Underneath a Texas moon, two venturesome teenagers (damn these teenagers, they always seem to discover a monster or two) skinny-dip where they shouldn't, setting of an investigation that reveals a secret government project: Operation Razorteeth, the breeding of a mutant strain of deadly piranha, genetically engineered for intelligence and aggresion to be used as a Vietnam War weapon. An accident releases them into Lost River Lake, site of a children's summer camp and newly-opened resort. If a boozy outdoorsman and a pert missing persons investigator can't get downstream in time, unsuspecting vacationers will become the diet of an insatiable underwater killing machine.
This is a thousand times funnier and better than "Deep blue sea". Piranha is a first class monster flick, but you would think that after so many movies on the subject we would learn not to tamper with nature, you make an innocent bloodthirsty fish and suddenly all hell breaks loose. It's just not fair.
Investigation finished: 2001-01-29
Story: 7/10 - After Jaws it seemed that every creature in the sea was dying to take on mankind (Tentacles, Orca, Alligator, Barracuda, Island claw, Killer fish etc.), but this one is not just another Jaws rip-off. You can watch it straight or as a parody of the genre.
Acting: 8/10 - Everybody whose somebody in sci-fi and horror movies is here. Oh, and did I mention there are killer piranhas in this film.
Violence: 5/10 - This film goes for the humour instead of gore, but we get to see some critters gnawing away on the flesh of some poor sap.
Nudity: 2/10 - In the hands of Russ Meyer this film would probably have turned out different.
Coolness: 8/10 - Full of cool in-jokes. In fact Piranha is a parody of a parody of a parody, I don't know what the hell that means but it sure sounds cool.
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