Sharknado! (2013)

Nova Clarke: "We're gonna need a bigger chopper."

By Anthony C. Ferrante
With Ian Ziering and Tara Reid

A movie that got famous because people made fun of its silly plot on social medias, I only heard of it on IMDb but it was enough for me to remember the title and the silly idea. When it came out, I couldn't resist watching Sharknado, I mean, come on.

Sharks in a tornado. Enough said!

When you see the cast you know what to expect, Ian Ziering and Tara Reid are notorious actors from the 90's, not necessarily notorious for their filmography but for failing to ever convert after the 90's into doing other good movies. It is actually pretty funny to see them paired up here.

The movie is so over the top and badly written that it is more funny than anything. The worst part is actually the special effects which look like those animations you have to watch when you try to learn to drive and you have these little blue cars and red trucks that have to stop at the red light. That is actually what I was reminded of.

The many clichés are either fun or bad depending on whether you take them seriously, however, when you watch a movie called Sharknado it's hard to take anything seriously. Everything they leave, whether it's a building or a vehicle will explode few seconds after their departure. The loser dad will reconnect with his ex-wife over the protection of his children and the evil new boyfriend of the mother will die a painful death. In fact, anyone who talks a little too much dies a violent death soon after.

The dad is ultimately driven by a sense of duty to save everyone and his normal reaction to seeing a seemingly empty school bus is "I'm gonna get on the bridge and rappel down there"... yes, really. The lack of realism in the sharks actually prevent any scary moment and the horror doesn't work that well, it actually works better as a disaster action movie. There is no real reason to see Sharknado but if you do it's highly unlikely that you'll forget it. It's just so silly all the way through, you will be part of the people who've seen Sharknado. Whether you want to let that info be known is up to you.

I liked: References to Jaws.

I disliked: The CGI. Even the theme music is awful. The script writing.

18/100
Although I did laugh a few times because it was so over the top, most of the time was spent shaking my head in disbelief.