Piranha 3DD

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Piranha 3DD

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Released Jun 1, 2012

1h 23m

Horror

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Though it was once a wholesome, family-oriented attraction, a water park owned by Chet (David Koechner) now features a nudist pool and aquatic strippers. Chet's daughter, a marine biologist named Maddy (Danielle Panabaker), is unhappy about the changes but is powerless to stop the grand reopening. However, when a school of ravenous, prehistoric piranha migrate over from nearby Lake Victoria, Maddy must somehow prevent the park's patrons from becoming fish food.

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Critics Consensus

It strains to up the gore and self-awareness of it predecessor, and -- despite some game celebrity cameos -- the result is a dispiriting echo of 2010's horror-comedy.

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

Tacky and intermittently entertaining is all"Piranha 3DD"sets out to be, and that is all this playfully graphic horror-comedy sequel accomplishes.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 4, 2012

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Kyle Anderson

Entertainment Weekly

The first half of the film merely treads water in anticipation for the eventual bloodbath, and once the teeth start gnawing, it's just one laborious machination after another to get to the end of the movie, which stops without much of a resolution.

Rated: D+

Jun 2, 2012

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Justin Lowe

The Hollywood Reporter

With most of the running time devoted to setting up and over-explaining the premise, mayhem gets short shrift.

Jun 2, 2012

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

The previous film was surprisingly delightful, with those successes being totally absent from this follow-up.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 24, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The gore is a bit limited at first, while the computer-animated chompers still look terribly fake, but the over-the-top violence soon supplements the routine nakedness.

Rated: 4/10

Dec 2, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The film also features gratuitous cameos from the likes of Gary Busey being Gary Busey and, in a more extended cameo, David Hasselhoff being David Hasselhoff.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 20, 2020

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Luis Otavio F

They managed to make something that was already horrible, something dark worse.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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Isha B

Piranha 3DD 2012 Comedy Horror Comedy Thriller and Comedy Mystery

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Jules N

Cette suite tombe excessivement dans la comédie pas forcément drôle à tout les moments. Il reste quand même divertissant malgré le jeu des acteurs catastrophiques et une intrigue qui ne tient pas debout.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/26/24

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Steve D

The original wasn't good, this is worse.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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Jes B

This was just too funny. I laughed a ton. This is definitely not meant to be taken too seriously.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/05/23

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Courtney K

much worse than the first; but still a few fun scenes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/23/23

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Synopsis

Though it was once a wholesome, family-oriented attraction, a water park owned by Chet (David Koechner) now features a nudist pool and aquatic strippers. Chet's daughter, a marine biologist named Maddy (Danielle Panabaker), is unhappy about the changes but is powerless to stop the grand reopening. However, when a school of ravenous, prehistoric piranha migrate over from nearby Lake Victoria, Maddy must somehow prevent the park's patrons from becoming fish food.

Director: John Gulager
Producer: Mark Canton, Marc Toberoff, Joel Soisson
Screenwriter: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan, Joel Soisson
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Mark Canton, IPW
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Gore|Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Language|Sexual Content|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 7, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $370.9K
Runtime: 1h 23m

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