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Piranha 2: The Spawning (1982)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:1

Rotten:12

Average Rating:3.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: In this sequel to Joe Dante's PIRANHA, unsuspecting vacationers at tropical Club Elysium find that they are the main course for a school of deadly piranha fish, genetically engineered as weapons by... In this sequel to Joe Dante's PIRANHA, unsuspecting vacationers at tropical Club Elysium find that they are the main course for a school of deadly piranha fish, genetically engineered as weapons by the government. One of the scientists responsible for the carnage teams up with a diving instructor to destroy the killer fish, which can launch themselves out of the water to attack, having been crossed with flying fish. PIRANHA 2 was James Cameron's directorial debut. He was discovered by a group of producers who witnessed his genius for "directing" maggots on a prosthetic dismembered arm using electrical shocks while he was working in special effects and art direction for low-budget science fiction films. The producers were sufficiently impressed to offer him a job as director on PIRANHA 2, which was filmed on location in Jamaica. [More]

Starring: Tricia O'Neil, Lance Henriksen, Steve Marachuk, Carole Davis

Starring: Tricia O'Neil, Lance Henriksen, Steve Marachuk, Carole Davis

Director: James Cameron

Director: James Cameron
Screenwriter: H.A. Milton
Producer: Chako Van Leuwen, Jeff Schectman
Composer: Steve Powder

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splat
1.5/4

The special effects are awful (the piranhas are obviously hand puppets) and the script worse.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 11 2009 05:13 PM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

splat
1/5

Kim Newman

For curious completists only.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 11 2009 05:11 PM

Empire Magazine

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3/10

Tim Brayton

The piranha attack scenes are handled with minimal grace, giving us plenty of nice, long looks at just how fake the props are.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 01 2009 11:36 AM

Antagony & Ecstasy

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Variety Staff

Idiotic premise has US government genetic engineering experiments creating a deadly form of grunions (hinted at being used in the Vietnam war).

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 26 2009 03:17 AM

Variety

splat
2/5

Susan Granger

No review available.

comment Comment | Sep., 02 2007 08:48 AM

www.susangranger.com

splat
1/5

Pablo Villaca

Geralmente, grandes cineastas dão indícios de sua genialidade mesmo em seus filmes de estréia, por pior que estes sejam. Não é o caso de James Cameron, que aparentemente reservou seus talentos para o filme seguinte.

comment Comment | Jun., 18 2006 12:25 AM

Cinema em Cena

splat

A copy rather than a sequel, this has none of the intelligence, wit or tempo that graced the first swarm of hungry fish.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2006 03:17 AM

Time Out

tomato
3/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Aug., 11 2005 12:07 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

splat
2/5

As its director claims, this is the finest movie about flying piranha ever made, but otherwise only of interest to hardcore James Cameron completists.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 03 2003 05:22 PM

Channel 4 Film

splat
2/5

James O'Ehley

No review available.

comment Comment | Feb., 26 2003 02:34 AM

Sci-Fi Movie Page

splat
2/5

Michael Szymanski

No review available.

comment Comment | Jan., 25 2003 09:25 PM

Zap2it.com

splat
2/10

Alex Sandell

Oh ... my .... gawd, they fly now! This is so bad it's, well, bad.

comment Comment | Aug., 04 2002 06:08 PM

Juicy Cerebellum

splat
2/5

Scott Weinberg

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 26 2002 10:56 PM

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