Mega Piranha (2010)

8% of critics liked it
(13 reviews)
15% of users liked it
(585 ratings)

Join Special Agent Finch and Professor Sarah Monroe as a mutant strain of giant ferocious piranha escape from the Amazon and eat their way toward Florida. Will the entire population of Florida be saved from complete annihilation? Featuring explosive set pieces, stunning special effects and the most… More Join Special Agent Finch and Professor Sarah Monroe as a mutant strain of giant ferocious piranha escape from the Amazon and eat their way toward Florida. Will the entire population of Florida be saved from complete annihilation? Featuring explosive set pieces, stunning special effects and the most fearsome marine monsters in the history of film, "Mega Piranha" is the riotously entertaining new creature feature from the makers of last year's massive DVD success, "Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus." Prepare for the ultimate bite-sized blockbusting thrill-ride that will leave you desperately hanging onto the edge of your seat.

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By: Eric Forsberg
Written By: Eric Forsberg
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

In Theaters: Apr 10, 2010 Limited
On DVD: May 4, 2010
Studio: The Asylum

Critic Reviews

Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Sadly, the funniest thing about this film is the cast list, because filmmaker Forsberg simply doesn't have a clue how to put them to any use at all. There's so much camp value that it's not even funny. But it's not even remotely funny.
Matt Glasby, Total Film
We can ridicule every frame.
Adam Woodward, Little White Lies
An absolute stinker in every conceivable way.
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]
I can't think of anything more dispiriting than a film consciously faking it for the so-bad-it's-good market.
James O'Brien, Daily Mail [UK]
Incredibly for a film which presumably intends to at least alarm an audience, the budget seems to have been spent entirely on set-piece explosions with no money remaining for the actual fish.
David Edwards, Daily Mirror [UK]
It stars former pop queen Tiffany, who topped the charts in 1987 with I Think We're Alone Now. Visit a cinema showing this and the chances are you'll know what she was singing about.
Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph
Everything about it is deliberately, winkingly atrocious -- killing the fun for those, like me, who think unwitting schlock is the juiciest kind.
Anton Bitel, Film4
Is it any good? That's the wrong question to ask of a film like this whose many plot-holes, absurdities and over-the-top idiocies are an essential part of the allure. But is it bad enough?
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Bad-movie enthusiasts will doubtless have fun watching these oversized piscine predators leaping from the ocean and laying waste to Florida's coastal regions, but hasn't this tiresome, kitschy, so-bad-it's-good fad run its course?
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
The designer-trashy tone is well sustained -- these people brought you Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus -- as the toothy threat moves from the Amazon to the Florida Keys.
Robbie Collin, News of the World
There's about half an hour of watchable film in here. The other hour is looping stock footage and endless scenes of people gawping at monitors.
Sloan Freer, Radio Times
Those who follow the "so bad it's good" school of thought will probably love it -- anyone else should avoid.
Tim Evans, Sky Movies
Played straight, it's initially amusing but swiftly outstays its welcome as the piranhas develop the ability to fly like fanged double decker buses and the whole caboodly tries just a bit too hard to be knowing.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
A badly acted, poorly written and ineptly directed mess with dreadful special effects.

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Coxxie M

They're eating boats and alligator bodies, dammit!
Greg S

When genetic experiments get out of hand, piranhas turn into giant, flying, cannibalistic hermpahrodites that explode when they contact building materials. This is a real self-esteem movie: no matter how stupid you are in real life, you'll be convinced you're a genius… More
When genetic experiments get out of hand, piranhas turn into giant, flying, cannibalistic hermpahrodites that explode when they contact building materials. This is a real self-esteem movie: no matter how stupid you are in real life, you'll be convinced you're a genius compared to the people who made MEGA PIRANHA.
Ken S

Tiffany and Barry Williams fight Man eating fish that are growing exponentially. Not as exciting as you'd hope.
Luke B

Scientists genetically modify piranhas. They start killing. People doubt it's the piranhas. They find out it is, the hard way. The is SciFi (or SyFy now) killer animal stuff. The growing piranhas and bad CGI gave me a few smiles, and the awful dialogue was memorable. But since… More
Scientists genetically modify piranhas. They start killing. People doubt it's the piranhas. They find out it is, the hard way. The is SciFi (or SyFy now) killer animal stuff. The growing piranhas and bad CGI gave me a few smiles, and the awful dialogue was memorable. But since The Asylum have already done Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, you kind of wish this Mega Piranha had a sea-folk to battle. Maybe, Mental Mermaid? Tiffany isn't much of an actress, in fact I don't think she was much of a singer. Paul Logan offers the muscles, and when he goes man-on-fish with a piranha in a knife fight, you believe he could win. In the expanding world of killer animal movies, this is one you can easily skip. I'm gonna wait for Piranha 3D.
Donnie D

With a cover like Mega Piranha I expected some cheesy and over the top fun as I would with any movie called Mega Piranha. Even those expectations it still sucked. Mega Piranha is about a mutant strain of giant ferocious piranhas escaping from the Amazon and eat their way toward… More
With a cover like Mega Piranha I expected some cheesy and over the top fun as I would with any movie called Mega Piranha. Even those expectations it still sucked. Mega Piranha is about a mutant strain of giant ferocious piranhas escaping from the Amazon and eat their way toward Florida. That's pretty much the closest you'll get to a logical story because according to this movie Helicopter can't kill Piranhas with missiles and machine guns, the main characters come up with the conclusion that these Piranhas can grow bigger every 36 hours with no evidence, and there's actually a point in the movie where giant Piranhas jumping into buildings making everything explode. If you think that's stupid this movie managed to outdo itself twice, like when the people actually use a Battleship to kill these Piranhas and later nuke the Piranhas, and it does nothing to kill them. Moving on from the illogical story, this is the first time I hated a transition in a movie, it just flashes white in your face and it's miracle I didn't get a seizure because it happens often in this movie. It also lacks any character development, as you'll be really surprise to see the main character kissing his love interest who I didn't know existed in this movie because both character have connection to speak of. Everything about this movie is boring from characters, dialogue, giant Piranhas, all down to the tiniest detail. As for the acting it's Razzie material at best. I like it how Paul Logan, who plays Jason Fitch, has the same expression for every emotion. As for 80s Pop Sensation Tiffany, she's just awful just like everybody else in this movie. As for the special this movie reuses stock footage of bad effects over and over again. So with all of that out of the way, there was a couple of scenes I did enjoy, but the most memorable is when Paul Logan literally kicks several jumping Piranhas attacking him. It's ridiculous and hilarious at the same time, the same with seeing giant Piranhas actually blowing up when colliding with a building. Mega Piranhas is a movie that should've embrace it's cheesy story and made it into something goofy instead of taking it seriously and making it boring. The entertainment it does provide is best done with a video search since those few moments of entertainment aren't worth sitting through this bore-fest.
Simeon D

Paul Logan looks like he's taking a crap throughout the entire movie. This is an obvious mockbuster of Piranha 3D, and though I haven't seen that I can understand how this would try to capture its over the top concept and action, but as an Asylum movie (the 6th one I've… More
Paul Logan looks like he's taking a crap throughout the entire movie. This is an obvious mockbuster of Piranha 3D, and though I haven't seen that I can understand how this would try to capture its over the top concept and action, but as an Asylum movie (the 6th one I've seen and our 3rd entry in our "The Asylum Presents" movie marathon) this simply fails on every level. The loud, overblown musical score and the ludicrously fast pace makes the cast's earnest efforts seem a little too silly. Comedic highlights for bad movie fans include extremely repetitive film editing, absurd giant piranha CGI, several very out of place actors, and US marines wielding Nerf guns. These are among the infinite flaws of what may be the abysmal cinematic endeavor of 2010. Despite how bad it was and how many painful fits of laughter it induced, I must add that the pointless editing made Mega Piranha give me a headache after a while and the ending was beyond comprehension. It'll guarantee frequent laughs, but it's to over-ambitious to be better than The Asylum's other attempts. 03/100