Mega Piranha
When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.
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- Cast:
- Paul Logan , Tiffany , Barry Williams , David Labiosa , Jude Gerard Prest , Cooper Harris , Clint Browning
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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Probably the only aspect of the movie worth some mention is the acting especially from Tiffany as scientist Sarah or David Labiosa as the bad Venezuelan colonel. Even Paul Logan did good. But all that sincerity for a story that failed them is unfortunate. How do piranhas detonate on impact?! They hit a house and go kaboom! How?! And there are more such scenes that don't make sense but it'd be a spoiler to reveal here. The effects although weak, is still OK for a shoestring budget. I saw this movie anyway since I just wanted to relax, not with an intention to watch good cinema. So if you happen to watch this on TV or DVD, focus more on your food, drinks or the feel of relaxation and you will do just fine :)
Released in 2010, "Mega Piranha" chronicles events when a mutant strain of increasingly-growing piranha escape from the Amazon Basis to threaten Florida. Tiffany stars as a researcher in the jungle while Paul Logan plays a kick-axx government agent and Barry Williams his superior back in the US. David Labiosa is on hand as a Hispanic militant in the jungle.While a little overweight, Tiffany makes for a likable protagonist and Logan is spot-on as a Rambo-ish action figure. The jungle and beach locations are good and there's quite a bit of action. Unfortunately, the story isn't very compelling, although it develops some drive by the last act. But it's all for naught as the cartoony CGI of the huge piranha and what they're able to do makes you bust out laughing rather than scare you (or impress you or whatever). As the story moves along, the colossal fish are shown jumping into water that's obviously too shallow for them to occupy. It just boggles my mind that The Asylum would blow all this money on cast and locations and then plague the flick with such lousy F/X. One worthy brief scene occurs during the beginning, however, when Tiffany's character amusingly pays tribute to the great "Apocalypse Now," which will be missed by most viewers because it's not one of the more popular lines from that movie. Speaking of Tiffany, she sings the end-credits' song "Frozen Skies" and it's pretty good.Bottom Line: Even viewed as a parody, "Mega Piranha" is bad, Mega Bad.The film runs 92 minutes and was shot in Belize, Los Angeles and Long Beach.GRADE: D (2.5/10 Stars)
I considered giving this film a 4 for laughs alone. but hey, its really should of got a 1 . OK, first off Greg Brady's in it but they call him Bob Grady... yup .. you get the picture. right away when one said.. "they double every 3 days" or something like that. they other scientist says "oh no , they are growing exponentially, they are doubling every 36 hours" AWWW both are geometric progressions. well, i don't want to ruin the ending but I guarantee you . if you have 3 digits in your IQ you will be saying "and this works... WHY???" in the mean time the fish will get bigger then smaller then really big .. then small.. and the acting is as bout as good as when my friend made a spoof movie and I acted in it. lol. if you like really STUPID scifi movies.(as I do for the laugh factor) you might like this one. there is plenty to laugh at. nothing is believable and the animation is about as good as Gumby. and capt America is wayy better then any body from a cheep 3rd world. lol .. this movie has it all.. but it really makes NO sense and Don't think... you will experience brain cell loss if you do.. just point and laugh. lol
Must be the worst movie ever made, I never thought something could be worst than 2-Headed Shark Attack but it did it! The plot makes absolutely no sense. The scene when Fitch had to cross the border, surrounded by observation towers, is stopped by a guard, punches him in the face and just leaves, with the other guards in the towers magically disappearing is one example. I mean, why put the whole scene? Why not just make them (Fitch and the scientists) cross the border without no one knowing or seeing? What about the radio operator at the base who knows the size that the piranhas will have when reaching Washington, and by the way, why the concern? They would to what? Eat the President?? Destroy democracy?? I think a six years old kid would write a story which made more sense.