This is the same movie released in 3D this past summer, and although it’s only in 2D here, you can pretty well tell which scenes would have looked bitchin’ in the 3D version.
The joke guest star of the movie is Richard Dreyfus, who turns out to be first on the menu. Not blowing anything by telling you that because it’s pretty obvious from the get-go that he’s going to be the baptismal munchee.
While our hero is fishing, an underwater earthquake hits and releases prehistoric piranha fish that have been trapped in some sub-aquatic cave for presumably millions of years. They’ve survived this long, we later learn, because of their cannibalistic tendencies.
Spring break hits the Lake Victoria area rather hard and of course there are the requisite drunken butt-head college students who flaunt authority in much the same way you see them do it on those TRU-TV Beach Patrol “reality” shows. So it’s kinda fun to see them getting ripped to shreds; a bonus treat is that it definitely kills the kids’ booze buzz, too.
There are tits o’plenty here because a “Girls Gone Wild” type video director (Jerry O’Connell) is on hand to film all kinds of nude decadence, including topless hang-gliding. We later get to “enjoy” one of the best penis sight gags in cinematic history (next to the one in Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno”, which features a talking tallywhacker), involving the sleazy porn director. And yes, THAT scene was set up to be seen in 3D.
It looks as though Dimension Films spared no expense in make-up, stage blood and ultra-ghastly wound effects to make this movie unforgettable. There are nude underwater ballets, a couple of girls ripped asunder by a flying cable and something awful that happens to a girl whose hair is caught up in a boat propeller.
Elizabeth Shue plays the town Sheriff and Ving Rhames as her main deputy. I don’t recall Mr. Rhames being interviewed for the DVD’s featurettes, but Ms. Shue mentions that she was drawn to the movie to develop her character. I’m sure that probably a six or seven-figure paycheck didn’t hurt, either. How much development does a character get by pulling body parts out of the water?
Good to see that Christopher Lloyd was available to play a land-based marine biologist in his usual disorganized fashion. Guess the Producers couldn’t get Crispin Glover as a first choice. Mr. Lloyd should have puffed his hair out more to enhance that scatterbrained scientist look that he pulls off so well.
Fun stuff, especially if you enjoy seeing some folks get just what they deserve.
The joke guest star of the movie is Richard Dreyfus, who turns out to be first on the menu. Not blowing anything by telling you that because it’s pretty obvious from the get-go that he’s going to be the baptismal munchee.
While our hero is fishing, an underwater earthquake hits and releases prehistoric piranha fish that have been trapped in some sub-aquatic cave for presumably millions of years. They’ve survived this long, we later learn, because of their cannibalistic tendencies.
Spring break hits the Lake Victoria area rather hard and of course there are the requisite drunken butt-head college students who flaunt authority in much the same way you see them do it on those TRU-TV Beach Patrol “reality” shows. So it’s kinda fun to see them getting ripped to shreds; a bonus treat is that it definitely kills the kids’ booze buzz, too.
There are tits o’plenty here because a “Girls Gone Wild” type video director (Jerry O’Connell) is on hand to film all kinds of nude decadence, including topless hang-gliding. We later get to “enjoy” one of the best penis sight gags in cinematic history (next to the one in Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno”, which features a talking tallywhacker), involving the sleazy porn director. And yes, THAT scene was set up to be seen in 3D.
It looks as though Dimension Films spared no expense in make-up, stage blood and ultra-ghastly wound effects to make this movie unforgettable. There are nude underwater ballets, a couple of girls ripped asunder by a flying cable and something awful that happens to a girl whose hair is caught up in a boat propeller.
Elizabeth Shue plays the town Sheriff and Ving Rhames as her main deputy. I don’t recall Mr. Rhames being interviewed for the DVD’s featurettes, but Ms. Shue mentions that she was drawn to the movie to develop her character. I’m sure that probably a six or seven-figure paycheck didn’t hurt, either. How much development does a character get by pulling body parts out of the water?
Good to see that Christopher Lloyd was available to play a land-based marine biologist in his usual disorganized fashion. Guess the Producers couldn’t get Crispin Glover as a first choice. Mr. Lloyd should have puffed his hair out more to enhance that scatterbrained scientist look that he pulls off so well.
Fun stuff, especially if you enjoy seeing some folks get just what they deserve.
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