Piranha II: The Spawning

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Han W Dec 21, 2018 Honestly, I do not know who had the brilliant idea of making a continuation of "Piranha", that is, the first movie was bad, but this one is horrible. I begin by mentioning that the film has huge errors in biology (for example, piranhas are river animals, not sea animals), the argument made no sense (I mean ... the piranhas take wings and fly out of the sea ), the special effects were bad and the actors were very bad. I think trying to make money after the success of "Jaws" was not a great idea. I do not recommend. See more

Hagrid M Oct 7, 2018 I actually saw this back in the 80's when it was called Piranha 2: Flying Killers. Theres really not much plot except that there is a shoal of piranhas who have wings terrorising a resort. Pulitzer Prize worthy stuff. The lead female character seems to have been based on Stevie Wayne from The Fog if we got to see her a few years later. This film is famous for being directed by James Cameron. He stated in an interview that in fact he was fired after a week, the producer shot and edited the rest of the film and Cameron couldn't get his name taken off the credits. The movie feels like an early sun-drenched porno flick with all the sex cut out. This certainly isn't the worst film I've ever seen and doesn't deserve it's reputation. But it certainly isn't a patch on Joe Dante's original masterpiece. It does possess a certain weird cheesy charm though. The print I saw of this flick was pan and scan and somewhat fuzzy. I'd love to see Scream Factory's Blu ray. Apparently it looks and sounds amazing. See more

George L Jan 24, 2018 You've finally got a fix for "Hey you can beat this villain by just staying out of the water" and then they BARELY EVER USE IT. Sure, it makes no sense that the piranha can fly, but seeing as they can, you may as well have used that ability to the max. But 99% of the victims are still water-bound. Whatever, it's a modicum of fun in that dated practical effects way. See more

Ron M Jun 22, 2010 James Cameron!? Crazy!

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