Piranha 2 : Les Tueurs volants

Titre original : Piranha Part Two: The Spawning

1982
12
1h 34min

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Horreur Science-fiction Thriller Horreur monstrueuse Horreur Splatter

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighte... Tout lireA scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.

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5hellholehorror

Kinda fun

The fish swimming underwater looked better than the original. Also gorier. Just as cheesy and with as much nudity as the first movie. It isn't as good as the first but still kinda fun. Yes, James Cameron made a film about killer flying fish. Could you imagine how good he'd make a b-movie if he made it now?

Insomniac_moviefan

Can't believe it happened...

...the flying piranha special effect (is it a special effect?!), it has to be one of the worst moments in cinema history!.

Pros: it has hot girls in bikinis. That's it. Cons: a dumb plot, horrible special effects -the flying piranhas say it all-, a bad score, a bad cinematography, bad acting. It's even worse that the original "Piranha": This one didn't even try to be a good horror movie. I wonder what's James Cameron opinion about this movie, I'm sure he's not proud of it. Avoid this one, watch JAWS instead.

horror7777

Muddled Mess...But Then There Was Gabby!

Hard to believe it's Cameron, that's right. The directorial wizard who brought us such great films as "Terminator 2" produced this crap first time around. Well, not crap really. This film is okay. The piranhas looked OH! SO FAKE! And the storyline was average, which is BELOW AVERAGE for Cameron. But what kept this sinking ship afloat was Gabby. Gabby was the king of guy that would make you laugh on a rainy day. He's brave (standing up to Henriksen, for example), he's funny(without trying to be), and he's really, really wicked("I'm gonna kill 'em all, Anne!"). Gabby was a great addition to this barely average film. And if I ever watch it again. It would be just to see Gabby work his magic, in his very first film! However, unless you are a die hard Cameron fan, avoid this muddled mess! **out of****

CinemaClown

Surprisingly Not The Absolute Eyesore I Went In Expecting

Incorrectly thought by many to be the picture that started James Cameron's directorial career, considering that much of the film was shot by the executive producer at helm with then-young artist fired within couple weeks into production, Piranha II: The Spawning is a B-movie schlock that's campy, ridiculous & terrible but it is surprisingly not the disaster that I went in expecting.

The sequel to Joe Dante's Piranha, the film is an obvious attempt to cash-in on the success of the original and doesn't even do the bare minimum to deliver the fun, campy fare it could have. Nevertheless, there are few technical elements that do manage to float in this sinking mess as evident in the gore effects on display, score that slowly finds its footing & occasional well-built suspense.

Cameron may have been on the crew for only couple weeks but the underwater sequences do carry his signature & fascination with shipwrecks. Characters are bland, dialogues are lame & flying piranhas are a hoot yet with lesser character interplay & more B-movie thrills, there was an opportunity here to make a silly yet enjoyable feature. All it needed to do was commit but it holds back instead.

Overall, Piranha II: The Spawning is not far from the eyesore that I was anticipating but the film has the so-bad-it's-good quality that makes the ride somewhat amusing. The practical effects also have an old-fashioned charm to them even if the shoddy script, dull characters & pathetic direction is present throughout its runtime. And of all the things it has in store, Lance Henriksen being part of the cast is a legit surprise.

4noizyme

Underwater turkeys and boobies!

Ha well, Piranha 2 was actually entertaining primarily for its unique setting and creative usage of piranhas. It was hokey to see piranhas flying around (which they don't actually do, but this was due because of someone screwing around with their genetics) and gobbling like turkies underwater. There were beautiful women in this film (most of which weren't wearing bras at all) which, I hate to say, saved many scenes by putting them in. There were humorous moments (the stuttering loser-chef) and crazy settings (the running of the "grunions" and everyone saying "We want fish! We want fish!")

It was cool to kick back and watch this one. As cheesy as it seems, well, it was cheesy. But it was entertaining to see what the piranha might do and, like I said before, it had unique style as to where they were at and the characters involved. Check it out if there is nothing left to see at your local videostore. It gets a 4/10 from me.

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Anecdotes
Although this is the first official directing credit for James Cameron, most of the work was actually performed by Ovidio G. Assonitis, the film's producer and prolific film-maker. Assonitis had made a deal with a small label at Warner Bros. for a budget of $500,000 to produce the movie, provided that an American was credited as director. After considering Miller Drake as director but finding him unsuitable, he gave the job to Cameron after being impressed by his special effects on La Galaxie de la terreur (1981); but what he really wanted was a first-timer who he could easily side-step in order to take over as director, something he had already done on Le démon aux tripes (1974) and Madhouse (1981). According to "Dreaming Aloud," a biography of James Cameron by Christopher Heard, and "The Futurist" by Rebecca Keegan, Cameron worked on the film's special effects, re-wrote the script, created storyboards, did location scouting and actually filmed for four days. However, Assonitis called most of the shots, continuously questioned Cameron's decisions, did not allow him to watch his own footage, and finally fired him on the fifth day of shooting, reportedly because Cameron's footage wouldn't cut together. Later, Cameron was able to convince Assonitis to show him a rough cut of the film, which was horrible, but not because there was anything wrong with his footage: Assonitis had simply manipulated the situation to re-write half the movie (adding nudity that wasn't in the script originally). Cameron then broke into the editing room every night for weeks, and cut his own version. Unfortunately, Assonitis found out and re-cut it again. The most widely distributed version of the film that is available on DVD is Assonitis' version, although Cameron was later allowed to create a director's cut that saw a limited release in some markets.

Gaffes
Obvious dummy when Ann goes into the wreck and the supposedly dead diver floats down on top of her.

Citations
Tyler Sherman: Hey, come here. Do you go to asshole school or something?

Versions alternatives
The original, 1988 laserdisc featured James Cameron's much better "director's cut", missing nearly 20 minutes of footage, and having many scene re-edited and reordered.