Mega Piranha [DVD]

This movie is hilarious and funny and it continues a tradition of action flicks where society is threatened by evil animals. In this case the animals are genetically-modified Piranha, increasing in size throughout the movie. Enter the main character agent Jason Fitch played by muscular and handsome action star Paul Logan. Logan's character is a macho guy ready to fight the evil Piranhas in every way possible, including lying on his back and kickboxing Piranha after Piranha. Although the plot involves relatively few shots of Paul Logan shirtless, full advantage is taken of his truly magnificent upper body which is shown off in a tight black t-shirt a great part of the movie. Naturally, the film also involves shots of him fighting the Piranhas wearing a wetsuit. The cast also includes singer Tiffany who is playing a scientist. I really enjoyed watching this movie which might end up a cult classic.

This movie is so bad it is a must watch, the story. acting and FX are awful how the crew stop themselves from laughing is beyond me, mind you the camera opperators must chuckle a bit judging by the camera wobble in a few scenes, and the best part 'how does it end?' do they all eat each other and the last one just disappear up it's own, well you have to watch it to see. This is probably the worst film i have ever seen it is so bad that it is sure to become a cult classic, why did i give 5 stars? well for quality ie. story, acting and FX I would have given 0 stars if I could, but for pure entertainment value, giant piranha jumping into skyscraper buildings or exploding as they leap from the water and hit the ground, it is unmissable.

The Plot. In Venezuala, well-meaning American scientists have accidentally developed a strain of piranha which double their size every 48 hours and they have gotten loose in the Orinoco River. I know this because every time you see a South American river the words Orinoco River flashes on the screen. This also happens every time you got to a new location or see a new character.When the American ambassador and his V conterpart are eaten by big piranha, our hard-core hero is sent to investigate his mysterious death (he doesn't know they were eaten by big piranhas). He meets the bad guy, a Venezualan military man. (NB Venezuala dislikes the USA so much they changed their clocks by half an hour so they wouldn't be in the same time zone: fact!) He also meets our heroine played by 80's Pop Sensation Tiffany (as she is always billed on the DVD box and any other publicity material) who is a scientist trying to grow fish to feed the population but grew the piranha which accidentally got loose so it's all her fault!The bad guy fails to destroy the piranha which keep on growing and head downriver towards the open sea which they couldn't exist in but who the heck cares. On their way they leap out of the river and hit several buildings which explode. Don't know why but they do. They also eat lots of people and several get kicked in the face in quick succession by our hero which is even more silly, but funny.Hero and Tiffany and another scientist who hasn't been killed yet head for the coast to alert a a battleship to destroy the piranha before they reach the open sea and get to Florida faster than a jet. They are pursued by the bad guy and his minions but who cares because the battle ship doesn't kill enough of them and gets eaten and the giant piranha head for Florida.Reality check. Venezuala is actually on the west side of South America with its coast on the Pacific. However, the maps we see are of the east coast, specifically Belize where the movie was actually filmed.At this point I stopped caring. The end doesn't make sense but neither does what happened before that. There's a documentary about how they made this wonderful film film for peanuts and I believed every word, almost. Not that it doesn't have some entertainment value, more after a few alcoholic drinks, but it sure is a pile of crap.

This film is really bad! But sadly not in the sort of way that makes one relish it's badness. The pace and action is 110% all the way, they are in such a hurry they couldn't even level the camera properly and each scene ending is speeded up just so you rush on to the next mindless scene. After a while even my teenagers (who love fast paced action) were yawning from brain fatigue. It really is so relentless that you lose interest and begin to hope the fish outgrow the planet. There is no let up as the fish grow at every increasing pace and the makers desperately race to rake in cash. The plot, if you can call it that, is sub-comic book. There is no character development, even the baddy colonel is completely paper thin. Piranha II was a poor sucessor to Piranha but this one is far far far worse. Stick with the 1978 original. This film is the exact opposite, it is unwatchable, utterly unbelievable, unfunny and not even scary. Save your money and buy a coffee-shop coffee instead, it will give more pleasure.

This film is pure cheese in every sense, but its what I expected.I think its great this was bought for a friend as a birthday present, who also knows the film, his reaction was brilliant!

Bon film

I like it thank you

This is the most glorious pile of crap I've ever witnessed. I'm pretty sure at this point that Syfy has figured out that the key to success is by making terribly hilarious science-fiction flicks that become cult classics. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus was wonderful in its own right...a shark eating airplanes out of the sky, terrible acting, and some of the worst CGI I've ever seen in my life. But Mega Piranha takes the cake. There were piranhas eating boats, jumping into buildings, eating people left and right. This movie displays the worst actors in the world doing what they do worst. The poor line delivery and tragically bad writing make this movie absolutely perfect. The CGI is *so* bad in this movie that the fish look like someone drew them freehand onto pieces of paper and then held them in front of the film. I'm not even exaggerating.If you love crappy Syfy movies as much as I do, then you *need* to watch this one. I implore you. I almost bought it at Blockbuster when I saw it, but, having never seen it before, I decided against it. I saw it on the Syfy channel a month later and instantly regretted passing it up and bought it on here. It's possibly the best worst science-fiction movie in the history of, well, ever.PLEASE make your life worth living and buy/watch/rent this movie. Your life will never be the same. Something smells "fishy" in Venezuela....*wink wink* I'm hilarious........

Also vorweg ich wusste was ich kaufte und eben weil der Film sooo schlecht ist habe ich Ihn gekauft. Es mag skurril klingen jedoch ist ein Freund von mir ausgesprochener Fan von schlechten und schlecht gemachten B/C/D-Movies. Nun sein Wunsch ist mir befehl und schnell geordert.Zum Film selbst gibt es ein kurz und bündiges: pruhahahahahahaha .Oder für die Martialischen unter den Cineasten: Muahahahahahhaha .Ihnen werden die Tränen waagrecht aus den Augen schiessen vor lauter lachen..............Sowohl die "Schauspieler", der Regisseur als auch die Specialeffects-Crew machten Ihre Ausbildung scheinbar via Telefonfernkurs bei Humbug (Kursnr.121) welcher als Geschenkgutschein bei einer HD-Kamera von Aldi beilag.Ein Kandidat für eine RTL2 TV-Premiere...Die Tatsache dass es so einen Film als 3D Edition auf Blu-Ray gibt setzt dem Ganzen noch die Krone auf. HerrlichEntweder man vergibt für diesen Film Minuspunkte oder die volle Fünf. In meinem Fall natürlich die volle Fünf da alle Erwartungen erfüllt wurden.Kauftipp für Ihre nächste Bad taste-Party!!!!!!

この作品は よくGEOのレンタル棚に置いてある、いわゆる「パチモノ系」作品です。私は前に「サーベル・タイガーパーク」を借りて懲りたので、普段なら そういった作品は無視して借りないのですが、なぜか このメガ・ピラニアだけはパッケージ画に惹かれてレンタルしました。そして再生してみると、最初はTV映画みたいな感じでスタートするのですが、CGはヘッポコながらも バカバカしさとシリアスな演技の絶妙なバランスが取れている作品で、ちゃんと観客の期待に応えてピラニアがドンドン巨大化して行き、やがて市街地に特攻までかけてきます。ギャグシーンとしては、水中だけでは飽き足らず、ついに陸上の人間にまで飛び掛かってくるピラニアを、主人公のポール・ローガンが足蹴りで連続撃退するシーンで、何の前触れもなく唐突にそのシーンがやってくるため、ここを笑わずにいられる人はいないでしょう。そしてヘリからの降下舞台をメガ・ピラニアがパックンチョ！(爆) 個人的にはこの2シーンだけで元が取れ、とうとうAmazonでDVDまで購入してしまいました。こんな映画を買って喜んでいる人間は極僅かだと思いますが、メジャー映画では味わえない独特の面白さがあるのは間違いないので、週末の夜はビール片手にメガ・ピラニア鑑賞が粋な過ごし方です。（笑）