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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Release : | 2009 |
Rating : | 2.5 |
Studio : | The Asylum, Giant Seafood, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
Cast : | Lorenzo Lamas Debbie Gibson Sean Lawlor Vic Chao Jonathan Nation |
Genre : | Horror Science Fiction |
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Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Must See Movie...
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
After being released from the Arctic, a biologist joins with a military operation trying to track down and destroy an escaped Megalodon and a giant octopus who've rejoined an ancient feud that's destroying the world.While this one was a slight disappointment, there's still a lot of enjoyable elements to this one. What really works in this one is the film's briefer attacks here, as there's plenty of fun, exciting sequences that are fun, short and immensely cheesy and manage to include both creatures getting ample screen-time to accomplish this. The octopus here manages to get a great attack on an oil rig ripping it to pieces and getting a fine ambush on a fighter jet, while the shark gets the highlight as it takes out a jet up in the sky and a spectacular battle in San Francisco Bay where the military battle leads nicely into the destruction of the Golden Gate Bridge. The shark manages to hold on with several other great scenes here with the submarine chase out in the high seas which is incredibly thrilling due to the high-speed-chase nature of the scenes and the close encounters of the attacks against the subs, and a huge lead-in to the sea-caverns escape gives this a lot to like overall. Even the titular battles comes off great, as there's a few opening rounds before getting to an extended, drawn-out battle that's incredibly fun and exciting as the battle switches up the aggressor and who's in charge of the fight in a spectacularly cheesy scene that nice nicely follows the type of cheese featured in the rest of the film. As well as the cheesy fun, there's more fun in the opening release of the creatures in the midst of the traveling whale pod that makes this one come off really well and gives it a lot of enjoyable times here. These here are enough to make this one enjoyable even though there's a few problems in here. The biggest issues in this one is the absolutely ridiculous CGI here, which is a lot more prevalent here than in most others out there. There's the usual feature of keeping the creatures looking obvious and unrealistic by being completely low-tech versions that rarely interact with their surroundings all too well, but another issue strikes up here with the film prolonging the action by either repeating shots from elsewhere over and over again or keeping in a series of shots that don't really mesh together all too well. Scenes like the destroyer battle out in the open sea or their final battle together in are both highly appropriate forms of this one as they're both CGI heavy that are just woefully executed and aren't really good enough to be cheesy with the repetition of these flaws through along the scenes. The other big flaw here is the really troubling pace here that keeps the action stifled to a few isolated segments here as the film takes on several different plot lines that keep the shark action in favor of these lame story lines, from the contrived romance and the scenes of the group talking tough with the military that eats up so much time that it keeps the creature action out of this one. These here are the film's real flaws.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
Jack Perez (directing as Ace Hannah) does exceptional work in bringing the 'what if" scenario of a giant shark and a monstrous Octopus threatening the West Coast of the United States of America. Lorenzo Lamas and Debbie Gibson both give superb performances as two people dedicated to saving a lifestyle and people they hold dear from certain annihilation. Excellent special effects and some stunning set piece sequences make for a plausible and intelligent science fiction situation that challenges the audience members to ask themselves, "What would I do?" Spectacular, thrilling, and surprising in its focus upon the personal human stories, this motion picture serves as well as a terrific salute to the U.S. Navy and the dangers it faces in keeping our country free. The rousing, shattering climax will have everyone on their feet cheering as their eyes fill with tears.
Really, Mark's review, (the highest rated one about this movie) is more entertaining than Megashark vs. Giant Octopus. Not like that is difficult, however cheers Mark! Great satirical 10 star review. Normally I can't stand them because people can't pull off satire but you nailed it! Anyway.....On to my review.I have to give some credit to the cast and crew for basically pulling an Ed Wood and just using whatever toys their kids had lying around as "Special Effects". The acting was actually not too bad considering the script they had to work with. I personally think that Debbie Gibson did quite well, however any career she planned in the film industry was destroyed by her accepting this role.I wish I could say that this movie is one of those "It's so bad it's good" but it just isn't. I think with the FXGuru app on my phone and a bunch of friends could remake this movie and make it look more realistic. In general, even if you are a huge fan of B movies like I am, this movie is not deserving of being called a B: film. It is almost like the director and writer believed that they were making a AAA film on a shoestring budget, and just failed all around.To use the old trope, they "jumped the shark" the moment the shark jumped into the air to grab the airplane (not really a spoiler since it's in the trailer and happens within the first 10 minutes...) If you enjoy watching the same 4 second clip of a shark swimming over and over again (and sometimes even FLIPPED!!! or REVERSED!!! omg!) than you'll enjoy the 4 min of screen time the monsters get.Hard to give this a 3, but I really think that Gibson showed that she had acting potential, so I am giving it an extra point due to her performance. And notice, I said "she had potential", because seriously, this movie killed any chance of her being taken seriously in the industry. And that's kind of sad because she actually showed some talent.2.5 but bumped up to a 3 for Debbie Gibson seeming to be the only one involved in this project to give a crap about it.
Well, this movie cost me 1 pound and was completely worth it, the acting is terrible, the plot is laughable, but it is supposed to be, I loved this film because it is bad, it is hilarious from start to end and several moments have gone down with me as some of the best movie scenes ever. I mean come on, what is better than seeing a huge shark jump 36000 feet out of the water and in awful CGI eat a plane!? And after that it consumes the golden gate bridge! It is just so funny! I would recommend this to anyone wanting a funny, daft film that costs nothing and will have you in fits of laughter all the way. Not for the drama loving man wanting a serious movie, but come on, with a name like Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus, who is expecting The Kings Speech? They should introduce an Oscar category for ambition and award it to this!