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Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

  • TV Movie
  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
8.6K
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POPULARITY
4,361
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David Hasselhoff, Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Tommy Davidson, Cody Linley, Masiela Lusha, Ryan Whitney, and Imani Hakim in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
Fve years after the East Coast was ravaged in 'Sharknado 3,' Fin and his family have been blissfully sharknado-free, but now sharks - and 'nados. - are being whipped up in places (and ways) that are completely unexpected.
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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 pl... Read allFin, 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.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
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.8/10
    8.6K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,361
    112
    • Director
      • Anthony C. Ferrante
    • Writer
      • Thunder Levin
    • Stars
      • Ian Ziering
      • Tara Reid
      • Masiela Lusha
    • 53User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Ian Ziering, Masiela Lusha, and Imani Hakim in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
    Ian Ziering, Cody Linley, Masiela Lusha, Imani Hakim, and Matt Shepard in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
    Tara Reid and Ian Ziering in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
    Tara Reid and Ryan Whitney in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
    Ian Ziering, Cody Linley, Masiela Lusha, and Imani Hakim in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
    David Hasselhoff in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
    Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Masiela Lusha, and Nicholas Shone in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
    Ian Ziering and Masiela Lusha in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
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    Gary Busey and Tara Reid in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
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    Ian Ziering
    Ian Ziering
    • Fin Shepard
    Tara Reid
    Tara Reid
    • April Wexler
    Masiela Lusha
    Masiela Lusha
    • Gemini
    Cody Linley
    Cody Linley
    • Matt Shepard
    Ryan Whitney
    Ryan Whitney
    • Claudia Shepard
    • (as Ryan Newman)
    Imani Hakim
    Imani Hakim
    • Gabrielle
    • (as Imani A. Hakim)
    David Hasselhoff
    David Hasselhoff
    • Colonel Gilbert Shepard
    Tommy Davidson
    Tommy Davidson
    • Aston Reynolds
    Cheryl Tiegs
    Cheryl Tiegs
    • Raye
    Christopher Shone
    Christopher Shone
    • Little Gil
    Nicholas Shone
    Nicholas Shone
    • Little Gil
    Gary Busey
    Gary Busey
    • Wilford
    Susan Anton
    Susan Anton
    • Betty (Gambler)
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    Cynthia Bailey
    • Tech Addison
    Jillian Barberie
    Jillian Barberie
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    Benjy Bronk
    Benjy Bronk
    • Chicago Reporter
    Steffanie Sampson
    Steffanie Sampson
    • Craven
    • (as Steffanie Busey)
    Duane 'Dog' Chapman
    Duane 'Dog' Chapman
    • Chop Top
    • (as Duane Chapman)
    • Director
      • Anthony C. Ferrante
    • Writer
      • Thunder Levin
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    • Trivia
      Dan Yeager, who starred in Texas Chainsaw (2013) as Leatherface, is also in this movie as a character named "Gunnar". Gunnar Hansen was the name of the actor who played Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Caroline Williams also stars in this film as a character named "Stretch", which was her character's name in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986). This film's poster has a giant chainsaw on it, which is another "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" reference.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Stretch: It wouldn't be Texas without a chainsaw massacre.

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Bob Costas/Dylan Lauren/Jon Wurster (2016)
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      Written by Tim P. (as Tim Paruszkiewicz) and Stephen Phillips (as Stephen Robert Phillips)

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    4/10
    Bad? Yes, but at least you can make fun of it
    As most of the readers of my reviews might have noticed, I am a guy with very mixed taste. Not only I watch theater releases and must-see movies but I also watch obscure movies that nobody would ever seek, movies that were popular for a while and then fell into oblivion, and very awful movies. I have a confession: despite my huge knowledge in bad movies I have never seen the previous SHARKNADO entries but watched this one in particular for completing the movies of a particular cast member. Now I can go to the review.

    When the movie begins we are told that the Sharknado phenomenon has been stopped by an invention of the Astro-X that also managed to resurrect Colonel Shepard (David Hasseloff). His son Fin travels to Las Vegas for meeting the nephew when suddenly a tornado destroys a shark aquarium and causes a new sharknado that kills various Vegas people, and they gradually become bouldernados (made of boulders), oilnado (made of oil), a firenado (made of flames), a cownado (made of cows), a lightningado (made of lightings) and a nuclearnado after hitting a nuclear plant. April Wexler (Tara Reid), who was transformed in some sort of cyborg thanks to her dad (Gary Busey), goes with Colonel Shepard and the gang for stopping all the nados and freeing the people swallowed by sharks after they are all swallowed by a whale.

    The plot, as crazy as might sound, was funny in some points and it didn't made me cringe for the fact that I was watching it. The acting was at times bland (especially by Reid and Steve Guttenberg) and at times ok (by Carrot Top, David Hasseloff, Gary Busey and the late Gilbert Gottfried). The CGI was decent, and the sharks especially were very adorable to look at (except when at the end they are cut open). What was annoying was the dialogue because at times it didn't even make sense, neither some of the actions of the characters.

    So it's bad but not that much because it can actually entertain. Perfect watching for killing one and a half hour or for having some laugh at the ineptness of it.
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    • Release date
      • July 31, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sharknado IV
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Clarita, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Syfy
      • BondIt Media Capital
      • The Asylum
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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