Piranha 3DD (2012)

After the events at Lake Victoria, the pre-historic school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into a newly opened waterpark.

Director:

John Gulager

Writers:

Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan,

Stars:

Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Hasselhoff

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danielle Panabaker	...	Maddy
Matt Bush	...	Barry
Katrina Bowden	...	Shelby
Jean-Luc Bilodeau	...	Josh
David Koechner	...	Chet
Chris Zylka	...	Kyle
Adrian Martinez	...	Big Dave
Paul James Jordan	...	Travis
Meagan Tandy	...	Ashley
David Hasselhoff	...	Himself
Christopher Lloyd	...	Mr. Goodman
Paul Scheer	...	Andrew
Gary Busey	...	Clayton
Clu Gulager	...	Mo
Sierra Fisk	...	Bethany

Storyline

Having awoken from their spring break extravaganza at Lake Victoria, the swarm heads upstream where they look to make a meal out of Big Wet, a local water park where when it comes to fun, nobody does it wetter! Though they came to get wet, get loaded and get some, the staff and patrons get more than they bargained for when they must face the fiercest, most bloodthirsty piranhas yet. Lead by the strong-willed, studious Maddy and her friends, Barry and Kyle, the trio must dive in and take on these man-eating creatures using every ounce of their being but can they be stopped?

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Plot Keywords:

piranha | water park | trident | sequel | slow motion scene | 

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Taglines:

There's something fishy down there.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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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 Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 May 2012 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Piranha 2

Filming Locations:

The Salton Sea, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$182,237 (USA) (1 June 2012)

Gross:

$370,904 (USA) (15 June 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Mark Canton Productions, Intellectual Properties Worldwide (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The filmmakers originally considered shooting this movie on location in Detroit, Michigan.

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Goofs

The orientation of the cinder block Barry uses to keep himself underwater while rescuing Maddy changes. When he first goes in the water it is horizontal (with him holding both ends). When he gets to the bottom of the pool he is holding it vertically (holding only one end). And when he gets to Maddy it is horizontal again (holding both ends).

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Quotes

Maddy: Barry, are you crazy? You almost lost a hand!
Barry: I had a pet frog once.

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Crazy Credits

There is a scene after the credits where a lifeguard gets strangled by her whistle after she tries to go save someone.

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Connections

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.75 (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Very Busy People"
Written by Eric Victorino, Giovanni Giusti
Performed by The Limousines
Courtesy of Dangerbird Records

User Reviews

Lowest common denominator garbage

This has to be the absolute nadir of genre film-making. A 20 million dollar budget to produce this crap, ten decent low budget features could have been produced for the same price.

Performances that range from embarrassing to "oh my god what was that?" Visual effects that set the digital revolution back about ten years. Some of the worst one liners in the recent history of cinema and a silly extended but unfunny cameo from the Hoff himself.

All this negative criticism is coming from someone who rated the first one an eight, but the director here seems to have fallen asleep in his chair and forgotten to pen a halfway decent script. A handful of pre-pubescent boys out there may find the barrage of boobs enough to sustain its scant 80 odd minutes - I didn't! Utter garbage!