On a Caribbean island resort people are suddenly turning up dead from mysterious attacks. Anne Kimbrough, who takes people on scuba-diving trips, starts investigating and discover that the attacks are caused by genetically mutated fish that have wings and can fly, and that seem to be able to attack in water and on land as well. She tells the hotel manager at the resort what's going on but he refuses to close the beach down, something that in the end causes great consequences.
Here we have James (T2) Cameron's full length debut, and I guess he can't be too proud of it. It's the sequel to 1978's Piranha, but unfortunately, like with so many other sequels, not half as good as the original movie. I can't say that Piranha was a very good movie, but still managed to be quite entertaining without ending up being too goofy. This one's the total opposite, it's cheesy as hell and just ends up looking quite ridiculous.
I have nothing against cheesy flicks, I actually love a lot of them, but this one's too much and just feels silly and uninteresting. I saw this movie a long time ago and did not recall it being so bad, as in the end this is just a waste of time, nothing else. Although, it's always fun to see Lance Henriksen, and here he's good too, only thing is that the script and the overall feeling of the movie itself is so bad.
Piranha 2 basically starts out the same way as the first movie did. In Piranha we got to see a couple take a late night swim in a pool that was full of these nasty fishes. In Piranha 2 we get to see a couple diving, and we also get the lamest sex scene ever, and then of course they're attacked by the nasty creatures as well. Actually just watching the intro to Piranha 2 just kinda puts you off right then and there.
The next 25 minutes or so are the worst 25 minutes I've had to sit through in a long time, since the only thing we get to see is people around the resort and it's like watching a lame comedy. The first 25 minutes doesn't contain any horror whatsoever, but is just pure comedy which is so not funny at all. It's was actually a real struggle to sit through that as the actors truly defines the word terrible. After that, the movie kinda takes off but it's still not that good, although not as bad as before.
What the first movie had going for it with the fishes was that they only attacked under water. Here they can fly and attack people on land as well, and it just looks so stupid every time you get to see them go after someone. Worst thing is that it does not look realistic at all, and it all ends up looking like a big joke. You might think it's cool that they can attack everywhere this time, but trust me, it's not. Even if it's cheap and cheesy you can't really laugh at it either, it's just plain dumb.
One could at first have thought that it could've worked as a so-bad-it's-good type of film, but even there it falls short. It's just a waste of time and is neither funny nor scary for that matter. The first movie's watchable, but I would recommend staying away from this flick.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Piranha II: Flying Killers
Piranha Paura
MOVIE YEAR: 1981
DIRECTOR: James Cameron
WRITING CREDITS: H.A. Milton
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
CAST: Lance Henriksen, Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk
COUNTRY: USA, Italy
RUNTIME: 94 min
RATING: 2/10
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