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Piranha 3D (2010)
 Tags: 3-d, 3d, Alexandre Aja, blood, Christopher Lloyd, Dimension Films, fish, gore, Jerry O'Connell, Joe Dante, Kelly Brook, piranha, re-imagining, reboot, remake, The Weinstein Company, Ving Rhames |
(19 votes)
Rating #:
8/10
Director:
Alexandre Aja
Runtime:
89 minutes
Cast:
Elisabeth Shue,
Adam Scott,
Ving Rhames,
Richard Dreyfuss,
Jessica Szohr,
Jerry O'Connell,
Christopher Lloyd,
Riley Steele,
Kelly Brook,
Ricardo Chavira,
Dina Meyer,
Brooklynn Proulx An earthquake beneath a lake unleashes a school of prehistoric piranhas just as the local town becomes invaded by spring breakers. Yeah, that’s about it for the plot. The next 80 minutes that follow are filled to the brim with nothing more than an onslaught of gory, creature carnage and beyond gratuitous nudity. To make a long story short, Piranha 3D fucking rocks!
If you’ve paid attention to the marketing of the film, or the fact that it’s a loose remake of a Roger Corman camp classic, then it should come as no shock that there is absolutely nothing frightening about this movie whatsoever. Those who are familiar with director Alexandre Aja’s work will undoubtedly notice that he’s traded tense, mutant
rape and bat shit murderous lesbians in for a balls to the wall, campy monster movie and pulls it off flawlessly. With a storyline befitting of a SyFy channel original movie, this could have been a disaster. But Aja, working from a script by Sorority Row’s Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg, keeps the pacing and laughs coming at lightning speed. Never before have I seen a movie embrace its B movie-ness with open arms, but still manage to be thoroughly entertaining, as much as Piranha 3D.Now, I am far from the biggest fan of 3D films. I think it can be utilized very well for certain films, but the current outbreak of 3D movies is not only ridiculous, but unnecessary as well. Piranha, however, is an audience participation film where its best viewed with a theater full of people who have shut their brains off and are prepared for a good time. And in that respect the 3D works to its advantage. It’s true, this was
filmed in 2D and then converted in post, but it was honestly the best conversion I’ve seen so far. Perhaps because it was planned from the beginning to be converted and not a last minute cash in.The brutal death effects are a mixture of practical and digital and are clearly one of the highlights of the film. The twenty minute or so massacre scene is a gift from gorehound heaven. The piranha themselves are full on digital creations and are more than adequate. There were a few questionable shots, but like most CG creatures, they worked best in quick, minimally lit shots. Which thankfully is how they’re shown the majority of the time.
Aside from the never-ending streams of blood, Piranha is also chock full of boobies. Lots and LOTS of boobies! In
3D! From the unbelievable water ballet between Kelly Brook and Riley Steele to the parasailing topless chick, never before has so much nudity jumped off a movie screen before. I was two seconds away from motor boating the air and any movie that features a hot chick being devoured all the way down to a skeleton and floating silicone implants gets the thumbs up in my book.For a movie about killer, prehistoric fish, they definitely racked up a talented group of actors to portray the bait. Richard Dreyfuss has a great opening cameo which is pretty much just a nod to his Jaws character, while Christopher Lloyd’s role as the delusional energetic scientist had the audience screaming out Back to the Future lines. Elisabeth Shue and Adam Scott play well off of one another, but it’s Jerry O’Connell jackassing it up as a fictionalized version of Girls Gone Wild founder, Joe Francis, who easily became the crowd favorite. Oh, and those two kids from The CW are good too I suppose.
As for the film’s downfall, I feel as if there are a lot of deleted scenes featuring supporting characters who ended up as all but glorified extras. Especially resident badass Ving Rhames. Since this is a Weinstein Brothers production we can only assume that any kind of minor character development was wiped away by meddling executives. There’s also the local bad boy teen who‘s character suffered a similar fate. Despite having one of the most laugh out loud moments during the massacre, I can’t remember his name or even what he looked like to find him on IMDB. The movie runs under 90 minutes as is, would a couple more minutes of character motivation really have bogged it down that much?
Forget about Iron Man, Salt, The A-Team, or whatever else recent disappointment that comes to mind. Piranha 3D is the embodiment of what a fun, summer film should be. It’s fast, bloody, chock full of nudity, and does it all with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
| Posted on August 19, 2010 - 8:48pm | Johnny D |
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i just purchased the blue ray and i'm kind of disappointed. there really not to much extra's and no dvd, blueray, 3d combo. i love the movie just wish they packed it with more extra's.
So for the sequal heres an idea the adult piranhas from the first escape into the ocean and start breeding an army of piranhas. Flash forward a few years and the piranhas have become the top species killing anything and everything that enters water, causing the world to enter an apocalyptic state. It could show how many people have been eaten and killed in wars for the needed dwindling raw materials leaving few people left on earth and how they must battle and find a way to kill the piranhas before all life on earth is destroied. I think that sounds fun what does everyone else think?
Hell no. If it were to reach anywhere NEAR that point, the last group of people wouldn't be stupid enough to go near the water... And if they don't go near the water, then they wouldn't need to fight, then, there would be no plot, and most likely, NO MOVIE. So, that is probably the worst idea I've heard for a sequel in a long time... Syfy probably already has the rights to that movie anyways.
MEGA PIRANHA vs. SMALL GROUP OF DUMBASSES: Revenge of Mega Shark and Giant Octopus.
ummm... no
Did anyone else know this is actually the second remake of Piranha?
Nice catch. I think it was on TV. It starred the dude who played The Greatest American Hero and House (80s movie).
What was the first remake?
Piranha (1995 film) Almost a line for line remake of the original (even featuring footage of the piranhas lifted from the 1978 film)
The above review is SPOT ON! I went into this (3d theatre) expecting a witty B movie with hopefully decent 3d. The movie was suprisingly way better than I expected,good acting,fun script, never seemed to have a dull second. It was the opposite of what youd expect a horror movie to be,as far as being SO bright, and it had good comedy like The Cabin or Hatchet. The movie itself I give an 8, but I rated it a 9 based on the 3d experience. Hands down best 3d movie Ive seen since Avatar, blew Alice in Wonderland out the water.
Seeing how this was a remake...people that seen the first version already know what to expect. I think that it was true to what it was suppose to be. A movie about killer fish, eating half naked(naked) drunk people. I got humor from the movie. =)
This movie was in the top three, but why did it get rated down
Its a spectacular horror movie
Entertaining movie. Pretty funny but useless 3D unfortunately.
Anybody who bitches about this movie, especially about it not being "scary," are probably the same people who go out to eat at Denny's and complain about the service. Translation: YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR! So, stay with me now, if you got see a movie called Piranha and the poster has a half-naked chick floating on the water, underneath a school of fucked-up, jurassic park "half-sharks," then guess what..... THAT'S WHAT YOU GET! It's not rocket science here people, it's a goddamn creature feature. A higher than normal budget creature feature made by an up-and-coming, talented film maker with a good cast,campy special effects and a bunch of Snooki-lookalikes that end up as fish food. Plus, somebody tell me, what other movie have you seen that has a mutant fish upchucking a half-eaten, detached, Jerry O'Connell wangus in it it, besides Stand by Me. None. So stop bitchin and buy yourself a ticket to "Takers" or "Step Up 3D."
amen to that brother!! love the people who go to see a movie called piranha and expect a oscar caliber movie. it's just a good old creature feature popcorn movie, cheesey and fun!!
I thought this movie was AWESOME
! It was "in my opinion" the best animal killing people movie ever! 
Simple and plain teen movie of killing fish that attack people in the water with teen drinking and sex and nude issues in it.The movie was pretty much made out be great but really turned out be a FAIR movie overall rating's.
I saw this movie in 3D at the movies and its pritty shit its not scary at all and there's gunna be a sequal cause of what happen at the end but who didnt see a sequal coming but eneyway this movie isnt that good >)
Right on the money Johnny. This movie was freaking AWESOME!! Don't believe all the haters. Yes this movie is a gore-fest and No it's not really scary ( even though there are a few jumpy moments ). This movie was intentionally made to be cheesy , but it's done in a very good way. A lot of films like this end up being too stupid to watch , but this one never crossed that line for me. Yeah I'm a Gore fiend , and I'm damn proud of it. If you like movies that are scary with little blood DO NOT SEE THIS!! If you love gore and can't get enough GO NOW!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? GO SEE THIS AWESOME FUCKING MOVIE!!
i thought the movie was spot on with your review. it was campy fun. it was what roger corman built his empire on: blood, boobies and just plain cheese. but really fun cheese! and who the hell can complain about hot naked chicks!! it was exactly what it should of been, it isn't citizen cane. it was a great popcorn movie and that's what summer is all about.and to the parents that were taking their kids and bitching about it, it's rated R for a reason morons. be a parent, not their friend.
This movie is okay. Okay to the fact that i wish i didnt spend the extra money to see it in 3d and should have waited till it came out on dvd.
I agree it did have alot of blood, gore,tits/ass which is a man's dream and peoples bodies being ripped to shredds by these lil fuckers but honestly the way the movie ended i sure as well hope they don't come out with a sequal.
Okay so me and some friends decided to treat ourselves to a double feature since we go back to our normal college life routines in two weeks and won't get to see each other as much. So we went to Pirahna 3D and The Last Exorcism.
I have to say I didn't have high expectations when I went to see Pirahna 3D because horror films with lots of boobs just aren't my thing. It really surprised me. Those pirahnas just freaking kicked major ass! I mean they tore everyone up. I was impressed with the amount of kills and gore this film had to offer and they did a great job with the scares. They had the audience screaming in certain places or grossing out over the gore, so job well done! Plus all the dudes enjoyed the many boob shots in this film. I say even though it was cheesy, it did its job.
As for The Last Exorcism..well let's just say this film is 10 times better.
i went to see this shit last night and i was so disappointed with the hole movie i wanted to pull my eyes out it was that bad plz don't make no2 ever
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Are you people high ? This movie didn't fucking rock ! It fucking sucked ! They CG'd this film to death and the acting was horrible. Anyone in this movie was either a nobody to begin with or they were at the end of their careers (Dreyfus,Shue,Lloyd,Jerry O'Connell Rhames...etc)
I must've saw a more watered down version of the movie, than you people saw. The only thing good about this movie was the abundant nude scenes.
The movie died at the box office and will go quickly to DVD. It's a shame because I was actually looking forward to this movie and Rhames is one of my favorite character actors. But, Ving couldn't even save this sorry excuse for a film.
In ten years, the next generation of horror fans will be comparing this movie to the horrible Sleepaway Camp sequels..lol
alots of boobies are not necessarily. It is still stupid things to add to the movie. I will watch it because I liked old piranha classic movie. It is going to be very interesting but I dont care about nude. It make me sickening and disgusting for lust sexual. Not really necessarily. The director must be sick anyway but I dont support this director.. I will watch it on dvd instead.
I agree, this movie was a hell of a lot of fun. Despite not being filmed in 3D, the stuff they added in post production was well conceived, and as a cheesy gimmick.. you won't find a better example. It won't be for everyone, but that's fine, I personally can't wait to see what the Director's cut version has to offer.
Hostel in the water basically.
Both have tons of nudity, college students getting killed in horrific ways, and both are really fun!
Nudity and gore are like a resses peanut cup, 2 great taste that taste great together!
AND a cameo from richard dreyfus!! this movie is just as good as jaws in my mind
being scary or having gratuitous nudity are not prerequisites for horror. neither of those things purely and absolutely define something as horror or dispute it as not being horror. some of the best horror films ever made were not scary at all. most horror movies are not very scary. regardless, there is no such thing as a gore sub-genre even though gore is common in horror. there is however exploitation horror/throwback horror/cheesy self-aware horror that the reviewer and many other reviewers have pointed out. you can like or dislike the movie, but you can't get away with saying that it isn't horror. if it isn't horror, then what is it?
Nicely put.
I will have to say this it couldn't be any lame as the original though the original for what it was was not that bad. The ending of A Nightmare on Elm Street was not like in Freddy Vs Jason. The only similarity to that ending was the "welcome to my world bitch" and slicing his throat. And the line was "hurts doesn't it? it's cause your in my world now bitch!" And Please do not take me as arguing cause in no way am I. Everyone has their own personal opinions on movies and glad you do. But I just don't see how people getting ripped apart or people getting eaten is scary. To me that just grosses me out. Now that's not to say that I don't like it sometimes cause I do. Also, horror makers have to learn that not every horror movie has to have naked women or men running around in it.
No problem.
I don't listen to others reviews specially not this guys. I mean he thought A Nightmare On Elm Street was horrible BUT he liked this one cause it was gory and showed naked women? Good lord. Horror to me is scary, suspenseful not naked women and people being ripped apart. Now, I was people would understand the difference between Horror,and Gore. Halloween-original is Horror, Saw and Hostel-Gore. This is not a horror movie it is a GORE movie. Now not saying I will not see this but on the contrary I wanna see this but I will post my own opinion on movies, But I am glad it is getting positive reviews, I won't turn down a negative or positive review but still don't base my seeing a movie on it.
And that's all good. But your definition of horror differs from many. Most will categorize this as horror. Many people don't get into sub categories. I, and the reviewer, seem to know exactly what this movie was made for and what to expect. The New nightmare was week. It even ended pretty much like FvsJ (see past post). Again, my opinion. These reviews aren't here for you make up your mind for you. There just someone's opinions. It's great to read and see other peoples opinions, especially on horror films. Just check out the comments later when more people get a chance to see this and chime in.
I tend to like Johnny D's reviews so I am glad to here that this movie is good. For some reason, this has been the movie making me want to go to the theaters to see it. Can't wait.