Overrated and overhyped

As Good As It Gets

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Yes it is another Sharknado movie and this one has it's tongue so far in its cheek that it might never see daylight again. Arguably the typical ingredients in a SyFy movie, being second-rate actors, third-rate production values and fourth-rate CGI, have found their perfect means of expression in the Sharknado series. If you are going to end up making a film that no-one is likely to take seriously anyway, why not go the whole hog and make it as absurd as possible? Throw in a slightly larger budget which allows for some interesting cameos and the occasional line of dialogue which is genuinely funny and you have Sharknado 5. I took absolutely nothing about this film remotely seriously -which I take to be the intended spirit- and I rather enjoyed it.

It's difficult to express in words just how terrible the self-parodying movie series SHARKNADO has become by this fifth instalment, which is every bit as terrible as the last two. I can only hope that this is the last one. In a bid to bring fresh ideas to the series, our heroes now globe-trot via teleportation in a bid to hunt for the shark god causing chaos on Earth. Various trademarks are destroyed via incredibly awful CGI effects, while there are endless cameos from celebrities all and sundry, none of whom can act and all of whom embarrass themselves. Being British, it was the sight of people as diverse as Samantha Fox and Kate Garraway making fools of themselves that really got to me. The only good thing about this? Dolph Lundgren, somehow still cool despite everything else being the pits.

Oh, good lord, where to begin? This was honestly, as the title says, painful to watch. The first problem is the plot's gotten even more ridiculous. There's a Shark God, and a... vortex sharknado? And everybody dies at the end so they can throw in time-travel?? No wonder they're called The Asylum; this is madness! The second problem is the references. Counting B-lister cameos, pop culture bits, and shameless plugs, it tallies up at least 100. I counted. Three or four is cute, but over one-hundred is just selling out. The third problem is they've gotten worse on purpose. Nothing's improved. If anything, it's de-proved! And the fact that they're still getting away with making these as unfunny and stupid as possible makes me angry. At first, this franchise was so bad it's good. I actually kind of enjoyed the first two movies... but now, it's so bad it's awful: a mutant level of bad. It isn't funny, it isn't clever, it's just honest-to-God painful.Don't waste your money on this abomination. I guarantee by the end you'll be writhing on the shattered remains of your TV.

When going into a Sharknado movie, I think the first thing you have to remind yourself is that, it's going to be pretty rubbish. The whole series is just absolutely ridiculous, but that's what makes Sharknado, Sharknado. It's just a bit of out of this world fun, with terrible puns (seriously, Fin and Gil?) and just some really bad acting. And bad acting, especially is something you have to remember that is going to be going on throughout any Sharknado movie.But the actors do really well, I wouldn't be surprised if they were told to act badly instead of taking the job seriously.Sharknado 5 is, in my opinion, the best Sharknado of the series. We actually get to learn more of the science in the series. It was quite a leap from the last one, and it was pretty good. This one did a good job and I think it might have done the series some good.