"How can you tell?"
"Not as many sharks flying around."
A hurricane moves up the Mexican coast and towards California, bringing huge waves. Surfers Fin Shephard (Ziering) and Baz (Simmons) hit the Santa Monica beach to enjoy the waves, and learn that the storm has also brought a large number of man-eating sharks close to shore. They help people get to safety and head back to Fin's bar on the pier to evacuate everyone. They get off the pier just before a huge wave takes it out, and head inland with waitress Nova (Scerbo) and regular patron George (Heard).
The hurricane also brings torrential rain, that causes coastal flooding and the influx of more sharks further inland. Fin and his group head to the home of his ex-wife April (Reid) to get her and his daughter Claudia (Peeples) to safety. Water spouts begin popping up around the city, containing sharks, and turn into shark infested tornados. Can they survive the storm and find Fin's son Matt (Hittinger)?
This is a SyFy channel original movie... SyFy is known for it's ridiculous horror movies, that are escapist fun with outrageous concepts. It's the type of campy film that you can't take seriously, or expect too much out of: you need to expect the ridiculous. When I first heard about this film, I rolled my eyes and moved on... but people tuned in and talked about it, and somehow it became a hit. It even had a limited release at Regal Cinemas, that was a sold out showing. It has become a cult hit.
Since then I have been meaning to watch it, but kept putting it off. It was pretty much what I expected: the writing is bad, the acting is fascinating, and the effects are poor... and yet you can't help but keep watching to see what outrageous thing they will do next. It's the kind of movie you want to watch with friends, for the joy of mocking it or laughing at the crazy things happening on the screen. The cast seem to be having fun, and everyone involved seems to be in on the joke, which certainly helps.
Due to the popularity of this film, SyFy ordered a sequel Sharknado 2: The Second One, which premiered in February 2014. A third film (Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!) is scheduled for a 2015 release.
Sharknado (2013) 87 minutes
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Starring: Ian Ziering as Fin Shephard
Tara Reid as April Wexler
John Heard as George
Cassie Scerbo as Nova
Jaason Simmons as Baz
Aubrey Peeples as Claudia Shephard
Chuck Hittinger as Matt Shephard
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