Piranha 3D - Submitted by Time Ruins All Things

Piranha 3D
Starring: Elizabeth Shue, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd, Kelly Brook
Director: Alexandre Aja
Rating: 4 (out of 5)

Summary: After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop them from becoming fish food for the razor-toothed residents...

How do you please a room full of film geeks? Putting Richard Dreyfuss on a boat in the middle of Lake Victoria singing the same song he sang in a little film a few decades ago before being attacked by a rather famous shark might just do the job!

That is exactly where we start Piranha 3D, with a nod to the monster that kicked its original ass in 1978. The plot line basically consists of a huge tremor which exposes a subterranean lake which is full to the brim of; you guessed it, thousands of hungry prehistoric piranhas. This coincides with thousands of teens descending on Lake Victoria for Spring Break. The words don't go in the water spring to mind, but of course they do in their hoards and the piranhas really go to town.

It would be easy to knock Piranha 3D, yes it is a B movie, yes the script is a little drossy and yes, the special effects do look like they were done on the cheap, but, that’s the fun of it! Alexandre Aja knows exactly what type of film Piranha is, and who its audience will be, and camps it up accordingly. True, there was eye rolling, and groaning from some of the awful dialogue, perhaps most of note was Kelly Brooks opening line of ‘nice horn,’ Piranha 3D is about as subtle as a brick, but there was also much laughter and jumping out of your seat resulting in an oddly enjoyable 88 minutes. I dare you not to come out with a smile on your face; of course this may be due to the sheer number of breast shots littered throughout the film.

As my friend summarised as the credits rolled, ‘its cheaper than going to a strip club.’ True that.

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