Friday, April 22, 2011

PIRANHA
2 out of 5 stars

“they took my penis...” – derek ross (played by jerry o’connell)

WOW... well, i was expecting boobies and killer fish, and it looks like i got JUST THAT. :P

besides the boobs and the flesh-eating fish, there is an actual "story" here... it starts out with richard dreyfuss randomly fishing out at a lake, when a small earthquake hits. the earthquake opens up a deep underwater lair, which the piranha escape from, looking for their next victim(s). they obviously eat poor richard dreyfuss, and move towards where the spring break partying is happening on lake victoria. it’s spring break, so college kids are drinking, having sex, dancing, and having wet tee-shirt contests all the while a school of hungry piranha circles around them. the sheriff of lake victoria (elizabeth shue) tries hard to warn all these drunk kids that the waters are dangerous, but no one listens. even when hardass ving rhames is talking to them! (no respect!) it wouldn’t be a horror movie without teenagers, so naturally, the sheriff’s son is a teen, along with his wannabe GF kelly. (vanessa from gossip girl!) oh yeah, lest not we forget jerry o’connell’s character derek ross, who is filming footage for his girls gone wild-esque videos during SB... 

highly entertaining! it’s a horror comedy and it’s totally campy, stupid, and just fun when the piranha have no mercy and eat a girl’s ass first THEN the legs... i guess you gotta start with where the meat is first? very much like snakes on a plane, where scientifically this makes no sense but explores the whole what-if scenario.  too bad there's no SLJ angrily stating,"i am sick of these muthafucking fish in this muthafucking lake!" :P  oh, i love how christopher lloyd plays the scientist type AKA the marine biologist and town fish expert, but he cray cray like he is in all his movies. weird that elizabeth shue was the sheriff NOT ving rhames, but gotta hand it to a man who can kill piranha with a boat rotor, sheriff or not! chew on that, muthafuckers! :P

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