"Sea, Sex, and Blood." That tagline pretty much sums up the whole movie. There's more boobs and blood in this movie than anything else.
The setting is Lake Victoria, Arizona, and it's Spring Break. We first see an old man (Richard Dreyfuss) fishing on the lake, when an earthquake takes place, and an underwater cavern breaks open. Out of this cavern come thousands of piranha, who immediately devour him. After the opening credits, we meet Jake, a local, who has been offered a chance to be somewhat of a tour guide for Derrick (Jerry O'Connell) , who is filming a "Girls Gone Wild" style video. While he's away, Jake's mom Julie (Elisabeth Shue), the sheriff, discovers there is piranha in the water, and tries to get everyone out of the water. Of course, no one listens.
There are plenty of plot points to list here, but these are the main two that move this film along in a way that qualifies it as having an actual story. The rest is just rehashed scenarios from other movies, with cameos from Dina Meyer (Saw I - IV), Ricardo Chivera (Desperate Housewives), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) , Eli Roth (Hostel), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), and Adam Scott (Step Brothers). Whenever you feel like something's gonna happen, it does.I rarely get grossed out to the point of covering my eyes. Here, I found myself doing it a couple of times. I give the special effects crew kudos for delivering some truly disturbing images I won't soon forget.
Rated R, Runtime 88mns
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