Saturday 16 October 2010

Piranha 3D


This is my review.

A small magnitude of earthquake might only crack the bottom of the lake. It seems harmful, but what if a school of piranha is released?

Directed by Alexander Aja (The Hills Have Eyes), this 84 minutes long movie is about a school of piranha released after an earthquake strikes. The piranhas begin to scavenge for food, eating whatever flesh comes to them. This movie begins with a man fishing on a lake, and when the earthquake hits, a whirlpool is formed and he gets sucked inside. Before he is drawn down he is suddenly attacked by what seems to be piranha.

If you love nudity, watch this movie. The first 40 minutes is basically a pornographic. Women showing their breasts (seriously), women having sex, women sucking each other's cleavage. Sorry ladies no penis is seen. When a group of researchers go down to the lake, they are suddenly attacked by the piranhas. They all successfully escaped, but alas with one seriously maimed. A piranha is also caught and brought to a scientist and it is revealed that that particular species of piranha is supposed to vanish 2 million years ago.

Realising a mayhem is going to break out, sheriffs begin to evacuate the scene. Unfortunately, it's spring break. Teenagers are frolicking around the lake, swimming in the lake, sipping in the lake. Teenagers are usually rebellious and recalcitrant, hence their effort to no avail, until a lady begins to get bitten and blood begins to flow and piranhas come rushing to them. Of course, there is a stampede. People begin to run around. Bla bla bla.

Julie Forester, Jake's mother and the sheriff on call, begins her duty and is later informed that her children are on a boat, sinking. Panic, she drives a boat and tries to rescue her children. Hence the story centres around 2 place. One on the seaside, where the lake water turn into a pool of blood, and the other is at the centre of the lake, where a boat is sinking with Julie trying to try her children from a school of piranha.

The first 40 minutes, as I said earlier, is full with nudity. Good for people who like to be horny. The next 44 minutes is full with gore. This movie is probably the most gory movie I have watched. Imagine these: All leg muscles gone, bones are visible. Body splits into two upon moving, victim still alive. Parts of bodies bitten off, private part gone........Gosh.

This movie ends with a cliffhanger, foreshadowing a sequal will be made.

If you love nudity and gore, trust me, this is the perfect movie for you. But if you think nudity sucks, go watch The Hills Have Eyes. If you only like nudity and hates gore, go buy a pornographic. If you like both, watch this movie. Highly recommended.

My rating: 4/5. Can be better if it isn't filler at the beginning. The end is a twist and unexpected, therefore deserves an A. The drama is boring. Too much nudity, too much talking, less action, less escaping, less running. Deserves only a D. The gory scenes are spine-chilling. If you are looking for something disgusting and making your hairs stand, watch this. The most gory movie I have watched, but still enjoyable. It deserves an A-. This movie has not successfully made me scream my lungs out. I've watched more than 50 horror movies and not a single one has made me feel terrified. Ergo, to me, this movie is a gory movie, not a horror movie. It fails to make me scare, therefore deserves an E. Overall the movie deserves a B-.

It is only called a horror movie if I give it an A. So far, no horror movies deserve an A yet.


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