Piranha II: The Spawning
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Movie Reviews of Piranha II: The Spawning
Movie Review: What The F#$k!?
Summary: 2 Stars
I swear, not one day after ranting to a coworker about how Cameron would use his Hollywood clout and power to forever supress this utterly stupid film from release on DVD, there it is, on the freakin' shelf! Well, shut my mouth! I was stunned. I remember, as a kid, renting the original VHS back in 1985. Even then, and still today, I thought "Who paid for this and how drunk were they?!" It's an utter nonsense ride but it does have a certain perverse charm. I mean, who can't get a grin out of cross-bred piranha and flying fish. Even more, these mutants actually FLAP there wings like a bird, allowing flight over great distances! Everyone knows flying fish only jump out of the water and glide a very short distance before splashdown. I guess they figured they might as well run all the way with the idea! So whacky it must be seen to be believed! I guess we'll see Galaxy Of Terror out on DVD soon, since Cameron was the set director on that one (I think Bill Paxton was one of his carpenters, too!) At least he made it up to Lance Henrickson with the role of Bishop in ALIENS,Movie Review: What A Flying Piece Of Crap!
Summary: 2 Stars
Wow...my head literally hurts after this movie. I LOVE the original! This one is so bad! First off, there is no character development. Second, there are just so many unnecessary scenes and so much unnecessary dialogue. Third, we don't even see a piranha fly until 40 minutes into it! Fourth, the big fish-fry-at-night-on-the-beach scene is SO anti-climatic! That is supposed to be the "big scene"! How did James Cameron ever work again after this? Apparently, whoever thought up this idea had no idea that actual "flying fish" jump up into the air and need to land into water again to survive. Actual "flying fish" are still fish and can't survive out of water. If you see this movie, you know why I say that. There is a plus, that many of the guys wear tight short shorts of tiny bathing suits. In fact, in the opening scene, the guy has an actual half-chub, ha. Overall, if you enjoy the original, don't watch this. Save your money! It's not nearly as cool as it seems.Movie Review: Interesting trivia facts
Summary: 2 Stars
James Cameron only worked on this movie for one week before he was fired (and then replaced) by the producer, Ovidio G. Assonitis. Ovidio wasn't satisfied with James' progress, for some reason (can't imagine why). Cameron did most of the camera work, but Assonitis did the editing, cutting Cameron out of the loop (as it were). Cameron actually broke into the editing room once to try and repair the damage (to his reputation, if nothing else). Alas, he was caught...just like the fish in this movie!Movie Review: Not the best sequel but still a cult classic
Summary: 2 Stars
Definitely not a good sequel, but it has it's moments. I have Piranha so I had to buy the sequel.Movie Review: Look! In the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a...Flying Piranha?!
Summary: 1 Stars
Piranha Part 2 The Spawning: Movie Review
Grade: F
Seeing as this was director James Cameron's movie debut, I had high hopes for this film, along with its awesome-sounding plot. But, even from the director who would later go on to make other much better sequels like Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (Extreme DVD) and Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition), and the mega-blockbuster Titanic (10th Anniversary Edition), this film apparently fell into the wrong hands. (You can tell the fish are on strings! Strings!!!)
Now that awesome-sounding plot I told you about? Piranhas are genetically bred with a species flying fish, making the ultimate flying/undersea killer. Now that killer, a huge swarm of them, is loose in the ocean waters near a popular resort, and they soon start picking off the local vacationers. Sounds cool, but looks can be deceiving.
There are problems and plot holes in just about every scene in Piranha 2, and the movie just ends up looking downright pathetic in the end. You meet characters that have nothing to do with the movie, ("You're a doctor?" "No...I'm a dentist..." What?! That scene has nothing to do with the movie!!!!) seriously taking away from the action. It's almost as if they are just there to make the movie longer, because without them the movie would be only about an hour and ten minutes, and the Piranhas are only actually in about five of them. You know what that leaves us with? A whole lot more of useless characters, pointless conversations, and long boring stretches that leave major plot holes. I would give some examples of the plot holes, but I'd end up giving away the entire movie, because its alllll plot holes that lead to nowhere.
Now don't even get me started on the special effects: the SciFi channel's special effects far surpass these flying rubber fish on strings, that's all I'm going to say...
Not even the acting can save this movie. Why? Because the acting isn't that great either. To me, it seemed forced, as if the actors didn't even really want to be in the movie in the first place...
And in the end the movie's not even worth your time. Yes, I normally don't mind bad special effects, and yes, I even think most SciFi channel movies are great, but boy, is this one a stinker. They say there's a first time for everything, and this was my first time giving anything one star and a failing review. (I really want to know how they got Lance Henrikson to sign up for this movie...) Jeez, most movies like this one made in the `80's weren't this bad...