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Seriously, what was everyone expecting from this film? I think pretty much all the same things! I'll give you a few: women in bikinis, seeing their breasts and asses, gore regarding the piranhas and suspense! And that is exactly what this film got but something a bit more than that. I just had zero interest at all to watch it on the brink of its release but after watching it, I am surprised that I decided not to watch it. I guess it possibly being utter crap and a waste of time put me off the film but when I just suddenly watched it, it surprisingly entertained me throughout the whole time.
This is the second remake of the original 1978 version (first one was a 1995 adaptation of the same name) and now I think that this new one turned out more of a success both critically and box office ratings more than the first remake. I guess, the fact the new one was released in 3D gave it a slight push ahead. I mean, if this remake works in 3D and does a good job, I could see them doing a future 3D remake of something like Anaconda or Lake Placid but not too many because they'll just suck and fail for trying too hard.
There were lots of intense suspense that was a bit like Jaws. Piranha 3D did take a lot from that film regarding that but it wasn't an awful attempt. What I mean by this is we see point-of-view shots of the piranhas when see people's feet, legs or even whole body in the water like the piranhas are going to attack (like we see through the eyes of the shark in Jaws like the classic opening scene and the attack on the beach the next day). The poster is just like the Jaws poster as well. Alexandre Aja (director of 2006 The Hills Have Eyes remake) did a surprisingly brilliant job and filmed it well both underwater and on land. After reading a couple of reviews, critics and fans have said that ''this is what Snakes On A Plane should have been.''
I wasn't familiar with most of the actors involved in this film except three (Richard Dreyfuss (previously starred in Jaws. So many connections Piranha 3D has with that film), Christopher Lloyd and Ving Rhames (starred in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction) but the acting was very good from those who were under attack by the piranhas and the wounded ones but I thought that some of the young people like the two girls on the boat were a bit shit and just lacked character development. I liked Jake's character because he's just another teenager who wants to go out and have fun like most teens do but his mum is the sheriff and has asked him to look after the children but he doesn't want to. Not going to spoil anymore so you'll have to see for yourself.
It is obviously a very cheesy, soppy plot but the suspense and the dark comedy involved did save the film. I suppose you could say that Piranha 3D has the comedy humour and sometimes the unnecessary violence like Shaun Of The Dead. That film did manage to pull something surprisingly smart off and I think that Piranha 3D somehow managed to as well. There are lots and lots of moments where you could just disgustingly laugh at the gore within the film like you could in Shaun Of The Dead. Despite the very basic and simple story, it features a surprisingly shocking twist that would interest the audience a lot more for the upcoming sequel in 2012.
This is perhaps the first gory horror film to be released in 3D and I regrettably never got chance to see it in 3D but the experience in normal 2D was pretty damn terrifying! I think if there perhaps wasn't that much gore at all it would have reached the ultimate fail level in 3D. Seriously now I can only imagine how terrifying it must have been in 3D with a large screen and piranhas and guts popping out the screen! I'm going to definitely be up for that in the sequel. Stepping aside the original 1978 Piranha film, I'd say that Piranha 3D is like Jaws mixed with Shaun Of The Dead. This is what entertainment is all about!
8/10
