Haitham Bayazeed

(2013-06-17 13:16:48)

A good Parody!!

If there was a rating less than zero, I would be proud, with my head inthe clouds to put it on this thing, piece of s***, this is the onemovie that will stay forever, the worst movie in my opinion! This is agood parody although, really like the idea if this sh**** s*** s*** wasa parody, a parody that you can buy, down a very dusty road, in a gasstation somewhere, buy it for one bucks, and get a snickers bar, itwill be good this way, or shown in one of the UNKNOWN TV Stations, on3:00AM on a Monday, no need for 3D,just watch the trailer on YOUTUBE ina 3D mode, and here you go! Piranaha 3DD, better than watching it andspend your time, money on this piece of nothing, it is just an emptymovie, from the beginning to the end, like you are sitting a theaterwhere all people are talking and none on the screen, just big whitescreen, please avoid this movie even if for free, don't watch it reallys***, big piece of Stink pile, doesn't worth your time even if you workin toilets, cleaning them with your mouth, this job is way to betterthan watching PIRANHA 3 DOUBLE S***!

Woodyanders

(2013-06-16 19:54:46)

A total trashy tongue-in-cheek treat

The ferocious flesh-eating prehistoric fish make a bee-line down riverso they can snack on the hard-partying tourists at the grand opening ofthe Big Wet Water Park. Yep, that's about it for the admittedly flimsyplot, but fortunately director John Gulager and screenwriters PatrickMelton, Joel Soisson, and Marcus Dunstan don't take any of this cheeryspirited foolishness seriously for a minute; instead they pile on thetasty excessive gratuitous distaff nudity, over-the-top graphic gore,and blithely rude'n'crude humor with a go-for-broke spoofy joy and briothat's both uproarious and entertaining in good measure. The wholegloriously tasteless affair reaches its jaw-droppingsick'n'sidesplitting apex during an outrageous coitus interuptus setpiece that's truly something special to behold. The lively cast reallysink their teeth into the endearingly crass material: The foxy DaniellePanabaker makes for an appealing and attractive heroine as the spunkyMaddy, Matt Bush contributes an engaging turn as the amiable Barry,David Koechner jerks it up nicely as smarmy amusement park owner Chet,Chris Zylka likewise hits it out of the slimy ballpark as hunky, butsleazy and corrupt deputy Kyle, Katrina Bowden brings a cute charm toher part as sweet virgin Shelby, Christopher Lloyd ravenously devoursthe scenery as flaky fish expert Mr. Goodman, and Ving Rhames hasseveral sidesplitting moments struggling to surmount his hydrophobia asthe scared and crippled Deputy Fallon. Best of all, the AlmightyHoffmeister sends up his pumped-up pompous "Baywatch" persona somethingrotten as his own supremely cool and self-deprecating self. Gary Buseyand Clu Gulager both get munched early in the action. The outtakesduring the end credits are simply priceless. Alexandre Lehmann's slickcinematography provides a pleasing polished look and makes hilariouslycheesy use of strenuous slow motion. Elia Cmiral's dynamic score doesthe rousing dramatic trick. A real schlocky hoot.

Michael_Elliott

(2013-06-10 08:36:03)

Cheaply Made Sequel

Piranha 3DD (2012)* 1/2 (out of 4) For some reason after the limited success at the box office on thefirst film they decided for another. This sequel picks up a year afterthe events in the first film as a new waterpark is about to open andsure enough the piranha are on their way. This is a pretty cheaplyproduced sequel that's only a few notches above stuff like MEGA PIRANHAthat airs on the SyFy channel. I'll admit that I wasn't a fan of thefirst film but I was curious as to what they'd try here and I'm sad toreport that they really didn't try anything. Instead of coming up withsomething new or original, they've instead just made a copy of theprevious film, although I'll give this one credit for not being asannoying. This sequel has cheap and rip-off written all over it asthere's really nothing new that happens. The film starts off with somecelebrity cameos, we get a perverted guy (this time running the park),we're introduced to victims and then the idiots go into the water andthe fish come. There's really nothing fresh here and it's clear thatthe producers and director weren't interested in anything exceptinggetting the film done cheaply. It looks rather ugly, the CGI fish arevery cheap looking and the overall feel of the movie just doesn't feellike something that would be shown theatrically. The one "original"thing is a piranha rape. Yes, I did just write that. The performancesaren't too bad and like the first one we get some celebrity cameos. Oneof the few highlights comes from David Hasselhoff spoofing himself insome pretty funny scenes. Other familiar faces on hand include GaryBusey, Christopher Lloyd, Clu Gulager and Ving Rhames (don't ask).PIRANHA 3DD runs a mere 70-minutes not including the end credits. Thetotal running time is 83-minutes but this is due to outtakes and a fewother things during the end credits.

h_wilson92

(2013-06-09 22:27:40)

Huge Let Down after 2 years of waiting!

I really loved Alexandre Aja's 2010 film and couldn't wait to seePiranha 3DD.I waited 2 years to see it.I heard this movie really suckedand i didn't listen to them so I watched this movie this morning and Imust say i was so disappointed.The movie kept skipping a few secondsevery 1 to 3 minutes and I couldn't believe for a budget of over $20million that this was high budget and it looked like a low budget badhorror.I thought the movie would have way more gore and blood than theprevious movie but i was totally wrong - the other movie had so muchmore.I couldn't wait for this movie to be over - it was only for 70minutes before the credits.I loved the first one and didn't want it tofinish but this time it was different.David Hasselhoff was really badin this movie and I cannot believe the film makers were this desperateto play the Hoff as himself.I also wasn't happy Ving Rhames got almostno time in this movie.The only good thing about this movie was seeingGary Bussey in it - he should have gotten more screen time. I wished ilistened to peoples disappointment - biggest disappointment ever -luckily i paid $0 to see this movie by downloading it and watching iton my DVD player. 1/10 is my rating

KiNg_MistAh

(2013-06-09 01:05:58)

Double the D's!

Piranha 3DD. If that title doesn't even make you smirk, now might be agood time to turn around and head back in the direction you came from.If you go in to this movie expecting an Oscar worthy film of the yearwith an intricate plot, complex characters and gorgeous cinematographythen well...you've clearly made a wrong turn in the movie selectionroad. This movie isn't some artsy fartsy masterpiece and it doesn't tryto be. It knows exactly what it is, so you either roll the punches orget punched in your rolls. This is the kind of movie where you inviteover a few drinking buddies, roll up some green stuff, order a pizzaand enjoy the show.The movie starts off with an interesting cameo from Gary Busey as afisherman who finds a dead animal carcass in a lake with one of hisfishing pals. It farts out some piranha eggs and the terror begins allover again. Before you even ask, yes, I do know how ridiculous thatsounds. It's a setup that is simple enough and no one really caresabout the actual reasoning for the Piranha's return, we just want tosee the chaos that they cause. Shortly after the eggs are released,Busey and company get gobbled up and Busey does some gobbling of hisown. Yeah, that sounds about right, Busey, you rascal you.We are then introduced to the playground for our fishy friends; a newlyrenovated adult Waterpark owned by the hilarious Chet (David Koechner)and his step-daughter Maddy played by the star of the show DaniellePanabaker. The grand opening for this theme park is just a couple ofdays away, so the Piranha invitations were perfectly timed. Some othercharacters invited to the show include a hopelessly geek romantic (MattBush), a crooked joint smoking cop (Chris Zylka) and the Hoff himself(David Hasselhoff).Thankfully, we also get a few returning characters from Alexandre Aja's2010 Piranha film. These characters include Mr. Goodman (ChristopherLloyd) and Deputy Fallon (Ving Rhames). Mr.Goodman provides his Piranhaexpertise and explanations once again to those seeking information onthe water predators. Ving Rhames' return is quite the memorable oneafter his first encounter with the fishies, he now has shotgun stumpsand his request for them when needed is incredibly epic "Bring me mylegs". It's so perfectly timed, I couldn't have said it better myself.Also featured is the beautiful Katrina Bowden, who completely stealsthe show as the virgin Shelby. From the moment she first goes skinnydipping and a baby piranha enters her body from a southern entrance,you just know it's setting itself up for something great. If youhaven't turned your brain off and completely prepared yourself forsuspension of belief by now, then you're about to swim in the deep endof trouble for what comes next. The highlight of the movie comes fromKatrina's character having sex for the first time while the babypiranha is still in her and let's just say it latches on to the firstthing that pokes it's head through her rabbit hole. She then manages todrop one of the greatest lines ever while explaining the entire ordealto her friends "Josh cut off his penis because something came out of myvagina!" It's a sticky (and Bloody) situation but hey, you alwaysremember your first time! If at this point in time you're leftscratching your head, thinking who films this stuff? You may not haveheard of Piranha 3DD's Director John Gulager, whose previous filmsinclude Feast, Feast II: Sloppy Seconds and Feast III: The HappyFinish. Think this stuff is raunchy? Well, that's a series thatfeatures mouth banging monsters, naked biker strippers and high flyingedible babies. Believe me, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.Now it may seem like Piranha 3DD is just going for gross out gagssprinkled with vulgar humour and it is, but there are more layers tothe film's flesh. It also features some intense moments of good oldfashioned horror. Such is the case in a scene featuring Danielle andKatrina on a dock at the lake. Piranha start jumping out of the waterand snapping at them in mid air. Very entertaining with a great amountof suspense, especially when they fall in to the water. As a viewer,you're left screaming at the screen "Swim dammit, Swim!" If only therewere more scenes like this one to balance everything out.Just like the remake, Piranha 3DD builds up to a final climax ofterror. Even though it may not be as satisfying as the previous film's,the Waterpark massacre is highly entertaining. The water turns red,people lose their heads and chunks of flesh are chewed off. All greatstuff but it still seems to miss the mark in the gore department. Thismay have been because of budget restrictions, which is understandable,but it still leaves more to be desired. Also the final bits of piranhachaos seem to finish fairly quickly, just like the entire movie. Asit's actually shorter then most movies with a running time of about 70minutes.The main difference between Piranha 3DD and it's predecessor is thefact that it is a comedy with horror elements, while Piranha 3D was ahorror movie with comedy elements. And much like any fish dish, it maynot be for everyone. This is not a movie you show your grandparents andif you're a grandparent, this is not a movie you show yourgrandchildren. Unless of course, gratuitous nudity, vulgar humour andkiller fish are their type of thing. At the end of the day though,Piranha 3DD is just a fun movie that with an open mind (and an openbar), it's hard not to enjoy (from land that is...for now).http://str33tjustus.blogspot.ca/

willthemoses

(2013-06-08 05:26:10)

OK, not an Oscar winner lets face it, still entertaining though!

The first piranha movie from 2010 was a really great summer movie andwas a lot of fun! This one is not as a good as the first one. Sequelsnever are, but i found this movie entertaining and exciting never theless. The Piranhas make there way into a newly opened water park whichobviously already is ridiculous... yet still i did truly enjoy thismovie. It was packed with action and laughs. David hasslehoff being inthe movie just annoyed me thats the only thing i hate. Just don't takethis movie to seriously and don't expect an amazing Oscar winningperformance from all the actors involved. Accept it for what it isfun,crazy,gory and action packed!

JeffAHayes

(2013-06-07 02:02:11)

Lotsa Fun (if you don't take it -- or yourself too seriously)...

This is a JOHN GULAGER film written by his attached-at-the-hip writingteam of Marcus Dunstan and Partick Melton. These three have beentogether since the two writers' script was first approved by Matt Damonand his buddies for the third (and final) season of "ProjectGreenlight" (the TV show where Miramax gave a supposedly amateurwriter/director $1,000,000 to make his/her movie), followed by thempicking mostly aspiring director John Gulager to direct the film("Feast," which has since had two sequels by the same team). I say"supposedly amateur" because I think all three were working in thebusiness at the time, although none of them had made a full featurefilm. (Trivia: In season two, they cast Shia LeBouf as the star of amovie that never made it to theatrical release "The Battle of ShakerHeights," but was his first starring role.)"Feast" was the ONLY of the three films the Weinsteins/Damonpartnership ponied up the $1,000,000 for which actually made it intotheatrical release, and I own at least one of the follow-ups onBlu-Ray, although I've yet to watch it (missed the one week "Feast" wasin my local theater, but caught it via Netflix rental, and enjoyed it).For those who don't know, John Gulager's dad, Clu Gulager, is acharacter-acting icon going back to the early 60's, from mostly TVWesterns and some movies, who I'd seen so many times I knew him well,but didn't make the connection until I saw him on "Project Greenlight."At any rate, I actually enjoyed this film more once I realized thewriting/directing team behind it, since I was totally aware howtongue-in-cheek it was intended to be, then. Clu Gulager has a smallrole in the beginning, as in all his son's films, to date, along withBusey. The fact that they had Hasselhoff play an arrogant version ofhimself was another easy clue.I think it's easy to see Gulager and his buddies are nowhere close towinning any awards. But they make "fun" horror movies. That's theirgenre. These films are NOT to be taken seriously. If you cry atanyone's injury or death in one of these movies, or get seriouslyoffended, well, you've got issues for either watching the film to beginwith, or expecting something different.Instant classic lines...Katrina Bowden character, Shelby: "Josh cut off his penis aftersomething came out of my vagina!"Ving Rhames character, Victoria Lake Sheriff: "Bring me my legs!" Amovie of this low caliber with Christopher Lloyd, Gary Busey, VingRhames, David Hasselhoff and Danielle Pannabaker??? That's a lot ofstars (even if most of them don't get much work these days). One badreview said this was a $20 million budget film, but IMDb says it was a$5 million budget, which seems more likely.I wouldn't buy it (unless it's less than $5 and you LOVE this kind offilm), but it's worth a rental, which is how I'm currently watching itfor the second time, while I listen to the director/writer/producercommentary.So don't expect more (or something different) than it delivers, and"it's all good," as the stoners like to say.Jeff Hayes

Chris Gill

(2013-06-06 13:27:54)

More of the same but less so

Piranha 3D (2010) was almost the dictionary definition of a guiltypleasure. Amusing, chock full of gratuitous nudity and gore gags andwith solid turns from a bunch of thesps who have maybe moved on fromtheir peak, all held together by the sure hand of not exactly reliabledirector Alexandre Aja. It did what it set out to do with a little bitmore for good measure.So Piranha 3DD must have seemed like a good idea – keep up the funny,keep up the gore, stock up on some more recognisable actors willing tosplash around in water and karo syrup for a few weeks – bob is yourAunt's husband. The attempt to bottle the same lightning twice has much less stableresults. The basic plot, even from the outset, seemed nervously similarto the terrible Jaws 3D and balances on a ridiculous premise. But wedidn't come to a Piranha sequel and not expect our disbelief to besuspended and we haven't come for the plot, it's a sketch to set up thefunny, boobs and blood.The thought that we might not get the same level of funny, boobs andblood is suggested by the opening attack, featuring a very odd lookingGary Busey, which struggles to find ground between fart gags and areasonable reintroduction of the prehistoric, flesh stripping fishies.From then on, the quality is variable. Many of the same elements arethere but handled with a lot less control. The sole honourableexception being a sex scene that does handle a video nasty level, bodyhorror moment with some gross out panache. That one aside, all of thegore gags lack the flair that Aja brought to the first one. Danielle Panabaker struggles to manage a role that is both a thumb nailsketch and an attempt to merge the Sheriff Mom and girlfriend rolesfrom the original. Others such as Matt Bush and Chris Zylka are allfine but again their roles are sketched almost to the level ofcaricature, making it impossible to care what happens to them one wayor the other – when we're obviously meant to root for one to save theday and the other to get his comeuppance.David Koechner is good value as the sleazy opportunist park owner buthis role seems to have been lifted wholesale from at least a couple ofother movies. Katrina Bowden's character comes off as being impossiblyexposed but also impossibly difficult to kill, which is very strange.Despite this and her turn in Tucker & Dale, her acting talents arestill probably best showcased by her semi recurring role in 30 Rock.Ving Rhames and Christopher Lloyd both return briefly and in theircouple of scenes manage to showcase what the flick is lacking.So, more of the same with diminishing returns. To be expected but itmight surprise you how much the returns have been diminished. This isprobably not the flick that you'll turn to as a drunken night windsdown, I doubt I'll ever say the words "Fuck it, let's watch Piranha 3DDagain."There's also way more David Hasselhoff than should be allowable underthe Human Rights Act.Oh yeah. The running time. The film proper lasts exactly 70 minutes –that's one hour and ten minutes. The remainder of the advertised 82minutes is 3 different credit sequences padded with bloopers, deletedscenes, more Hasselhoff (!) and weirdly a behind the scenes sequence ofthe final scene. You may feel cheated, you may feel like applauding theCorman level usage of all the footage you can. I didn't care eitherway, which is the problem with Piranha 3DD in a nutshell.

Chaz_233

(2013-06-06 03:45:58)

A major disappointment

Turns out there are piranha eggs elsewhere in some other lake as well,aside form the one in part I.This time around some sleazy entrepreneuris opening a water park with an adult section- for topless andsometimes naked folks.His stepdaughter isn't thrilled with any of this. She's got a deputySheriff-her ex-after her, as well as some nerdy guy. When she's out bythe lake with her virgin friend, they are attacked by rabid piranhasthat also have learned to jump out of the water and destroy solidobjects. They, and some other kids, look for the researcher from part Iwho tells them that the piranhas are learning and developing someskills- not to mention that they are tough critters that can breakthrough steel.The girl tries to warn the stepfather about the danger of piranhassince the water park drains into the lake. But he won't have any of it.And sure enough, the day of the opening of the park, piranhas make itto the pools and eat everything in sight.One would think that there is quite a bit of story in this movie butthe way it's handled all of this takes place in 40 minutes or so. Andwhile I'm making it sound like there's some arc to the story, the wayit's filmed is like a series of gags, many of them quite disgusting. At82 minutes or so this movie is incomprehensibly short, and 15 minutesof those are end credits that have a gag reel mixed in. DaniellePanabaker tries to perform and so do a few other folks. She and KatrinaBowden are very attractive but this director can't direct much at all.He can handle teens being sweet and flirtatious, but put these teens inan emergency or horror situation and the director has no clue what todo. There's some nudity as there well should be but not nearly enough.At the beginning the boss promises a "coochie cam" but nothing is madeof it. When the piranhas attack the water park, suddenly there is noadult section any more.One can't understand why this movie was so botched. Unless there was alot more gore, violence, and nudity filmed and someone decided not toinclude it in the final cut. Otherwise why even bother filming a 65minute movie? However, not a minute more is on the DVD so clearly, thismovie was doomed from the get go.My first conclusion after seeing this movie was that the director ofthis mess, John Gularger, couldn't possibly have directed the brilliantFeast I. I'm not surprised that I'm not the only one to think that.While Piranha 3DD has some resemblance to Feast II, III, none of thoseshare anything with Feast I. Over time any normal director aims toimprove and work on something bigger and better. If indeed Feast I wasdirected by Gulager he's one of the few directors who's getting worseand worse with every movie he directs. Aja's Piranha I wasn't amasterpiece but it was entertaining and well done. This movie is adisaster. And Gulager is the only one to blame here. There is a story,there is a decent cast, a crew that has the technical know-how, butGulager managed to ruin it all. This guy is becoming the OlivierMegaton of horror movies- everything he touches turns to hell. Perhapshe should stick to acting (?). Or try directing gross teen sexcomedies. Just keep this guy from ruining more horror movies. Piranhadeserves better and I look forward to part III redeeming thisfranchise.

Otis Simon

(2013-06-05 21:55:30)

A masterpiece

I must admit, that it is very hard to write a review for something thisamazing, but I will try my best to express it here.The sequel to the ever so popular "Piranha 3D" is back, and my Lord itcame back with a vengeance. Returning to the big screen with everythingwe loved about the first film, but with even more substance thrown into entice new fans of the series as well as keeping us existing onesimpressed.The movie is set 12 months after the tragic events that transpired atLake Victoria, where at a nearby lake, the first sign of the piranha'sreturn is beckoned upon two unexpected townsfolk, with a disastrousend. Now, by the lake, a new water park called 'Big Wet' is opening up,to uplift the general public who have had a morbid and disconsolateyear, and what better way to attract customers than with scantilydressed women? But our main character Maddy, has caught wind of therecent piranha attack, and is in a desperate race against time to stopthe piranhas from feasting on the unexpected public. This leads to someedge of your seat moments that leaves you totally immersed.This is the perfect example of how you don't need a complicated plot tomake something great. The casting was perfection. It has all of therecognisable faces such as Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush and KatrinaBowden. And if these names are not making your jaw hit the floor thenthe two amazing cameos by Christopher Lloyd and David Hasselhoffcertainly will. And let us not forget about the various porn starsscattered around in this movie. You would think that porn actressescan't act to save their lives and they are there for fan service, butthis movie has removed this ridiculous stereotype. From the beginningyou can sense the raw emotion that these girls are portraying in theircharacters; from the ecstasy of them enjoying the carefree lifestyleworking at the water park, to the anguish they must feel when they seeon of their own friends attacked by a ruthless and unforgiving piranha.And you may be thinking that this adrenaline rush of a movie won't haveany character development, but that's where you're wrong. There is alove triangle in this movie that can give 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' arun for its money. (Google it) The conflicts between Kyle (Chris Zylk)an old flame of Maddy (Danielle Panabaker), and Barry (Matt Bush) achildhood friend who was secretly in love with our protagonist Maddy iselectrifying; it is very rare to see this much passion in modern cinemathese days and provides an enjoyable side story to go with the alreadyfantastic plot.The visuals in this movie was very simplistic to the point wherecompared to some other blockbusters out there, it looks like some kidshot it from his blackberry. But this wasn't a bad thing. It shows thatthe visuals do not need to be excessive, and it proves that you don'tneed a ridiculous budget to fund flashy FXs to stick in people's mind(Looking at you Avatar). It also doesn't use cheap 3D tricks like a guysticking his hand towards the screen, but utilises the 3D to trulyemerge you into the movie itself. When a piranha jumps out of thewater, you can sense the raw ferocity of it as it homes in on itsunexpected targets, which could only be provided with the inclusion of3D.Walking into the cinema screen, I had very low expectations, but thisfilm has done more than just exceeded them, but made me re-evaluatecinema as a medium. While writing this review I was hard pressed as towhat score to give this, as a perfect 10 may not give it justice, towhat may be one of the most influential movies of our generation.So I'd like to advise all movies goers to grab their jackets, matchdown to the cinema and watch this masterpiece of a movie known asPiranha 3DD.

xMartyMcFlyx

(2013-06-01 17:21:20)

Bad attempt at a horror/comedy

While I thoroughly enjoyed the 2010 remake of Piranha directed by AlexAja, this 2012 sequel was just plain awful. It tried too hard to becomical while still trying to be a horror movie. The acting is awful,the story is a rehash of the first movie except now it's in awaterpark, and we only get a water park attack during the last tenminutes or so of the movie. Oh yeah, did I mention that this movie isonly an hour and ten minutes long with an extra ten minutes ofcredits/bloopers?? Do not waste your time with this movie. The onlypositive thing about this movie is that the fish themselves look a lotmore realistic than the first movie and they don't rely heavily on CGIthis time around. Other than that, this movie is pretty awful. There'sbarely any gore in it, and with a movie called Piranha there should begratuitous amounts of blood (which is what made the first one soentertaining) I mean come on, I'm not watching this movie for theground breaking acting or anything here, I just want gore. Stick to the2010 movie.

rexmagicman

(2013-06-01 05:17:58)

Brilliant beyond belief!

I was a fan of the first one, but hesitant to watch this entry, asthere are sooooooo many bad reviews out there. Well, I was more thanpleasantly surprised. First, for those upset with the sex, um, thetitle pretty much clues you in. This is total camp, with lots ofintentional humor, as well as lots of gore, sex, and pretty mucheverything but the kitchen sink. If you think you've seen everything,you haven't---I can't recall a movie where my jaw was open half thetime, not believing what I was seeing---but it was all in fun. DavidHasselhoff's performance was a spot-on parody of himself, and he did itwith aplomb---laughed out loud several times during his scenes. Andactually, I laughed out loud during this movie more than I did duringthe two "Hangover" movies (which I enjoyed)put together--- and thelaughs were in the right spots, for all the right reasons. There werealso some very well-executed tension and scare scenes that I was veryimpressed by. The effects to me were very, very good, considering thisisn't the new "Spiderman" or "Avatar", but again, it isn't trying tobe. The piranhas were creepy-fun, and the gore, well, they don't holdback. The filming even was very competent, with the night sceneslooking eerie, the pool scenes chaotic, and the sex/boob scenesover-the-top. This is such a great companion piece to the first one--Iordered it "On Demand", but will definitely be buying the DVD---I wasnot disappointed. Oh, and not that it matters, but I'm not some hornyteen getting off on this film, I'm a 50 year-old gay man---my partnerand I have been together for 20 years, and have very different tastesin movies, but we both agreed at the end of this one that is was aFANTASTIC sequel!

drzlove

(2013-05-28 10:32:03)

Good fun

I'm giving this a 7 for its genre, not comparing it to Goodfellas oranything. I'd consider Cabin in the Woods or Behind the Mask a 9/10.These Piranha films have no pretense about what they are,self-conscious horror-comedy-satire, and they do it very very well inmy opinion. Just because a film considers itself satire doesn't mean itworks - too often their defense is 'oh you just didn't get it'. Or,maybe, your movie isn't clever or funny. Piranha 3dd was funny -Hasselhoff could've been dull and cringeworthy but they handled himwell - I particularly liked his emulation of his own Mitch Buchananslow-mo scene. Also awesome - Ving Rhames' redemption; the excellentline from the blonde regarding her first extremely violent sexualexperience, in fact, that whole scene; hilariously gratuitous breasts;the piranhas themselves; and the brilliant final scene. There is a lotto enjoy here for fans of tongue-in-cheek horror-comedy.

vengeance20

(2013-05-27 21:53:29)

Amazing!

A Great sequel to first one I must say! When seeing the trailer forthis in cinemas I knew it would be ace! The intense gore! The horrific but outstanding effects using thecombination of sex & violence & basically just how well put together itwas! Not to mention the 3D!I don't get why some much hate around this! What do you expect from afilm like this? Oh & if you do happen to not find this review helpful,then it's because you can't stand the idea of someone finding this filmamazing!The ones who are hating are obviously on dope because this was an acefilm!10/10

Levi Cavender

(2013-05-27 03:57:12)

Easily one of the worst movies I have ever seen...

If I could go lower than 1 star, you can bet I would. I bought thismovie for a dollar from Family Video so I could get the full benefitsof a 10 for $10 deal, and soon realized I wanted my dollar back. Thismovie is very short, which is really the only good thing about it. Theplot (if you could call it that), involves piranha that eat pretty muchanything and find their way into a adult theme park run by Champ Kindfrom Anchorman, who manages to play the same character in every film heis in. Almost every girl in this movie has her boobs out, and I beganto get the feeling it was written by a couple of 12 year old boys. Andthen at the end, the fish somehow start learning how to walk and jumphigh enough to bite an entire little boys head off. Not sure how itmanaged to get it's mouth big enough to do that, but whatever. Also,they had to throw the Hoff in there. Please just save your money.That's all I can say.

whheiman

(2013-05-27 01:31:18)

OMG...I want my 82 Minutes Back

I have seen some pretty dumb and lame B rated movies in my 40 years,but this is the worst ever. The lame plot line, the stupid scenes thatare so impossible and insane to ever believe. This was just a gory skinflick with blood and boobs....so gross and worthless....don't wasteyour life on this...please...don't!!!! The writers were so intent oncreating as much gore as they could that the reality and creativity wasat the back door knocking and no one was listening to common sense. Ifyou are looking for gratuitous, ignorant, pointless gore and nakedwomen..this is for you. I can see why David Hasselhoff was inthis..it's right up his ally of B rated stupid movies. Not a singleactor showed and real talent, other than the fish. The best part of themovie was the bloopers at the end of the film.

FlashCallahan

(2013-05-26 07:01:35)

Busey looks like Mason Verger......

Having awoken from Lake Victoria, the fish head upstream where theylook to make a meal out of Big Wet, a local water park.Though they came to get wet, and get loaded, the staff and patrons getmore than they bargained for when they must face the fiercest, mostbloodthirsty piranhas yet.Lead by the strong-willed, studious Maddy and her friends, Barry andKyle, the trio must dive in and take on these man-eating creatures.But can they be stopped?....Could have been a lot of fun, like the first movie, but every elementof entertainment has been taken out of this lifeless, devoid ofanything dud.and even though he has become self parody over the last ten years, it'ssad to say Hasselhoff is the best thing about this movie.Whenever he is on screen, the film becomes watchable, but only for thefact of how ridiculous the whole thing is. If only they broke thefourth wall a few times and winked at the camera, they could have hadsomething.But it has nothing. Busey, Lloyd, and Rhames look under the influenceof some sort of substance, an the rest of the cast are truly awful.The first movie was trash, but it knew it. This is nothing...

jamesmacleod2010

(2013-05-26 02:33:01)

Piranha 3DD: Good or Bad?

Let me start by letting you know that i'm a big fan of horror moviesand usually I will either love one or hate it. But Piranha 3DD has mademe very confused. I loved Piranha. It was funny, scary, and had somenudity but no sex. Piranha 2 is not as funny, not scary, and has tonsof nudity and has sex. There is a scene where a couple is having sex ina bed and the girl has a piranha inside her that jumps out of hervagina onto the mans penis causing the man to cut off the organ. Thereis also tons of breasts and girls crotches. So you know that there islots of nudity. Moving on, there is a lot of lame jokes but some thatwill make you laugh. David Hasselhoff is supposed to be the "comediccharacter" but he is just to corny. The stars of the film are DaniellePanabaker, Ving Rhames, Katrina Bowden, Matt Bush, Jean-Luc Bilodeauand Chris Zylka. They all do a pretty good job but Karina Bowden'scharacter just seems to stupid to care if she lives or dies. I noticedthough, Jacqueline Maclennes Wood, Elise Neal, Shanica Knowles, andMichael Algieri were not in the movie although their IMDb pages saythey were. The gore and blood is decent and the story is good, eventhough i had hoped it would be about the characters in the first one.As the movie goes on, it gets better in my opinion. Except for theending. It seems kind of dumb.so I overall give Piranha 3DD a 6/10.

ersinkdotcom

(2013-05-21 23:08:43)

"Piranha 3DD" Blu-ray offers up gory and crude B-movie mayhem

Just when you thought it was safe to go to your local water park,"Piranha 3DD" is released on not-so-innocent viewers. The follow-up to2010's critically acclaimed box-office success "Piranha" did littlebusiness in theaters. Hopefully it will gain a little more attentionfrom home audiences.A school of mutated piranhas enter a water park through its pipingsystems. The step-daughter of its crooked co-owner must find a way toclose off the man-eating creatures' access to the amusement facility.The employees of the park attempt to rescue the thrill-seeking swimmersbefore they're devoured by the aquatic monsters.Roger Corman's name may not be found in the credits of this sequel, buthis spirit is felt throughout it. It's the usual over-the-top creaturefeature we've all become accustomed to seeing from the B-movie king.Imagine "Jaws" if it took place in a water park the kids in "Porky's"worked at during the summer. That's the level of entertainment you getfrom watching "Piranha 3DD."The CGI and practical effects are a grade above what one would expectfrom a movie of this nature. There are parts where the piranhas lookless than spectacular, but it doesn't distract from the overall funatmosphere of the film. Most of the special make-up effects are verywell-done. The different severed body parts all look impressivelyrealistic."Piranha 3DD" delivers B-movie schlock in its finest form. I don't knowhow it could get any better (or worse?) than this. It's crude, gory,funny, and successfully self-aware. A great high-definition transferand a few interesting special features make this a recommended buy forfans of Roger Corman creature features and the likes. http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/849014/eric_shirey.html

Movie Geek

(2013-05-21 10:34:00)

not funny, not scary.. just embarrassingly dull

The only achievement of this film, as far as I am concerned, it that ithas managed to get the lowest score so far among my reviews. Of course,I was never expecting to see a masterpiece from a movie with suchtitle... But at least I was hoping for something just asself-consciously trashy, funny and splatter as the deliciously campB-movie first part (which itself was a remake) directed by AlexandreAja in 2010.There have been several trashy splatter/exploitive horrors in the past(mainly in the 80s and early 90s) which I still consider classicswithin their own genre (Re-Animator, Society, possibly even Tremors andto a degree the Evil Dead movies just to mention a few). Why couldn'tthis have been one of them? All the ingredients seemed to have beenthere: an R rating (18 here in the UK), tits-galore right from thetitle, exploitive 3D, horrible little hungry monsters (piranha in thiscase), and a series of more or less famous stars willing to playalong...Unfortunately what I found was the most un-inventive, uninspired,un-funny, un-scary, dull piece of junk I have seen in a very longtime... (Well, I guess that by itself is quite an achievement since Ido watch quite a lot of movies). Yes, it's boring too, despite beingonly 83 minutes long.How can somebody like Christopher Lloyd, the man with a resume sportingsuch masterpieces like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Back to theFuture, could have accepted to have his name associated with such aninsult to human intelligence is beyond me! Was your rent really sobehind, Chris?The film is badly conceived, badly filmed, really badly post-convertedinto 3D (possibly the worse conversion I've seen since a cheapstereoscopic comic I had when I was 10!). The story (if we can call itsuch) makes no sense (there's a piranha in the swimming pool... well,get the f**k out it!). The characters (again... characters?!) all mergeinto one and even the gore is way below anything one would have hopedfor such a movie and most of the potentially gruesome stuff ishappening off camera (I guess they didn't have enough imagination tofigure out how to make it on camera!)For the first 30 minutes or so, you don't really know how to take it.It seems a film aimed at 14 or 15 years old kids who are hoping to geta peek at some boobies for the first time in their lives... except thatthis film is actually rated 18...which kinda defeats that purpose. Soin the beginning it all starts building up as a straight horror (a badone of course, but still a horror). Only once David Hasselhoff shows upyou actually begin to get a hint of the fact that this is all supposedto be taken for a laugh... If only it were remotely funny. The "jokes"(please notice the inverted commas) are so puerile and genuinelyunfunny that it becomes almost embarrassing. Not only we are notlaughing with it, but we are not even laughing at it... in fact we arejust not laughing at all.This is one of the few films where not even the endless outtakes duringthe end credits can make you smile (And when I say 'endless' I do meanreally endless.. What an indulgent and embarrassing moment!. There isnothing worse than seeing a whole bunch of actors and grown-upfilm-makers laughing at things which are not even remotely funny to usoutside.To be honest, I think the film doesn't even deserve such a detailedreview, so I'll just stop here and urge you to give it a miss, even(and especially) if you love this genre. wp.me/p19wJ2-xt