Piranha 3DD2012
Piranha 3DD (2012)
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Critic Consensus: It strains to up the gore and self-awareness of it predecessor, and -- despite some game celebrity cameos -- the result is a dispiriting echo of 2010's horror-comedy.
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Cast
as Maddy
as Barry
as Shelby
as Josh
as Chet
as Kyle
as Big Dave
as Travis
as Ashley
as Himself
as Mr. Goodman
as Andrew
as Clayton
as Mo
as Bethany
as Freckled Boy
as Young Mother
as Rochelle
as Dawn
as Hysteric/Stocky Woman
as Fearful Woman
as Waterpark Patron
as Bimbo Lifeguard
as Kiki
as Puppeteer
as Puppeteer
as Deputy Fallon (uncredited)
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Critic Reviews for Piranha 3DD
All Critics (52) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (45) | DVD (2)
Tacky and intermittently entertaining is all"Piranha 3DD"sets out to be, and that is all this playfully graphic horror-comedy sequel accomplishes.
The first half of the film merely treads water in anticipation for the eventual bloodbath, and once the teeth start gnawing, it's just one laborious machination after another to get to the end of the movie, which stops without much of a resolution.
With most of the running time devoted to setting up and over-explaining the premise, mayhem gets short shrift.
Gulager ... mostly seems to be trying to see how much he can degrade the old Jaws formula and still have it interpreted as parody rather than apathy.
The director, John Gulager, has no idea how to mix his ingredients to create a savvy self-parody.
It's not outrageous enough to warrant a you-gotta-see-this-to-believe-it screening, and the gore is nothing that gore fans haven't seen a hundred times before.
Audience Reviews for Piranha 3DD
Wow, I was not expecting the follow-up to the so-bad-it's-excellent Piranha 3D to pretty much just inhabit the "so bad" spectrum, though I ignored warning signs at my own risk. I found the 2010 Piranha to be a sheer blast of campy entertainment, with some world-class gore effects and a game cast. I was actually terribly excited about a sequel; I'm ashamed to admit it now. Where did things go so horribly wrong? Much like Expendables 2, the movie's tone shifts from tongue-in-cheek 80s throwback to meta self-awareness. The movie becomes more of a lousy comedy with some absurd violence rather than a horror movie with a nasty sense of humor. The entire premise is so labored, that a water park would become piranha-infested, and the characters are so unlikable; to dub them one-dimensional is to be too kind. The acting is abysmal even by bottom-of-the-barrel B-movie standards. The celebrity cameos feel wasted, with David Hasselhoff soaking up every second of desperation. The tension is next to nil and the gore effects are pretty cheesy, trading gallons of blood for ingenuity (many character deaths occur off screen, like Gary Busey's). Then once the piranhas strike, the movie just completely abandons any sense of reality and becomes a gonzo comedy of the absurd, with characters behaving like idiots from another dimension. There's even one character that gets decapitated by a simple string of flags. It's at this point that Piranha 3DD drops any slapped-together sense of purpose. And yet this ghoulish mess can only barely make it to a scant 70 minutes (good luck getting through the abominably unfunny end credits outtakes). Reportedly, 3DD had almost the same budget of 3D. Where the hell did that money go? Piranha 3DD completely misfires on every level, failing as a horror movie, a horror-comedy, a comedy, a gore movie, hell, as a suitable movie. Whatever the metric, this movie blows. If you're hard-pressed for gratuitous nudity soaked in blood, watch the superior 2010 Piranha film instead. I'm going to start drinking heavily and forget I ever looked forward to this monstrosity on taste. Nate's Grade: D
Super Reviewer
Really bad and I don't know where the 82min run time is as the credits come up after just 68mins!! The first was quite a good tongue in cheeky, B-movie horror comedy that had some thought put into it. This is a quick cash in, not funny, gory or even sexy considering the title. Avoid it.
Super Reviewer
I actually thought this was about as entertaining as the first one, albeit just a rehash of all the elements that made the original so much fun. That's the reason for the point drop, but I'd still recommend it to anyone who liked the original and waited for the sequel like I did. It's just hilarious and a ton of fun!
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Piranha 3DD Quotes
| Mr. Goodman: | These piranhas spent eons in underground lakes and rivers. |
| Maddy: | We need your expertise Mr. Goodman. |
| Mr. Goodman: | Why? |
| Maddy: | We think they're back . . . |
| Maddy: | We think they're back... |
| Shelby: | "Josh Chopped off his penis because something came out of my vagina" |
| Shelby: | Josh cut off his penis because something came out of my vagina! |
| Mr. Goodman: | The piranhas could become confused. Then try to enter man made draining systems. |