I really don't even know if I can express my thoughts on this film. I haven't left the theater more perplexed in some time. I will attempt to convey my thoughts in the coming paragraphs but it could be quite the task.
Piranha 3-D centers around the small town of Lake Victoria,Arizona. Lake Victoria is a quiet town untill Spring Break comes around every year. This year Spring Break has turned into a nightmare because just prior to the town's influx in population a man(Richard Dreyfuss, yes that Richard Dreyfuss) causes an earthquake with a beer bottle. This earthquake unleashes a group of blood-thirsty two-million- year- old piranha that threaten to disturb the entire town's activites. Sheriff Julie Forrester(Elisbeth Shue) and Deputy Fallon(Ving Rhames) decide to shut down the lake after talking to a local fish expert(Christopher Lloyd).The sheriff does her to best to save the college kids but it might be too late.
As I mentioned earlier in the review I really don't know how I feel about this film. It might be the most over the top,insane B-movie to be released in some time. I can tell you that this film is hysterical and some of the deaths are so funny that you might hyperventillate. The gore is turned up to such an insane level that it boggles the mind. Seriously, I don't think I have ever seen such graphic violence in a film ever. Any type of mutilation you can think of is most likely in this film. On top of the excessive of gore is an equally excessive amount of nudity. I am not going to spoil anything but there is a naked swimming scene that honestly might be the biggest WTF moment in movie history. The cast is also hillarious, I mean somebody really powerful had to have blown Christopher Lloyd and Richard Dreyfuss to be in this film. Granted they aren't in it for very long but still they are in it. The rest of the cast including Shue,Rhames,Adam Scott,Jerry O'Connell(who hams it up as a Girls Gone Wild wannabe producer) and Steven R.McQueen all do serviceable acting and since this a B-movie that did a good job casting for that. Last but not least the 3-D conversion job is horrendous. Barely any of the film is in 3-D and the trailer for the new Resident Evil film had better 3-D than the entire duration of Piranha.
Piranha 3-D is a baffling film experience. Not baffling in a mindfuck way but more in a what the fuck did I just watch way. You need to see to it to believe it. It takes gore and nudity to new heights. I mean what other movie has close-ups of a floating penis,half-eaten porn stars and Ving Rhames killing Piranha with a boat motor? Piranha 3-D greatest accomplishment though It is the first film ever that I can't give a star rating! Go see it and you will be just as puzzled as I am.
What The Fuck/5 Stars
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