It started with Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, continued with Sharktopus, but now, at last, The Asylum film company has perfected their shark-disaster movie formula.
Sharknado is the ultimate Z-movie film. The production values couldn't be worse. The concept of water funnels picking up sharks (and only sharks by the way) and dropping them into Los Angeles couldn't be more absurd. And the acting, while played totally straight by those involved, is about as melodramatic as acting gets. It's also one of, if not the most, compulsively watchable and entertaining movies the Syfy channel has ever produced. I won't waste your time recounting the plot. Whether the protagonist Fin is able to reconnect with his children is not the reason you watch this movie. The plot is just an excuse for set-piece moments involving sharks, shotguns, and all manner of endearingly bad computer generated effects.
Arguably, what allows the movie to rise above a series of set pieces though, are the characters. They're not well developed or anything (Jaws this isn't) but the way everything is set up, there are characters you root for and ones you want to see die, and the movie is so cavalier about killing off people from both of those groups, that you can't help being sucked in. A lesser movie would end on some big climactic shark fight that would determine the fate of the world (and we do get one of those) but Sharknado's final set-piece is infinitely more satisfying because of how it involves characters we like and don't want to see die. If that sounds vague to you, it's because I wouldn't dream of giving away how Sharknado ends. It's a moment that'll cause everyone in the room to cheer.
Speaking of which, do watch this film with other people. It's a fine film on it's own, but it's begging to get the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment. Your comments, and the comments of the other people watching, enhance the experience. In fact, I'd wager that the catharsis of laughing with this film is why it became the twitter sensation that it did.
Sharknado is a modern day anti-classic. So bad, it unites us all in glorious schadenfreude.
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Sharknado [Blu-ray]
Jaason Simmons
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Tara Reid
(Actor),
Anthony C. Ferrante
(Director),
Anthony Ferrante
(Director)
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more Rated: Format: Blu-ray
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IMDb3.3/10.0
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| Genre | Horror/Things That Go Bump/Monsters, Action & Adventure |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Aubrey Peeples, Anthony C. Ferrante, Ian Ziering, Cassie Scerbo, Anthony Ferrante, Chuck Hittinger, Adrian Bustamonte, Jaason Simmons, John Heard, Tara Reid, Jason Simmons, David Michael Latt See more |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
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When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace, and nature's deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Item model number : ASUL60791BR
- Director : Anthony C. Ferrante, Anthony Ferrante
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Release date : September 3, 2013
- Actors : Jaason Simmons, Tara Reid, John Heard, Ian Ziering, Adrian Bustamonte
- Producers : David Michael Latt
- Studio : The Asylum
- ASIN : B00DCLT8RA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #71,089 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #5,623 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs
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The picture clearly shows a blue ray/dvd combo but the product I received was blue ray only. It even says in the description it’s multi-format. I only bought this for the dvd because I can’t find it on dvd anywhere! So if you don’t own a blue ray player (which I don’t) DON’T buy this. Super frustrating and I don’t want to deal with the hassle of trying to return it.
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2013
- Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2024This is hands down one of the worst horror movies ever made, but could it be one of the best comedies in disguise? My wife and kids love it… I don’t get it… 😂
- Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2024Had never watched this, but after listening to HDTGM figured I'd give it a go to see some of the scenes they were ragging on so much. I couldn't get through it. Just pure ridiculous garbage.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2016Set in the backdrop of galactic conflict, a young barmaid (who is possibly the victim of human trafficking) must overcome her simple moisture-farming background to learn from a ski-doo wizard, a kissing (Ian Ziering) and awkwardly running (Tara Reid) brother sister combo, and a plucky robot combo consisting of a barfly and his bar-stool. Early in the film you realize how vulnerable the California coast is to hurricanes. The titular line of the film will be burnt into the Wernicke's region of the brain, not from overuse in the film, but in the series of verbal exchanges you will have to have to cognitively accept the masterpiece you are viewing. This movie displays that when your house if flooding and filling with sharks the best solution is to run outside, get in your car, and drive away on the clear unsullied streets. If only FEMA had access to this information during hurricane Katrina, the number of shark related incidents could have been reduced.
At the end of the film, the rebellion storms the death-nado in their X-Wing Fighters, and in a heroic use of the Force (a power that binds and connects all things in the universe) an unprotected thermal exhaust port is exploited as the week point. Los Angeles is then covered with unemployed sharks... who will most likely end up mingling with unbelievable number of unemployed actors in this film.
After seeing this film and realizing how many sharks are in a standard tornado, I am now afraid to jump into my swimsuit, cover myself with SPF 70 (or above) sunscreen, and dive into the popular local tornado where everyone swims. I question showing this film to children out of creating long term fear of swimming in non-man-made tornadoes and exposing them to quasi-Eastern religious philosophies that rely in telekinesis and violence.
Also... the soundtrack is something you are going to want on your Zune! You can workout like you are running from a shark filled tornado and be confident that just by walking you are still beating Tara Reid to every mile marker!
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Dumoutier audreyReviewed in France on June 8, 20235.0 out of 5 stars Je recommande
Mon fils voulais le 1 le 2 et le 3 c'est chose faite suivant
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AnonymReviewed in Spain on December 30, 20155.0 out of 5 stars Unfreiwillige Komödie
Die vollkommen unglaubwuerdige Geschichte, die zahlreichen Regiefehler, die dämlichen Dialoge sowie die Schauspieler, denen das schauspielerische Talent abhanden gekommen zu sein scheint, machen diesen Film zu einem Vergnuegen.
HorrorFanMarkReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 20155.0 out of 5 stars Worth a bite!!!!
Despite the negative reviews this film gets I loved it! Yes the effects are sometimes a bit cheesy but I've seen and in fact own films with worse.... I thought Tara Reid was awesome as the bitter and somewhat obnoxious Ex-Wife. I haven't seen her personally in anything else since The Crow - Wicked Prayer but she was great. She also seems to be slated regularly by a lot of reviewers as well but hey guys, she's awesome, Yo Tara!!! Someone out here loves you..... Ian Ziering was great too and as for Cassie Scerbo (oh mama!!) WOW, I must check more of her films out. I caught a bit of Sharknado 2 on TV a few nights back so that's in my basket now.... Enjoy............
Bad news guys - Sharknado 2 is pure drivel so don't bother!! It's a lesson in how to screw up a promising franchise with sloppy plotline and slack continuity. Stick with Sharknado and call it a day there...
Craig ClaridgeReviewed in Canada on July 17, 20135.0 out of 5 stars A sharky twister of a good time!
I just watched this movie on Space and within the first 18 seconds I immediately ran to my computer to pre-order the Blu Ray. I don't understand how every other movie currently in production has not already been cancelled. This movie has everything you need, sharks, tornados, cars, explosions... a ferris wheel!
SPOILER ALERT: my favourite scene has to be when Ian Ziering's character cuts a flying shark in half with a chain saw. I have been trying to re-create this scene in my back yark with a tennis ball pitching machine, a dead sea bass and a weed whacker. So far I have been unsuccessful but this movie has inspired me to go on.
With how easily they were able to stop the sharknado using a bomb it leaves us to wonder why the government refuses to send bombs into regular tornados to stop them, is it too expensive??? Or do the addition of sharks to a tornado change their physical properties enough to make them more succesptible to bomb blasts? We really need to get Bill Nye on this, this is important.
Next years Oscars should be a land slide for this movie so watch out Hollywood!
SassieReviewed in Canada on August 17, 20225.0 out of 5 stars Received Way Before Expected Date
Received blu ray in good condition. Received it 8 days before the expected delivery date! Now that's what you call good service!
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