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:

Sharknado 5... Earth 0

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Genres:

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

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Did You Know?

Trivia

"Petunia" (a stuffed opossum which makes an appearance in each movie) can be seen a few times in this one. Once on a poster for "Petunia Cerveza" at the bar in Rio and then again in Old Fin's Hummer.

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Goofs

(at around 15 mins) One of the characters states "London Bridge is falling down", however, the bridge that was falling down was in fact Tower Bridge, which is often mistaken for London Bridge.

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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

Follows Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)

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Soundtracks

Salsa Kahuna Grande
Written by Tim P. (as Tim Paruszkiewicz) and Stephen Phillips (as Stephen Robert Phillips)
Courtesy of Bosshouse

User Reviews

Obnoxiously Ridiculous

Let me start off this review by stating that I legitimately enjoyed Sharknado 1-4. I found them to be quite entertaining with their fast-paced style, but Sharknado 5 makes the mistake of being too over-the-top without being as original as the previous films, making it a chore to sit through. Sharknado 5 starts off with an Indiana Jones parody and slowly unravels as the Sharknado is able to warp around, causing damage all over the globe as Fin and April chase after it. There are a few memorable moments but a lot of it is pretty forgettable, and the sheer ridiculousness of the whole film is it's downfall since the whole thing just feels like a bunch of dumb random moments sewn together. By the end of the film I was exhausted and just couldn't care as Fin and the Sharknado popped up in different places, unlike previous entries in the series where I was generally having fun watching the silly chaos unfold on screen until the credits rolled. I can't really recommend this film unless you are dead-set on going through the entire series, in which case you're probably going to see this anyway. But to anyone else I would recommend just watching one of the first 4 films instead.

Details

Official Sites:

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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