Ahhh spaghetti horror with Lee Majors.
A group of American terrorists blow up a Brazilian mining operation, in an attempt to heist a collection of jewels.
They hide their take in a local lake...not realizing the waters are infested with piranha.
Turns out, the man behind the whole operation, seeded the dam with piranha, to prevent anyone from betraying the group.
Now, they're all dying.
And only the most cunning will come away with the booty.
I mean, this is obviously a complete ripoff of Joe Dante's Piranha from the year before...but it's also a bit different, and a little epic- at least in it's vision.
Execution is another story.
The acting is mediocre, at best. And the special effects are bad. So bad at some points, you can almost see the persons hand holding the things in a tank of water. Laughably bad, at least, and reliant upon models that look like fish tank props. Though, they do give the film some of it's charm.
It's the story, which has a lot going on, that saves this from totally sucking.
But it's still pretty bad.
Worth a laugh if anything.
3.5 out of 10.
A group of American terrorists blow up a Brazilian mining operation, in an attempt to heist a collection of jewels.
They hide their take in a local lake...not realizing the waters are infested with piranha.
Turns out, the man behind the whole operation, seeded the dam with piranha, to prevent anyone from betraying the group.
Now, they're all dying.
And only the most cunning will come away with the booty.
I mean, this is obviously a complete ripoff of Joe Dante's Piranha from the year before...but it's also a bit different, and a little epic- at least in it's vision.
Execution is another story.
The acting is mediocre, at best. And the special effects are bad. So bad at some points, you can almost see the persons hand holding the things in a tank of water. Laughably bad, at least, and reliant upon models that look like fish tank props. Though, they do give the film some of it's charm.
It's the story, which has a lot going on, that saves this from totally sucking.
But it's still pretty bad.
Worth a laugh if anything.
3.5 out of 10.