Piranha

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r96 s 'Piranha' is a waste of time, unless you haven't seen the 1978 original I guess. It's a shot-for-shot remake, more (a bad) reenactment really, aside from a few strange changes; no spoilers, but one involving an animal and one involving a weapon are particularly odd decisions. Aside from those mentioned bits, the rest is quite literally a repeat of the Joe Dante movie; down to the dialogue. Some of the characters are changed in terms of gender (mainly from male to female, pointlessly if unimportantly), though the main bunch stay the same. Alexandra Paul and William Katt are both forgettable. The main takeaway from the cast is Mila Kunis, who makes her acting debut. The effects for the piranha are good, but that isn't a positive because producer Roger Corman recycled them from the first film. Makes you wonder what the point of this all was. It is a very bad (made-for-television) movie, more originality or at the very least a more creative rehash would've went a long way. It is still better than 'Piranha II: The Spawning' though. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/25 Full Review Steve D Pointless remake that fails to live up to the forgettable original. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/16/23 Full Review Audience Member KILLER MUTANT PIRAN N N N N N N HAAAAAAAAAAAA Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Good watch, might watch again, and can recommend for horror / thriller fans. This is almost beat for beat the 1978 movie with some unecessary nudity and explosions thrown in, and just a little gore as the original was surprisingly absent of it. I do feel like they casted better this time around, and the effects are decent enough that they showed off the fish some this time and it wasn't terrible. The movie still looks like it's from the late 70's early 80's, but with more of a 90's feel. I get the impression that they were trying to preserve a classic look. The movie does some weird re-writes on scenes from the original, but it's not as bad as keeping the "secret military project" angle. The problem with keeping it is that it's supposed to be from the Vietnam war era, but there is almost 20 years difference between the original and this re-make. This also has a very young Mila Kunis in it, which makes it the superior version because, even if she wasn't a better actress then (possible), she's a better actress now than any in this movie. I feel like a lot of potential was squandered on doing a remake instead of a reboot on this one, but it was still a good watch. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member It's tough to commend any actual parts of the '95 remake of Piranha, but it's actually quite fun to group watch purely *because* it's so dated. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Gives me nightmares. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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