Piranha 3DD (2012)
Country: US
Technical: col 83m
Director: John Gulager
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Koechner, Chris Zylka, Ving Rhames (rocking as a former victim turned avenger)
Synopsis:
A waterworld theme park opens on the fringes of another lake, cynically offering free admission to well-endowed young females, and skirting safety procedures with the connivance of the local law officer. Piranha fish again navigate underground caverns to gain access to the free lunch, but this time they appear to have evolved into something smarter.
Review:
A pity the same cannot be said for the sequel writers, for whom token gore effects take second place to gross-out sex gags and slow-motion shots of bouncing bosoms in 3D. (The film's money shot is of a severed head inadvertently cradled between blood-soaked breasts, a shot held just long enough by the editor to epitomize the ethics and aesthetics of the entire movie.) Oh, well, Christopher Lloyd repeats his turn as the 'mad scientist in the sticks', and Gary Busey and Clu Gulager guest perfunctorily as early bait, the latter so unrecognizable presumably to distance himself as much as possible from his progeny's sophomore big screen effort. However, David Hasselhoff's enjoyable turn as a sex-hungry has-been in lifeguard's costume - himself, basically - is overplayed to the camera and extended in an absurd ten-minute credit sequence featuring outtakes and off-screen antics.
Country: US
Technical: col 83m
Director: John Gulager
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Koechner, Chris Zylka, Ving Rhames (rocking as a former victim turned avenger)
Synopsis:
A waterworld theme park opens on the fringes of another lake, cynically offering free admission to well-endowed young females, and skirting safety procedures with the connivance of the local law officer. Piranha fish again navigate underground caverns to gain access to the free lunch, but this time they appear to have evolved into something smarter.
Review:
A pity the same cannot be said for the sequel writers, for whom token gore effects take second place to gross-out sex gags and slow-motion shots of bouncing bosoms in 3D. (The film's money shot is of a severed head inadvertently cradled between blood-soaked breasts, a shot held just long enough by the editor to epitomize the ethics and aesthetics of the entire movie.) Oh, well, Christopher Lloyd repeats his turn as the 'mad scientist in the sticks', and Gary Busey and Clu Gulager guest perfunctorily as early bait, the latter so unrecognizable presumably to distance himself as much as possible from his progeny's sophomore big screen effort. However, David Hasselhoff's enjoyable turn as a sex-hungry has-been in lifeguard's costume - himself, basically - is overplayed to the camera and extended in an absurd ten-minute credit sequence featuring outtakes and off-screen antics.
Country: US
Technical: col 83m
Director: John Gulager
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Koechner, Chris Zylka, Ving Rhames (rocking as a former victim turned avenger)
Synopsis:
A waterworld theme park opens on the fringes of another lake, cynically offering free admission to well-endowed young females, and skirting safety procedures with the connivance of the local law officer. Piranha fish again navigate underground caverns to gain access to the free lunch, but this time they appear to have evolved into something smarter.
Review:
A pity the same cannot be said for the sequel writers, for whom token gore effects take second place to gross-out sex gags and slow-motion shots of bouncing bosoms in 3D. (The film's money shot is of a severed head inadvertently cradled between blood-soaked breasts, a shot held just long enough by the editor to epitomize the ethics and aesthetics of the entire movie.) Oh, well, Christopher Lloyd repeats his turn as the 'mad scientist in the sticks', and Gary Busey and Clu Gulager guest perfunctorily as early bait, the latter so unrecognizable presumably to distance himself as much as possible from his progeny's sophomore big screen effort. However, David Hasselhoff's enjoyable turn as a sex-hungry has-been in lifeguard's costume - himself, basically - is overplayed to the camera and extended in an absurd ten-minute credit sequence featuring outtakes and off-screen antics.