Sharknado 2: The Second One (Review)
Sharknado 2: The Second One
2014
Written by Thunder Levin
Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante
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How can the same shark happen to the same guy twice?
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The Sharknadoes are back and this time they’re taking on the Big Apple! But New Yorkers aren’t going to just stand by and let their city get destroyed by a bunch of shark-laced tornadoes. Thus the people fight back, and more importantly, returning Sharknado hero Fin leads the fight against the sharknadoes. With Sharknado 2: The Second One, Asylum and SyFy step back into the world of viral creature feature movies, and score a monster hit. Not only was this the highest SyFy original movie ever (with 3.9 million viewers), but it’s also entertaining and fun. The action is bigger and more consistent throughout the whole film, leading to less of the pacing problem that the original Sharknado faced.
Sharknado 2 edges its predecessor with more ridiculous stunts and better graphics. The money shots are given a high quality look to better make cool gifs. The well-paced action provides continual entertainment, beginning with a ridiculously awesome plane sequence that just keeps raising the stakes and the body count. The excuses to get people moving around felt more genuine than Sharknado‘s goal post moving search for family. Sharknado 2 has what is the best excuse for not being able to reach someone by cell phone I’ve seen in a movie (the guy shuts it off so he can spend quality time with his son and not be distracted by work! So much better than random “out of service” shots or just ignoring phones altogether.)
Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) and his ex-wife April Wexler (Tara Reid), who he is now reconciling with, are on route to New York City, his hometown and where his sister and her family live. But the flight path is right through the latest forming sharknado, and soon the plane is a disasterpiece that Fin has to land himself. Things become a desperate struggle to get his family to safety and to save the city from the sharknadoes, while chomping death flies in the skies and rains down on the people. Only chainsaws, buzzsaw hands, swords, guns, freon tanks, and a host of celebrity cameos can save New York City from nature’s wrath!
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Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Al Roker, Andy Dick, Anthony C. Ferrante, Asylum, Billy Ray Cyrus, Biz Markie, Daymond John, Downtown Julie Brown, Ian Ziering, Jared Fogle, Judah Friedlander, Judd Hirsch, Kari Wuhrer, Kelly Osbourne, Kelly Ripa, Kurt Angle, Mark McGrath, Matt Lauer, Michael Gelman, Michael Strahan, Perez Hilton, Rachel True, Richard Kind, Robert Hays, Robert Klein, Sandra Denton, SciFi Channel, Sharknado, Stephanie Abrams, SyFy, Tara Reid, Thunder Levin, Tiffany Shepis, Vivica A. Fox, Wil Wheaton
Break out the folding chairs of the dead for Pro-Wrestlers vs Zombies!
Pro-Wrestlers vs. Zombies was funded through Kickstarter last year and has proceeded to the point where trailers are showing up.
The film features a number of popular wrestler entertainers playing themselves during a zombie apocalypse that goes down. This basically means we get to see wrestlers wrestle zombies in the ring. So if you are a wrasslin’ fan or a zombie fan, then you will be interested. If you are both, you will be very interested. If you are neither, you may still be interested because this is rather odd and maybe it will be cool.
Pro-Wrestlers vs Zombies is written and directed by Cody Knotts, and features Rowdy Roddy Piper, Shane Douglas, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Matt Hardy, Kurt Angle, Reby Sky, and Tara Parker. And zombies. Lots of zombies.
Categories: Movie News Tags: Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Kurt Angle, Matt Hardy, Reby Sky, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Shane Douglas, Tara Parker, Too many damn zombie movies
Warrior (Review)
Warrior
2011
Directed by Gavin O’Connor
Warrior is an MMA film about a family torn apart by alcoholism and abuse by their father, and the consequences on the family. It is also about brother against brother, with father against both sons as he seeks redemption. The film doesn’t father the traditional narrative, there is no real villain, both brothers have their motivations to fight and both makes sense in their own way.
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Categories: Bad, Movie Reviews Tags: Bryan Callen, Denzel Whitaker, Gavin O'Connor, Jennifer Morrison, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Dunn, Kurt Angle, martial arts, MMA, Nick Nolte, Noah Emmerich, Tom Hardy
