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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

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  • 20092009
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  • 1h 28m
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2.5/10
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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
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The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
IMDb RATING
2.5/10
11K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jack Perez
  • Writer
    • Jack Perez(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lorenzo Lamas
    • Debbie Gibson
    • Vic Chao
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jack Perez
  • Writer
    • Jack Perez(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lorenzo Lamas
    • Debbie Gibson
    • Vic Chao
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 155User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
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    Lorenzo Lamas
    Lorenzo Lamas
    • Allan Baxteras Allan Baxter
    Debbie Gibson
    Debbie Gibson
    • Emma MacNeilas Emma MacNeil
    • (as Deborah Gibson)
    Vic Chao
    Vic Chao
    • Seiji Shimadaas Seiji Shimada
    Jonathan Nation
    Jonathan Nation
    • Vinceas Vince
    Mark Hengst
    Mark Hengst
    • Dick Ritchieas Dick Ritchie
    Michael Teh
    Michael Teh
    • Takeoas Takeo
    • (as Michael The)
    Chris Haley
    • Kenjias Kenji
    Sean Lawlor
    Sean Lawlor
    • Lamar Sandersas Lamar Sanders
    Dustin Harnish
    Dustin Harnish
    • Helmsmanas Helmsman
    Dean Kreyling
    Dean Kreyling
    • U.S. Sub Captainas U.S. Sub Captain
    Stephen Blackehart
    Stephen Blackehart
    • U.S. Sub Sonar Chiefas U.S. Sub Sonar Chief
    Dana DiMatteo
    • Marine Biologistas Marine Biologist
    • (as Dana Dimatteo)
    Myles Cranford
    Myles Cranford
    • Deputyas Deputy
    Dana Healey
    Dana Healey
    • Naval Officeras Naval Officer
    John Bolen
    • Weapons Officeras Weapons Officer
    Larry Wang Parrish
    • Japanese Typhoon Captainas Japanese Typhoon Captain
    • (as Larry Parrish)
    Aki Hiro
    • Typhoon Navigatoras Typhoon Navigator
    Russ Kingston
    • Admiral Scottas Admiral Scott
    • Director
      • Jack Perez
    • Writer
      • Jack Perez(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The first Asylum production to have a theatrical release.
    • Goofs
      A group of hammerhead sharks swim near the Arctic. Hammerheads only swim in warm waters.
    • Quotes

      [Condor Airlines 747 experiences some turbulence while at 30,000 feet in the air. As a female passenger is advised by a flight attendant to put her seatback up, her fiancé is jolted by the sudden change in turbulence and he gets up]

      Nervous Air Passenger: Whoa!

      Flight Attendent: Please sit down, sir. It's just an air pocket. Thank you.

      Nervous Air Passenger: We're getting married in two days.

      Flight Attendent: You'll be fine.

      Airline Captain: [On the intercom] All right, folks, please fasten your seat belts.

      [as the 747 flies through the clouds, the male passenger suddenly looks out the window]

      Nervous Air Passenger: Holy shit!

      [the Megalodon jumps up from the sea to catch the 747]

    • Crazy credits
      Special Thanks: BETSY AND BENJI
    • Connections
      Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 107
      Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performed by Tina Guo

    User reviews155

    Review
    Top review
    2/10
    I had forgotten movies could be this bad
    I normally only watch the bigger budget movies with a few art house type sprinkled in, but I had heard about this title somewhere, so when I saw it at the video store I thought, what the heck? how bad could it be? The answer: Amazingly bad. Phenomenally bad. Utterly horrific. Not the worst movie ever, but close. When your movie wishes it was as good as Battlefield Earth, you know you have a problem. It wasn't even the good kind of bad, where you can laugh at the unintentional humor.

    The good: Still trying to come up with something The bad: I know this is a low budget D-list movie, but come on - the effects and CGI were stunningly bad. They looked like they were done on my laptop over a weekend. They might have been acceptable in the early 90s.

    To make it even worse, many of the CGI scenes were constantly repeated. Whenever the shark or octopus attacked, you usually saw it preparing or approaching for the attack several times using the exact same footage. Sometimes they even bothered to mirror image the scene to make it look different.

    So many of the details were amazingly unrealistic. The dialogue was bad, the way people behaved and delivered lines, physics (as in what animals of that size could actually do), torpedoes were like firecrackers, etc.

    Quality control was obviously lacking. When the shark approaches a battleship from the side, the ship is shown firing forward. Once, during a video call, for about a second a film crew member wearing a headset pops into existence beside the person on the call, and then disappears. The caller and those working in the background are obviously oblivious to this phantom man.

    There was this laughably bad science scene where the main characters keep dumping vials of various colored liquids into test tubes of other colored stuff and then they all looked disappointed. This happened over and over for like 5 minutes. All without any dialogue or any clue as to what they were actually doing. We only knew they were looking for a "solution" to the problem of giant sea monsters. I guess dumping red goo into a vat of blue gunk and having it not turn a different color is not a solution to giant sea monsters. Gosh, I am glad they tried that, it might have worked! There was an embarrassingly bad romance side plot thrown in, and the build up to the final showdown was dull, and then that showdown was short and filled with repeats of the same footage over and over.

    I almost never feel strongly enough about a movie to write a review, but for this one I had to. If I prevent even one person from seeing this movie, then I have done my job.
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    • buckramega
    • May 30, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 26, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus
    • Filming locations
      • AES Alamitos, 690 North Studebaker Road, Long Beach, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Asylum
      • Giant Seafood
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $722
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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