Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

R

2009

1h 30m

Sci-Fi

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Strange things are afoot in the depths of the sea. First a passenger plane vanishes over the Pacific Ocean. Then an oil platform is obliterated. Marine biologist Emma MacNeil (Deborah Gibson) is dispatched to investigate the phenomena, and, with the help of Japanese scientist Seiji Shimada (Vic Chao), she makes a discovery that will rock the world: An enormous prehistoric shark and a giant octopus have been awakened from their icy slumbers -- and they're hungry.

Critics Consensus

With shoddy FX, acting and directing. This isn't so bad it's good. It's just so bad it's terrible.

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

Daft, plain daft. With a few daft but spectacular stunts.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 7, 2009

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

This film is bad on every level. In fact, it's bad on levels hitherto unexplored by mainstream cinema.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 7, 2009

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Catherine Shoard

Guardian

What a drag. This grabby-titled disaster flick - splashing across the pond on a tidal wave of chuckly publicity - is a damp squib.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 7, 2009

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

It's beyond incompetent, and it probably also sounds like it's a hoot and a holler as a result. This is not the case.

Rated: 0.5/5

Aug 30, 2018

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Mike Edwards

What Culture

Mega Swindle vs Giant Rip-Off

Rated: 0.5/5

Mar 1, 2011

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Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

If ever there was a film that seemed designed with Mystery Science Theater 3000 in mind, this is it.

Apr 14, 2010

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Stephen C

Success in 1.5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Some Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/25

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Ray C

Worse than I was expecting and I wasn't expecting much

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/05/25

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Donna V

The worst acting ever! Overall a terrible movie, and I usually enjoy "bad movies" because they're unintentionally funny. There's a scene where Gibson is piloting a submersible and you see her hands on the joystick. They show a close up of her punching some buttons on the control panel and it's different hands! Her hands on the joystick had plain nails but punching the buttons she had purple nails! No awards for editing!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/07/24

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Chris M

The CGI is slightly better than anything from the Asylum. Plus, there really isn't anything in the movie that earns the R rating. Not even multiple F bombs. But it is dumb fun. Exciting with a great cast and not horrible CGI. It has a so bad it's good quality. A good choice for a bad movie night.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/15/23

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R P

I had high hopes for Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus. Come on, it has Lorenzo Lamas in it. You know it should be cheesy. Plus, there's like three sequels to it. But it was just okay and at some points kind of boring. (https://foreverfinalgirl.com/mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus/)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/03/22

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Audience Member

Reminiscent of the 1950s B movies. Funny as heck. Especially when the shark took out the airplane at 10 000 feet. The best thing was the golden gate getting chomped. If you like corny B movies, then you can't go wrong with it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Jack Perez

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Emma MacNeil

Lorenzo Lamas

Allan Baxter

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Synopsis

Strange things are afoot in the depths of the sea. First a passenger plane vanishes over the Pacific Ocean. Then an oil platform is obliterated. Marine biologist Emma MacNeil (Deborah Gibson) is dispatched to investigate the phenomena, and, with the help of Japanese scientist Seiji Shimada (Vic Chao), she makes a discovery that will rock the world: An enormous prehistoric shark and a giant octopus have been awakened from their icy slumbers -- and they're hungry.

Director: Jack Perez
Producer: David Michael Latt
Screenwriter: Jack Perez
Production Co: The Asylum
Rating: R (Some Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 7, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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