Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)

Fin, his family and the cosmos have been blissfully sharknado-free in the five years since the most recent attack, but now sharks and tornadoes are being whipped up in unexpected ways and places.

Director:

Anthony C. Ferrante

Writer:

Thunder Levin

Stars:

Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Masiela Lusha

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ian Ziering	...	Fin Shepard
Tara Reid	...	April Wexler
Masiela Lusha	...	Gemini
Cody Linley	...	Matt Shepard
Ryan Whitney Newman	...	Claudia Shepard (as Ryan Newman)
Imani Hakim	...	Gabrielle (as Imani A. Hakim)
David Hasselhoff	...	Colonel Gilbert Shepard
Tommy Davidson	...	Aston Reynolds
Cheryl Tiegs	...	Raye
Christopher Shone	...	Little Gil
Nicholas Shone	...	Little Gil
Gary Busey	...	Wilford
Susan Anton	...	Betty (Gambler)
Cynthia Bailey	...	Tech Addison
Jillian Barberie	...	Train Passenger

Storyline

It's been five years since the last Sharknado that devastated Washington, D.C. and the world is now benefiting from this hard-earned peace. Thankfully, Aston Reynolds' Astro-X tech company with their revolutionary atmosphere stabilisers called the Astro-Pods, has managed to eradicate all possible Sharknado formations before they could ever get the chance to grow in magnitude. However, while Fin is heading to Vegas for a family reunion, some fun and relaxation, in the meantime, menacing clouds are beginning to form, and a brand-new Sharknado is at hand. Under those circumstances, once again, Fin, his old friends and some new ones, will have to battle against threatening shark-infested cyclones, in a calamitous Sharknado extravaganza. Boy, are we in trouble or what?

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | gore | psychotronic film | shark | spoof | 

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Taglines:

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Unless what happens is this.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 July 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sharknado IV

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Syfy, BondIt Media Capital, The Asylum

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title "The 4th Awakens" is a clear twist on the title of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).

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Goofs

(at around 26 mins) Aston proposes blowing up part of the Grand Canyon to block the flood from Hoover Dam. The Grand Canyon is over 50 miles upstream from Hoover Dam.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: [opening crawl] SHARKNADO EPISODE IV. THE FOURTH AWAKENS. It has been five years since the last Sharknado. Tech company Astro-X has used their revolutionary energy system to stabilize the atmosphere and prevent the formation of all tornadoes, using cheap, clean reactors dubbed Astro-Pods. The world has been peaceful and prosperous thanks to Astro-X's visionary founder Aston Reynolds, but now the future is about to be threatened once again...

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Crazy Credits

The title is shown through a Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) style opening crawl. The rest of the opening credits don't appear until the 18-minute mark, where the franchise's regular title sequence is shown.

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

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Soundtracks

Shadow Hills
Written and Performed by Aki Kexiti Holloway
Published by Music of Old Scratch
BMI

User Reviews

Different beast(s)

There are a couple of stabs directed at Star Wars (and one on Star Trek). But riffing on something popular does not make your movie really good. On the other hand, I don't think anyone will ever accuse the Sharknado movies of being intellectual or really something with gravitas (no pun intended of course).

There are quite a few cameos and star appearances (one from a fellow actor from another beast Scy-Fi movie with different animals as beasts. Btw. that other movie worked way better for many different reasons. So while CGI still is not anywhere near current tech, I don't reckon this will break the movie for you, if otherwise you liked it. It is really low and has me still wondering how there are still more of these to come ... Part 5 is confirmed for 2017