Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

It's kinda difficult to write a review about the fifth movie in a franchise called Sharknado. The formula is almost exactly the same as the first movie, (and the second, and the third, and the fourth movie too). There is some progression to the "story" but it's just a same formula of more over the top than the last. What keeps me watching? I wanna see how it all ends. And the puns. And Dolph. And Nova, (she looks so fine with dark hair).

Fin does a good job acting. Nova is actually a pretty good actress as well. I wish she wouldve taken over as Fin's wife. Then theres Tara Reid. Aside from the fact she looks like she's pushing 60, she can't act. Her "screaming" is just a lower volume monotone "ahhh" and she does it over and over here. And it seems like every sharknado sequel that comes out she gets these absurd transformations and enhancements. It's almost like the writers don't want her in the films anymore, so they wrote up something ludacris in hopes she wouldn't come back. But then Tara was like, "yeah sure looks good for a paycheck."

Then there's all the celebrity cameos, some are ok but most are just eye rolling and tired. We got popular newscasters reporting on the sharknado yet again. Same old same old. Over and over.

I made it this far through, so I want to see how it all ends in the final movie, (hint- it looks like it goes into Back to the Future territory). But know what you're getting into. I'm too far in. Send help.

Sharknado 5 is by far the wackiest, craziest and most over the top movie in the franchise. But here is the problem, that isn't a good thing.

The action sequences are still dumb and look awful, the wall to wall "Jokes" simply aren't funny and the movie has absolutely no redeeming features.

Movie references, various celebrity cameos and Tara Reid grunting like a pig in heat in every other scene.

I do hope, I do pray (And I don't even believe in that nonsense) that this is the end but considering the cliffhanger ending I fear we'll see more shortly.

The Good:

Chris Kattan as the British Primeminister is still better than Theresa May

The Bad:

Sam Fox, really!?

Tara Reid

Still a Sharknado film!

Let me start off this review by stating that I legitimately enjoyed Sharknado 1-4. I found them to be quite entertaining with their fast-paced style, but Sharknado 5 makes the mistake of being too over-the-top without being as original as the previous films, making it a chore to sit through. Sharknado 5 starts off with an Indiana Jones parody and slowly unravels as the Sharknado is able to warp around, causing damage all over the globe as Fin and April chase after it. There are a few memorable moments but a lot of it is pretty forgettable, and the sheer ridiculousness of the whole film is it's downfall since the whole thing just feels like a bunch of dumb random moments sewn together. By the end of the film I was exhausted and just couldn't care as Fin and the Sharknado popped up in different places, unlike previous entries in the series where I was generally having fun watching the silly chaos unfold on screen until the credits rolled. I can't really recommend this film unless you are dead-set on going through the entire series, in which case you're probably going to see this anyway. But to anyone else I would recommend just watching one of the first 4 films instead.

The fifth instalment of the Sharknado franchise is another ridiculous and over the top experience. This film seemingly takes bits and pieces from other popular films such as the Indiana Jones films as well as making several references to other films (as expected).

As a whole, this film felt confusing in its plot. Was slightly hard to keep up and understand exactly what was occurring. A lot of Juno scarves abs back and furry to different locations (felt like an Avengers film).

The main plot revolves around Fin and April (Tara Reid has her most screentime here out of the series) trying to rescue their youngest son Gil (played by a different actor than in the 4th film) from a Sharknado or vortex of sort.

Similar to the 4th film, this film sees April being retransformed and put back together in more depth as a cyborg/terminator type. It was a different look and looked odd at first but we got used to it.

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming looked like it had the biggest budget of the series compared to the previous 4, as they travel to Europe and Australia. It is essentially the same plot involving massive shark waves with Fin and crew trying to stop the Sharknados just in other countries.

Nova also returns as she shows a lot of depth and is given the most to do here. We see her storyline revolving around her group of "Sharknado sisters". Cassandra Scerbo delivers her best performance in the series and is lost notably one of the highlights.

The cgi does look cheap and as bad as Sharknado 4. This film didn't feel as overall fun and something was missing. Having a hard time remembering memorable or key moments. Though the infamous line by Fin stood out "Same shark, different day".

This film seemed to have the most drama and depressing moments where the fun was somewhat gone. It was more serious in tone yet of course over the top in what occurred. The very ending was entirely confusing yet of course set up the next film (now known as the final film of the franchise).

If Sharknado 5 is the worst of the franchise to date, it is not entirely much worse than Sharknado 4, or on par in a sense.

(Fin addressing the Pope, played by Fabio): "Forgive me father, for I am Fin." The fact that this made me lol while sitting alone in my house could mean multiple things: the movie is working in its intended absurdity, the movie is so awful it's fun, or my mental stability is more in question than I realized. The most ridiculous and, therefore, best of the franchise…and yes, that is an opinion I can confidently have.