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Rating: 11/10
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer: Thunder Levin
Cast: Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, Aubrey Peeples, Chuck Hittinger, John Heard
You know, Syfy movies haven't gotten a good rep lately. In fact, most of them just rely on horrible CGI effects and non-innovative stories just to squeeze in an hour and 30 minutes of crap onto television. Sharknado is different. Sharknado relies on amazing practical effects, a more-than solid story, and acting that honestly deserves an academy award or two. This movie stands out from the rest and is one of the most mind-bending and in your face-intense movies I have ever set eyes on. If you were planning on doing anything today, watch Sharknado.
First of all, the practical effects are amazing. In the tornado's, you can actually see the rubber and animatronic sharks come to life. Each one of them biting and gnawing and trying to bite whatever is in their path, which is just air. When people do get eaten, it's not just one motion with people's screaming inserted in post-production. I honestly believe real people died in the making of this film. The effects were so good, I couldn't tell what was real and what was fake. A scene where a member of the cast is violently thrown into a sharks mouth was the highlight of the entire film. It made little impact on him however due to the chainsaw he had in his hand. And make no mistake, there is zero ounce of stock footage. Everything was done on set. If you are a practical effects junkie, this will be your favorite part of the film. It's absolutely brilliant and made me rethink my life's choices as to going into IT Security. Maybe I should hop into a makeup school and do practical effects for future Syfy movies. I'm sure my choice would be beyond lucrative and filled with no regret.
But, I digress. I know what people are reading this review for, the story. The story, hands down, deserves some sort of award. With no delay, Peter McCallister from Home Alone is getting drunk by himself at a beach bar and suddenly, SHARKS! Immediately the practical effect sharks slam into the windows killing everyone in their path. The outside shots of the bar show no waves, but the inside is a deadzone of blood, guts, and practical effects flown all over the place. From then on the main character must go to Tara Reid's decrepit, career like, house to save his family from the ensuing shark attack. There is no less then a three hour car ride to the house in what the characters call a Jeep, when it's really a Toyota (I love how the actors really made it think they were driving a jeep. Ballsy move by the filmmakers to make the viewer actually question the minds of the main characters) and we get to see every minute of it. Which, is fine because this must be some of the most though-provoking dialogue in a movie. Quentin Tarantino, take note..there is a future writer coming to town and he doesn't have time for your bullshit! I can't say much more about the story due to it's fantastic story that you must see, but I will say that this film is so ballsy that it doesn't even rely on the use of side-stories or characters. Main characters are all you need!
Overall, I'm saying this movie needs an Academy Award or two for best acting or writing. This movie changed my life in a way which I didn't think a movie could. Some say cave men drew images on walls and acted them out like a play. If the world ever comes to an end, future civilizations will see Sharknado written on walls. Sharknado drawn next to a trash can or maybe a landfill. Future civilizations will question why such a great film is next to dying and smelly things. The only answer is that this movie sucked so much balls, that you need to watch it with a group of no less then 2 and no more than 20 to fully appreciate the shittiness of everything in it. One of the worst movies I have ever seen and I never had more fun making fun of any other film.
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