Piranha (2010)

After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Writers:

Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg

Stars:

Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Elisabeth Shue

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Matt Boyd
Ving Rhames	...	Deputy Fallon
Elisabeth Shue	...	Julie Forester
Christopher Lloyd	...	Mr. Carl Goodman
Eli Roth	...	Wet T-Shirt Host
Jerry O'Connell	...	Derrick Jones
Steven R. McQueen	...	Jake Forester
Jessica Szohr	...	Kelly
Kelly Brook	...	Danni
Riley Steele	...	Crystal
Adam Scott	...	Novak
Ricardo Chavira	...	Sam
Dina Meyer	...	Paula
Paul Scheer	...	Andrew
Brooklynn Proulx	...	Laura Forester

Storyline

Lake Victoria's annual Spring party by 50,000 young revelers is about to turn into a feeding frenzy with prehistoric hunger-pains. With knee-trembler's above the waves and tremors below, released from their dormant sleep, thousands upon thousands of flesh-eating nippers are released into the lake with whetted appetites and razor-sharp teeth. With a motley crew of strangers thrown together to defend these shores, it is now up to them to prevent the largest eat-out in human, and piranha, history.

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Plot Keywords:

lake | fish | sheriff | piranha | teenager | 

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Taglines:

This summer, how fast can you swim?

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of strong bloody horror violence and gore, graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [fr]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Piranha 3D

Filming Locations:

Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,487,119 (UK) (20 August 2010)

Gross:

$25,003,072 (USA) (12 November 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Intellectual Properties Worldwide (I), Aja / Levasseur Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Not screened for critics, although unusually in such circumstances the critics actually liked the film.

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Goofs

When the paragliding girl is about to be attacked by the Piranhas there is a set of close up shots where you see her in the water up to the waist. To do this in paragliding, you need to boat to be moving. However in the shots you can clearly see that the actress is motionless.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Matt Boyd: Oh boy, that's a fast fish.

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Crazy Credits

The Dimension Films logo is shown to be just below the surface of water

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Connections

Remake of Piranha (1978)

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Soundtracks

"She Moves"
Written by Jason O'Bryan, Barry Ashworth, Ter K. Lawrence
Performed by Dub Pistols
Courtesy of 2009 Sunday Best Recordings
By Arrangement with Fine Gold Music.

User Reviews

Expect the Expected

For those of you who saw the trailer, you can already expect loads of nudity and gore. And if you walk in Piranha 3D (do yourself a favour and watch it in 3D, it's definitely worth it) expecting these things, then you'll have a good time. Maybe it will go down in history as being a cult favourite within 10 or 15 years from now, but it probably won't be nominated at the Golden Globes or the Academy Awards, and that's fine because the crew know that and only want to offer a really great time. Piranha is a film that won't please to everyone: After all, it's sort of meant to laugh of other horror movies that use huge chunks of blood and gore to ''scare'' you, without exactly being a parody.

All in all, I was pleased with what I got. Some scenes had me laughing quite hard while in others, I literally jumped out of my seat. The acting was good, with no one really acting great, but everybody, from Elisabeth Shue to Jerry O'Connell, while going through Kelly Brook, Porn Star Riley Steele, Ving Rhames and small-time actors Jessica Szohr and Steven R. McQueen, everybody seemed to be having fun while shooting this movie. The CGI effects weren't as bas as expected and frankly, I didn't notice one scene featuring some cheesy dialogue. Blood and Gore is served in buckets and litres, so you might want to be prepared for that, and there's a lot of nudity as well. Maybe not a safe bet for young children but teens will have probably seen worse movies.

Story: An earthquake liberates thousands of bloodthirsty, prehistoric piranhas during the same week Lake Victoria is celebrating the annual spring break, where hundreds of teens come to party every year. Sheriff Julie Forester (Elisabeth Shue) tries to keep some order until she discovers about the piranhas and tries her best to close the lake with her deputies. Meanwhile, her son Jake (Steven R. McQueen) is asked by the Derrick (Jerry O'Connell) and his Girls Gone Wild stars Danni and Crystal (Kelly Brook and Riley Steele) to show them the nicest places in town to start filming their next porno film, even though his mother had clearly told him to stay home to babysit his younger brother and sister.

Of course there's much more to it than that but if I were to write too much about the plot I would probably write a full-length spoiler. All in all, expect what you expect from the trailers and definitely sit back with your popcorn and drink and get ready for a hell of a ride. Definitely one of my top 10 films of the year so far.