An outsider Jake
Forester (Steven R. McQueen) is told by
his Mom whom is the head officer
Julie (Elisabeth Shue) to babysit his
younger siblings named Laura (Brookylnn
Proulx) and Lauren (Sage Ryan) for the
sping break while she is on a mission
with her deputy named Fallon (Ving
Rhames) for some missing cases that has
happened in their sleepy lake called Lake
Victoria.
There's a fun beach party nearby in their
sleepy town with women in bikini's, beer
drinking and techno music happening
nearby hosted by porn producer Derrick
Jones (Jerry O'Connell) in which he
offers Jake a deal too good to turn down
while he plans to videotape his models on
his boating cruise. He is also wooed by
one of his models named Danni (Kelly
Brook) but is caught by his girlfriend
Kelly (Jessica Szoher) in which she comes
aboard on the cruise as things get really
sticky for the two of them.
Jake tempts Laura and Lauren his
babysitting money in order to go on the
cruise with him but then later on things
get dangerous for everyone as Julie finds
out that the missing people were eaten
alive by prehistoric man-eating fish
after a sudden underwater tremor that
sets them free and are heading towards
everyone at the Spring Break party as
well as Derrick's boat cruise for their
next meal.
This film wasn't
too much of a remake which is a good
pointer since remakes are now trying to
be a little more original with their
plotlines and this one was a perfect
example. There were the odd similarities
in the story but basically the plotline
was different alltogether.
There's a corny beginning with a drunk in
a boat and then the bottom of the ground
breaks open with the water spinning which
seemed like a great beginning for the
story to reveal a tremor of prehistoric
piranha's. Even if the CGI effects looked
a bit cheesy it was still entertaining to
watch. Plus this was a totally different
take on these fish since the times before
in the original that they were set free
in a hatchery area.
Then of course it's spring break and we
see many women perform in bikinis at a
beachside lake hosted by a sleazy porn
producer Derrick Jones which seemed fun
to watch with alot of tongue in cheek.
You also see an outsider named Jake being
tempted to work for Derrick as one of his
beautiful women hits on him but he has to
babysit his younger siblings while his
Mom who's the main officer in the town
named Julie is on a mission which looks
like a total peer pressuring moment of
wanting him to be with this hot lady and
make some bigger money too. We've all
been in these similar situations now and
then which is peer torture. This seemed
to be well written in.
When Jake tricks his way to making his
siblings to babysit themselves you just
wanna jump in the fun when he goes on a
boat cruise and videotape these hot women
swimming without their clothes on as all
of this was funny to watch and the
scenery was peaceful and mellow which
makes you wonder if these pirahna's will
swim over and eat them alive breaking
this nice silence.
There's some terrific scene's with some
deputies scubadiving into the water and
discovering a cave which looked
entertaining to watch and then
discovering a line of pirahna eggs in
which the effects here looked neat to
watch all of this. But then you get a
chill down your spine that the one's
already hatched are gonna come in for the
kill and BANG!
Yet it's cool they catch a live pirahna
and then try to discover it which you
never see in any of the other pirahna
films and you get something out of it's
historical moment too which was also fun
to find out in this movie.
Then the action really starts to happen
when both officers Julie and Fallon tries
to warn partygoers to get out of the
water with them still getting into what
they're doi9ng which really psychs you
out watching all of this and then are all
silent when Fallon fires his gun which
was a perfect breaking moment while
watching the film on how everything stops
all of a sudden. But then they party
again which makes you cringe that they're
in for a terrifying surprise and boy are
they ever in which if you have a strong
stomach and aren't a big fan of horror
violence then trust me, you will want to
keep your eyes closed for a long time.
Alot of fast action moments happen here
and there.
Then we spot Jake and the rest on the
boat after rescuing his siblings from a
rocky island and the next thing you know
that the motor is clogged by things
underwater as well as the boat near some
rocks in which this enrages Derrick to
plunge forward as much as possible. While
thinking this is a bad idea that they're
gonna hit some rocks ince they succeed
freeing the boat you are right on target
with the boat sinking and these pirahna's
are coming in for the kill. There's also
of shocking attacks including a cock a
pirahna has bitten off which will totally
gross any viewer out as well as eating
one of the porn stars and some breast
implants are floating in the water which
offers some good chuckles.
There's alot more here on how to survive
from these killer fish when the terror
happens to these people but yet I won't
give it away. But it keeps you glued
watching and hoping for the best on the
innocent people.
Bottom line is this is the most graphic
gory horror film to date and it can be
fun to watch but like the orginal Pirahna
film it seems to lack a good storyline as
this one offers beautiful women in
bikinis or taking it off alltogether. A
kind of movie that fans on Baywatch
would get a kick out of. It saves the
film being average from a cut above due
to some good performances and lots of
shocking horror along with some sharp
directing skills too.
The acting is not
too bad in which Elisabeth Shue
(Julie Forester) really lived up to play
a role as a tough as nails sheriff in the
flick with her real tough attitude and
knwojn g how to get physical when she
needed to. She
does well getting physical towards arresting someone
and handcuffing this personwhich looked highly
energised and intense. She also showed high intensity and energy after spottting a corspe in the water after falling in. Plus she also knew on how to
portray a scrict mother in other spots
too. All in all she studied this role
incredibly well and it's nice to see her
on the big screen again.
Steven R. McQueen (Jake Forester)
whom is the grandson of the legendary
actor really pulled off his part as a
loner teenage boy and an outsider in
which he seemed to know this part
clearly. He does well by going some good
emotions with the dangers surrounding
him and brings off some good energy to
this role without a doubt. A nice concerned reaction on him when he is looking for someone in a lake
and they're not there which seemed
natural on what he was doing. A great emotional discussion
on him insisiting he
stays on the sinking boat to rescue his
girlfriend towards his onscreen mother as this looked realistic. Two thumbs up
for him and he can really go far I find.
Jerry O'Connell (Derrick Jones)
stole the show with his sassy performance
as a businessman host and filmmaker of
his pornographic show in which he really
got into it big time. He showed off lot
of crazy spunk and pizzaz as well as a
slick and fast talking type of person. A terrific moment on him hosting his show at a boat and
really getting with the groove of things. He
also showed great aggressions and
arrogance along with a believeable greedy
behavior too showing his other side than
an all around fun type of fellow. A good moment
with him by having attitude
towards his fellow actor when he tries to
defend someone who doesn't want to get
into the game as this was energised. A perfect aggressive attitude
with him when the boat is
jammed as he goes into a perfect rage and
getting demanding with everyone. He was impressive acting weak in pain near the end of his performance. I found
this film to be his best performance ever
and lived to play this type of role.
Ving Rhames (Deputy Fallon) really
brought a great seriousness to his role
and bringing a great toguhness and blunt
attitude onto the screen in which he
brings all of this together perfectly. A very good no bullshit attitude
with him talking towards
his fellow actor when
they bring in a pirahna for him to see
what it is as he does well getting
serious and discussing this. He
stood out nicely in his role and showed
great energy too with alot of the scene's
that he was in.
Brooklynn Proulx (Laura Forester)
seemed to grab attention big time with
her role as a smart ass little kid in the
film in which she came across well and
intelligent too. She brings alot of
charming characterisitics in her role and
really got into it like most of the cast
members here.
Kelly Brook (Danni) came across
stunning and beautiful onto the screen
here and she does a fairly okay job in
her role too as one of the playmates in
the flick in which she brings off a nice
flirtatious behavior in her part of the
film which seemed natural of her too.
A great reaction on her with
pirahna's jumping up and biting her which
she does well screaming out loud. Two
thumbs up.
There's a special appearance by Christopher
Lloyd (Mr. Goodman) in which he
really brings out a great eccentric
goofiness into his part and shows some
good timing with his comedic performance.
I had to mention this guy since he seemed
to be a nice key role to the story.
There's naked chicks on a
computer monitor of a website.
Both Kelly Brook and Riley
Steele are naked top to bottom while
swimming in the lake.
Gianna Michaels is bare breasted
while parasailing.
The goriest horror
film to date so far.
There's many chewed up corpses from the
lake.
Legs are chomped off.
A pirahna chews through a person's face.
An eyeball is popped out floating in the
water.
Many people's lower body parts are chewed
to the bone.
Bodies are split in half.
A woman's body is sliced in half.
A guy's head is smashed by a motorboat
A woman's skin is torn off her face while
her hair is caught in a motoboat engine.
Lots of bloodsheds.
The music was strongly done
with great quick violin composing as well
as alot of banging sounds and other types
of good horror sound effects which was
all put together by Michael
Wandmacher. |
