Piranha 3-D REVIEW

Written by Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg

Directed by Alexandre Aja

Starring Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Steven R. McQueen, Richard Dreyfuss, Jerry O'Connell and Jessica Szohr

Piranha's plot is simple. Thousands of prehistoric piranhas are released during spring break... you can imagine the massacre. This horror comedy features Alexandre Aja in the director's chair, better known for movies such as Hills Have Eyes & High Tension (which I loved) and Mirrors (which I puked on).

There isn't really much to expect from a movie called Piranha is there? So it's perfectly normal that you don't go into the movie theatre expecting anything else but a fun time. And essentially you get what you want, Piranha is quite funny at some parts, and we obviously get tons of blood, gore and nudity... so if you are looking for something like that, the movie won't disappoint, actually some of the death sequences are pretty original and really awesome... as sick as that may sound.

Still, I gotta admit I was expecting a little more coming from Aja, I mean, he had seriously screwed up with Mirrors (what the hell was he thinking?), so I thought this could redeem him, but Piranha didn't fully convinced me, I mean it was good harmless fun I guess haha, but the screenplay was missing some of the witty dialogues and situations needed for such a film to work in its totality. And man did I hate Jerry O'Connell's character... he has got to be one of the most annoying men on earth.

I also should add that I didn't get to see it in 3D because my near theaters couldn't care less about us and didn't release it that way, so this could have affected my opinion a bit, but still, you can't possibly base a movie in its 3D format experience. So to sum up, I gotta admit I had a good time at the theater, Piranha is entertaining, dumb, gross and extremely gory... but it pretty much stays there.

STORY 40

DIRECTION 60

ACTING 40

ART, MUSIC & VISUALS 50
ENTERTAINMENT VALUE 65

OVERALL 51

by lui mogenno