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Una istruttrice subacqueo, il suo fidanzato e il suo ex capo della polizia vogliono risolvere una serie di strane morti causate da un ceppo mutante di pesci piranha la cui tana è una nave me... Leggi tuttoUna istruttrice subacqueo, il suo fidanzato e il suo ex capo della polizia vogliono risolvere una serie di strane morti causate da un ceppo mutante di pesci piranha la cui tana è una nave mercantile affondata su un'isola caraibica.Una istruttrice subacqueo, il suo fidanzato e il suo ex capo della polizia vogliono risolvere una serie di strane morti causate da un ceppo mutante di pesci piranha la cui tana è una nave mercantile affondata su un'isola caraibica.
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Lance Henriksen
- Police Chief Steve Kimbrough
- (as Lance Henricksen)
Ricky Paull Goldin
- Chris Kimbrough
- (as Ricky G. Paull)
Tracey Berg
- Beverly
- (as Tracy Berg)
Ancile Gloudon
- Gabby
- (as Ancil Gloudon)
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- QuizAlthough 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 Il pianeta del terrore (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 Chi sei? (1974) and There Was a Little Girl (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.
- BlooperObvious dummy when Ann goes into the wreck and the supposedly dead diver floats down on top of her.
- Citazioni
Tyler Sherman: Hey, come here. Do you go to asshole school or something?
- Versioni alternativeThe 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.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Beast Week: Piranha II: The Spawning (1989)
Recensione in evidenza
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.
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.
- CinemaClown
- 7 set 2023
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