Visionary director Jim Wynorski has taken what might have been a boring monster fest and created a truly extraordinary science fiction film. With a creature that is amazingly horrifying, this motion picture is made even more frightening by Wynorski's stunning skill in building suspense and creating an environment of breathtaking fear. Filmed beautifully in the spectacular scenery of Hawaii, the lovely locale is a perfect contrast to the living hell it becomes as the characters fight for their very lives. Michael Madsen is superb in his role and it is some of his finest work in years, perhaps since Reservoir Dogs. While the film can be intense at times, the blood and gore never become gratuitous but still have tremendous shock value. Unrelenting in its horror and overwhelmingly terrifying, this is a film that is refreshingly unique and satisfying.
Review of Piranhaconda
