Piranha 3D (2010)

This movie has good things going for it.It was shot on 35mm Panavision rather than a digital camera.It stars Steve McQueen's grandson. It was shot in beautiful lake Havasu.The nude sequences are provide by the porn actresses,like Riley Steele,who ends up as food for the Piranha.Elizabeth Shue is the tough Female sheriff of the fictitious town in Lake Havasu watching the teenagers in Spring Break.She insist that there son avoid spring break and he is forced to watch his little sister,played by Brooklyn Proulx,who in on scene makes a complement towards Kelly Brooks Breast and how this little girl states that she hates to wear a bra cause it itches, and her friend.He pays them to take care of themselves.He was ask to show some nudie porn film maker ,that puts out re sort of real wild girl type video.portrayed by the very funny.Jerry O'Connell,the tour of the fake town.When he has been almost eaten up by the Piranha he act humorously,saying ."They ate my penis". Boy those fishes sure get hungry and all those realistic appliances with fake blood on the extras look so realistic.My brother who is sensitive to violence and gore would have fit .A scene where a wire from a another boat slices one of the students in half was so realistic ,as real as the bloody war sequences in Birth of a nation,D.W. Griffith version.There is a nice women to women ballet nude under water sequence.This movie is a good as Jaws 1 .The french film maker did a good job.Aja.The problem is the 3D .It was converted and it's uneven.The better 3D converted shots is the under water scenes and the titles and the female nude scenes.The problem is that when it comes to the close up and medium shots the face and body detail are not 3d enough.The distance shot look more flat .Now there are some good 3d shots,but ,they did not thoroughly make all the scenes evenly,unless I got a bad Blu-Ray disc.I don't think so. this was 2010.I had heard the titans 3d was poor .So this obviously was a tried experiment in 3d conversion.Today they do better.It was still entertaining.Steve's grandson was sure a good looker,but, so were the chicks.Worth the the watch.12/28/17

I'm a massive fan of the 'underwater menace' B-movie. From old-time 'classics' like HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP through to modern-day disasters like AQUANOIDS, I make a point of sitting through every one I can track down. Having loved Joe Dante's original PIRANHA, it was inevitable that I went to the cinema to see this remake. Even better, it was in 3D, so there's plenty of stuff popping out of the screen as the story progresses (although not quite as gimmicky as the 3D seen in MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D and THE FINAL DESTINATION 3D, the effects are great here).This film is a blast. The movie succeeds admirably because it never tries to offer anything else than B-movie thrills, namely nudity and gore. The scant running time is absolutely packed to the brim with naked women and people being destroyed by piranha in increasingly gory ways. Director Alexandre Aja, who handled another fine remake (THE HILLS HAVE EYES), knows exactly how to deliver a fun, thrill-packed film and he does his job admirably. This is one of the most hands-down entertaining creature features I've seen in a while and the kind of film you think they don't make anymore.The ensemble cast is rather impressive, although most of the familiar faces contribute little more than extended cameos while the youthful likes of Steven McQueen (Steve's grandson), Jessica Szohr, and Adam Scott take the major roles. BACK TO THE FUTURE's Elizabeth Shue is good value as the resourceful sheriff, though, and I liked the majority of the young stars, with the exception of Jessica Szohr. Elsewhere, we get Ving Rhames playing a customary hard-ass, Jerry O'Connell hilarious as a sleazy porn director, Christopher Lloyd good fun as the exposition-heavy doctor, Kelly Brook beating off supporting porn starlets as the hottest woman in a bikini (and out of it), Richard Dreyfuss contributing a sly cameo, Eli Roth in a great cameo, plus brief turns from Dina Meyer and Ricardo Chavira as divers.The first half of the movie builds the suspense with some murky underwater shenanigans and a tense, terrifying showdown in an underwater cave system. The second half lets rip as partying teenagers fall foul of the piranha (who number in their thousands and make short work of the partygoers). The gore is pretty extreme but done in a humorous way that doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth. Let's just say body parts are removed and flesh stripped from the bone as the fish go to work. The CGI effects aren't spectacular, but a lot of effort has gone into them and I ended up enjoying them a lot. PIRANHA 3D is no classic but I'll look forward to watching it again once it comes out to buy.

"Matt Boyd" (Richard Dreyfuss) is out fishing on Lake Victoria when an earthquake hits and opens up an underground lake directly under his boat. Not only does he become trapped by a sudden whirlpool but the fissure also allows thousands of prehistoric piranha to escape from their subterranean prison into Lake Victoria. And they are very hungry. To make matters even worse there is an annual holiday taking place at the lake during this same time and this special event typically hosts over 50,000 college students from all over. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that it featured two good actors in Elisabeth Shue (as "Sheriff Julie Forester") and Ving Rhames ("Deputy Fallon") along with several attractive young actresses in Jessica Szohr ("Kelly"), Kelly Brook ("Danni") and Riley Steele ("Crystal"). Unfortunately, rather than concentrating solely on these fine people--and possibly giving both Elisabeth Shue and Ving Rhames roles befitting their abilities--the director (Alexandre Aja) chose to spend an inordinate amount of time focusing on some of the dorkiest men ever caught on camera. Likewise, the music chosen for the multitude of party scenes was equally bad as well. Additionally, one particular scene, which was supposed to be humorous, ended up being just plain silly and vulgar. As a result, although the director had the necessary ingredients for a pretty good movie, he obviously wasn't up to the task and this movie simply proves that point. Slightly below average.

It's spring break at Lake Victoria and kids have gathered for their annual drunken party. Deputy Fallon (Ving Rhames) and Sheriff Julie Forester (Elisabeth Shue) are trying to keep the peace. Kelly (Jessica Szohr) has come home from college and Jake Forester (Steven R. McQueen) is still pinning for her. Derrick Jones (Jerry O'Connell) hires him as a guide for his video shoot. He has to babysit his siblings and recent earthquakes have released a school of prehistoric piranhas. Julie takes out a group of scientists to investigate the tremors. Jake ditches the kids and Kelly comes along for the shoot.It's fun to have Richard Dreyfuss killed off in a fish horror movie right off the bat. It sets the right campy tone. It's sexploitation horror. It knows exactly what it is and doesn't try to be more. It's got blood, gore and hot bods. The acting isn't too silly even with Jerry O'Connell. There are some good actors in this functional horror.