Mega Piranha

2010 "They were created to save mankind. Something went wrong."
2.4| 1h32m| R| en
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When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.

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Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
manjodude 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 :)
SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain Scientists genetically modify piranhas. They start killing. People doubt it's the piranhas. They find out it is, the hard way. The is SciFi (or SyFy now) killer animal stuff. The growing piranhas and bad CGI gave me a few smiles, and the awful dialogue was memorable. But since The Asylum have already done Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, you kind of wish this Mega Piranha had a sea-folk to battle. Maybe, Mental Mermaid? Tiffany isn't much of an actress, in fact I don't think she was much of a singer. Paul Logan offers the muscles, and when he goes man-on-fish with a piranha in a knife fight, you believe he could win. In the expanding world of killer animal movies, this is one you can easily skip. I'm gonna wait for Piranha 3D.
Knighthawk701 The 4 stars I give to this movie are only for the fun factor as we had a great time watching it and making fun of it. The mistakes are too much to mention, the plot, dialog and characters are laughable and some scenes are just to bad to be funny, rather annoying. Some scenes are really over the top.I would like to mention the scene were the giant piranha's attack the US. The grow and grow and are as big as a submarine. They survive a nuclear explosion yet the hero and his SEAL buddies want to take them on using underwater guns that are build to shoot submarines??? Somehow this rocket-science idea fails and the hero (who only speaks monotone) goes to Miami to battle them at the beach. There they see the giant fish jumping out of the water wanting to eat a whole building and suiciding themselves. Sure...But at the beach he is attacked by some piranha's as big as small sharks. As the Van Damme clone he is he kicks them while sitting on the ground. Not one, but a dozen. After he kicks off the piranhasoccerteam, he keeps sitting on the beach talking with his back turned to the water as if there was not a chance he will be attacked.I also would like to mention the many movie mistakes, like the Venzuelan army flying US choppers, the US sub that in the next shot turns into a Russian sub, the US destroyer that is first showed as stock footage of the landing ship and then turns into an Iowa battleship. The car chase that features 2 groups of people that seem to be changing cars during the middle of the chase. The hero drives 3 different cars and the bad guys first drive a brand new SUV then the next shot it turns 10 years old.In short order, a real Syfy-channel classic!
gregking4 From film company The Asylum comes another spectacularly crappy low budget C-grade exploitation shocker. This is the same studio that specialises in releasing a number of cheap, low budget knock offs of well-known movies straight to DVD. They gave us the recent Megashark Vs Giant Octopus, which found unexpected success as a cult favourite. A cheap rip off of Alexandre Aja's recent Piranha 3D, Mega Piranha was originally made for television, but has gained a season of special late night screenings at the Nova cinema as part of its Cult Cravings program. As the title suggests, this one features some genetically modified and unusually aggressive piranha that pose a threat to the population of Venezuela. They are moving rapidly through the South American waterways headed towards the ocean and ultimately the United States. The fish are also growing exponentially bigger, and it seems as though nothing can stop them. After they kill the US ambassador, the country's foreign minister and a couple of topless party girls, the US government sends in a special agent and troubleshooter Jason Fitch (played by Paul Logan, from The Terminators, another Asylum production) to try and avert disaster. With the help of a couple of flaky scientists who were responsible for creating the genetic mutants in the first place, Fitch tries to find a way to destroy them. There's also a power hungry South American colonel (David Labiosa) who has his own agenda. And the US government itself is represented by none other than the original Greg Brady himself - Barry Williams, playing a powerful envoy named Bob Grady. This is deliberately bad film making, but it is more fun than Megashark. The limitations of the budget are particularly obvious, especially during some shoddy CGI special effects sequences. There are some unintentional laughs here, especially as the obviously fake giant piranha leap out of the water to swallow people whole or impale themselves on buildings. Director Eric Forsberg (who has written a number of films for The Asylum, including Snakes On A Train, War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave, 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, etc) also uses lots of stock footage throughout. If you look closely, you can also see that some of the establishing shots have been lifted straight from Megashark Vs Giant Octopus. The dialogue is clunky and laughable. The largely unknown cast also features faded 80's pop star Tiffany, and Logan. But the performances are uniformly one dimensional and wooden. I wanted to see a giant piranha eat Greg Brady – now that would have made the film truly unforgettable!