| 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 | |
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? Written by Nick Riganas
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.