Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)

With much of America lying in ruins, the rest of the world braces for a global sharknado; Fin and his family must travel around the world to stop them.

Director:

Anthony C. Ferrante

Writers:

Thunder Levin (based on characters created by), Scotty Mullen

Stars:

Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ian Ziering	...	Fin
Tara Reid	...	April
Cassandra Scerbo	...	Nova
Billy Barratt	...	Gil (as Billy Barrett)
Yanet Garcia	...	Chara
Porsha Williams	...	Andromeda
Chris Kattan	...	Prime Minister
Doug Censor Martin	...	Jock the Helicopter Pilot
Clay Aiken	...	Llewelyn
Samantha Fox	...	Ms. Moore
Jeff Rossen	...	Jeff Rossen
Kate Garraway	...	Kate Garraway
Charlotte Hawkins	...	Charlotte Hawkins
Laura Tobin	...	Laura Tobin
Louie Spence	...	Calvin the Clerk

Storyline

With a bitter taste in the mouth, knowing that the Sharknado crisis is far from over yet, Fin and April travel to London after the events of Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016), as Nova Clarke's fact-finding expedition accidentally triggers a wave of ferocious and bigger-than-ever Sharknadoes. As a result, with prehistoric Stonehenge as the epicentre of the unstoppable new menace, Fin's young son, Gil, gets sucked into the heart of the brutal cyclone, with minimal chances of survival. Now, Fin Shepard, humankind's dauntless chainsaw-wielding hero, and his intrepid bionic wife, April, must track down a complex and omnipotent vortex formation that rapidly transforms into something unimaginable: an ever-growing Sharknado of global proportions. This time, Fin and April have their work cut out for them, in a perilous mission across the four corners of the world. Who shall live and who shall die when the fifth awakens?

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | camp | campy | bionic | havoc | 

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Taglines:

Make America bait again!

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Genres:

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

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Cassandra Scerbo's third appearance playing bartender-turned-shark hunter Nova Clarke in the franchise, after the first and third installments.

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Goofs

The Smart cars keep changing model, from the 450 coupe, to the 451 coupe and back.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Nova Clarke: I'm in.

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Crazy Credits

A couple of the opening credits (including the title) are shown with the same font as the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) credits. The rest of the credits don't appear until the 21-minute mark, through the franchise's regular title sequence.

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Connections

Features Heute Show (2009)

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Soundtracks

(The Ballad of) Sharknado Rhapsody
Written by Robbie Rist, Seth Andrew Gordon and Anthony C. Ferrante
Performed by Quint
God Bless Captain Vere (ASCAP)/Zero Charisma Publishing (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Sharknado 5: It just doesn't get any better does it!?

Sharknado 5 is by far the wackiest, craziest and most over the top movie in the franchise. But here is the problem, that isn't a good thing.

The action sequences are still dumb and look awful, the wall to wall "Jokes" simply aren't funny and the movie has absolutely no redeeming features.

Movie references, various celebrity cameos and Tara Reid grunting like a pig in heat in every other scene.

I do hope, I do pray (And I don't even believe in that nonsense) that this is the end but considering the cliffhanger ending I fear we'll see more shortly.

The Good:

Chris Kattan as the British Primeminister is still better than Theresa May

The Bad:

Sam Fox, really!?

Tara Reid

Still a Sharknado film!

Details

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Country:

USA UK Italy Germany Finland

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

Filming Locations:

Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Syfy, The Asylum

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1