos were too many, with a lot of them being too short, pointless and screaming of "what the heck" in bizarre roles to take on.Even for low-budget, 'Sharknado 5' is very shoddy stuff. The scenery is pretty good but the film is shot in a very rushed-looking and drab way, editing is sloppy as well as choppy and the shark special effects are typical dreadfully artificial Asylum/SyFy fare (if not as bad as the third and fourth). Regarding the shark attacks and death scenes (none being good enough to even reach "reasonably fun" level), that the sharks have little personality let alone menace (the plastic surgery on display is scarier than them) hurts them and even more so the unintentional silliness comes at the expense of thrills and suspense, which are nowhere in sight, and gets tiresome. The film is directed flatly, the energy and enthusiasm in the pacing is missing and there are too many cardboard characters that are difficult to give a toss about. The first two films had some great funny lines, but the script here contains little remotely amusing or memorable and instead feels stale and tiresomely cheesy, especially one of the most insultingly nonsensical endings in recent memory.Like with the story, which is thin, aimless in some scenes and far too more of the same with very little freshness to make that forgivable. It's further not helped by trying too hard being dopey fun and in the process taking itself too seriously at times that any life is sucked out intended to have some originality but are just cheap and ridiculous.Overall, better than the previous two sequels but not much impresses here. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Yes it is another Sharknado movie and this one has it's tongue so far in its cheek that it might never see daylight again. Arguably the typical ingredients in a SyFy movie, being second-rate actors, third-rate production values and fourth-rate CGI, have found their perfect means of expression in the Sharknado series. If you are going to end up making a film that no-one is likely to take seriously anyway, why not go the whole hog and make it as absurd as possible? Throw in a slightly larger budget which allows for some interesting cameos and the occasional line of dialogue which is genuinely funny and you have Sharknado 5. I took absolutely nothing about this film remotely seriously -which I take to be the intended spirit- and I rather enjoyed it.