Piranha 3DD (2012)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: John Gulager (Feast 1-3)
	Actors: Danielle Panabaker, Ving Rhames, David Hasselhoff (Baywatch TV-series, Dodgeball)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 30.01.2014, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: The Big Wet is a large water park that will open in a few days. Some people disappear and rumors start to spread about seeings of the same Piranhas as one year before in Lake Victoria (from Piranha 3D).
Review: I was quite pleased by the first movie Piranha 3D, remake of the 80's classic by Joe Dante. The French director Alexandre Aja did a good job, there were some good actors, loads of shameless fun and you could feel a cool atmosphere. For this sequel it looks like all cast and crew changed, except for useless cameos by Ving Rhames and the genial Christopher Lloyd. Apparently the producers tried to copy the recipe of the first movie but without understanding the humour and the references, and more importantly without talent. The story doesn't make sense, the characters are overly caricatural, the editing is confused and the music simply awful. There are a few good ideas to save that honor the spirit of the first movie or of the title (double Ds!): the waterside strip bar (underused), the second degree appearance by David Hasselhoff (overused), the guy forced to slice his own penis to detach a piranha from it. Note that I own the 3D version of the movie but I can only watch it in 2D for the moment. Many effects are clearly aimed at producing a strong 3D effect, so the movie really feels empty during those scenes. Watching the movie in 3D would probably be more entertaining but wouldn't improve its quality. It reminds me a lot of Shark Night 3D to which I gave the same rating.
Rating: 2 /10