Piranha 3DD (2012)

17% of critics liked it
(12 reviews)
60% want to see it
(11,805 ratings)

After the terror unleashed on Lake Victoria in Piranha 3D, the pre-historic school of blood thirsty piranhas are back. This time, no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of summer's best attraction, The Big Wet Water Park. Christopher Lloyd… More After the terror unleashed on Lake Victoria in Piranha 3D, the pre-historic school of blood thirsty piranhas are back. This time, no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of summer's best attraction, The Big Wet Water Park. Christopher Lloyd reprises his role as the eccentric piranha expert with survivor Paul Scheer and a partially devoured Ving Rhames back for more fish frenzy. David Hasselhoff trades in the sandy beaches of "Baywatch" to be a celebrity lifeguard at the racy water park. Prepare for double the terror, double the action and double the D's in this sequel also starring Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka and David Koechner. -- (C) Weinstein

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 22 min.
Directed By: John Gulager
Written By: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton
Genres: Action & Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

In Theaters: Jun 1, 2012 Limited
Studio: The Weinstein Co.

Critic Reviews

Leslie Felperin, Variety
Ups the self-parody so much that it's practically a Wayans Brothers spoof, albeit with fewer jokes.
Brad Miska, Bloody Disgusting
It delivers just enough to make the hardcore horror hounds happy. It's worth taking a dip in this pool - while there's not much bite, there's still plenty of fun to be had.
Graham Young, Birmingham Post
The visual effects are poor and the double D of the title? Think of it a as a new exam mark and you'll be guilty of being over-optimistic.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
If you've seen the trailer, you've seen all the good bits. Avoid like a piranha-infested swimming pool.
Alan Jones, Radio Times
"Welcome to rock bottom" says David Hasselhoff, reduced to badly emulating his role in Baywatch. He never spoke a truer word.
Ben Rawson-Jones, Digital Spy
Who'd have thought that a movie entitled Piranha 3DD could be so bereft of titillation?
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Even the gore is sporadic, poorly staged and unimaginative: as a result, this is neither fish nor foul.
Neil Smith, Total Film
A virtual object lesson in the law of diminishing returns, director John Gulager displaying little of his predecessor Alexandre Aja's flair for juggling gory mayhem with sophomoric silliness.
Russell Lewin, SFX Magazine
Attempts to go for the funny bone rather than trying to frighten - and that's perhaps just as well.
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
Oh, I know, we're not supposed to bother the beautiful minds of fanboys by pointing out the misogynist subtexts of their gorefests. It's just a movie, boys will be boys, etc and so on. Well, tough... someone has to tell them.
Martyn Conterio, Little White Lies
Not even the Hoff can save this one.
Shaun Munro, What Culture
Though not as inventively gory as the previous Piranha, the riotously funny cameos make it worth another go.

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Eric H

Gorehounds have the "Saw" films, found footage freaks have the "Paranormal Activity" series but what about us fans of monster movies? When a sequel to Alexandre Aja's fantastically fun "Piranha 3D" was announced it seemed we just might have our own… More
Gorehounds have the "Saw" films, found footage freaks have the "Paranormal Activity" series but what about us fans of monster movies? When a sequel to Alexandre Aja's fantastically fun "Piranha 3D" was announced it seemed we just might have our own franchise. After all if they stick to the winning formula set down by the Frenchman how could it not succeed? Sadly it's first (and I suspect last) sequel simply Doesn't Deliver. It usually takes the fifth movie (Halloween 5, A Nightmare On Elm Street 5) for a horror series to hit the sort of lows presented here. Aja declined helming the sequel but come on, how hard can it be to keep this going? Quite hard as evidenced by the creative team behind the "Feast" series who now take the reigns. This bears no resemblance to Aja's film whatsoever, in fact it's basically a Wayans brothers style spoof of it's predecessor. Horror fans will be disgusted. I suspect this movie is what film snobs imagine every horror film to be. Gulager can't direct to save his life, I suspect if he wasn't the son of cult actor John Gulager he wouldn't have a career at all. The script is horrible, full of crude toilet humour and sex jokes. While it's prequel raised smiles for anyone who grew up renting schlock videos in the eighties, this seems aimed squarely at the "Jackass" generation. The budget would appear significantly reduced, the final set piece is really just set around a swimming pool. Don't expect any of the "Final Destination" meets "Saving Private Ryan" Grand Guignol Aja so delightfully gave us, this just consists of actors running around in the background while nothing actually happens. While watching the first film my jaw was agape at just how well Aja understood his material. My jaw was agape throughout this film for all the wrong reasons. I've spoken before about how much I hate that recent trend, the celebrity cameo. Particularly annoying were Mike Tyson in "The Hangover" and Bill Murray in "Zombieland". The casting of Hasselhoff here is the lowest of the low. The scary thing is he's actually the best thing in the damn film. If you loved "Piranha 3D" as much as I did you'll of course be tempted to check this out. DDon't!
Shawn M

While the first movie was average, but still amazing in parts, I'm starting to tap into what they got going here. and a big AMEN on keeping Christopher Lyold in the cast ! he deserves a lot more work than what he gets.
Adam M

So bad its actually quite good horror/comedy. Full review soon.

Cast

            Danielle Panabaker as Maddy

            Matt Bush as Barry

            Katrina Bowden as Shelby

            Jean-Luc Bilodeau as Josh

            David Koechner as Chet

            Chris Zylka as Kyle

            Adrian Martinez as Big Dave

            Paul James Jordan as Travis

            Meagan Tandy as Ashley

            Christopher Lloyd as Mr. Goodman

            Paul Scheer as Andrew

            Gary Busey as Clayton

            Clu Gulager as Mo

            Sierra Fisk as Bethany

            Matthew Lintz as Freckled Boy

            Sylvia Jefferies as Young Mother

            Jenna Hurt as Rochelle

            Rozlyn Papa as Dawn

            Alisa Harris as Hysteric/Stocky Woman

            Stacy Rabon as Fearful Woman

            Nate Panning as Waterpark Patron

            Kathy Sue Holtorf as Bimbo Lifeguard

            Irina Voronina as Kiki

            Mike Regan as Puppeteer

            Gary J. Tunnicliffe as Puppeteer

            Ving Rhames as Deputy Fallon

            David Hasselhoff as David Hasselhoff

            Hector Jimenez
            
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