Sharknado 2: The Second One

"Even the Sharknadoes are tougher in New York."

Fin Shephard (Ziering) and his ex-wife April Wexler (Reid) are on their way to New York City to promote April's new book "How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters."  The book is based on their experience with the sharknado that hit Los Angeles.  Their plane is caught in a storm that reveals sharks.  After the pilots are killed, Fin manages to land the plane, but April loses a hand to a shark.

April is rushed to the hospital for surgery, while Fin tries to warn the city of the approaching shark invested storm.  He manages to contact his sister Ellen (Wuhrer) and warns her to seek shelter inland.  She is visiting the Statue of Liberty with her daughter Mora (Baxter) and some old friends.  Ellen agrees, but asks Fin to find the rest of their group at the Mets game.  At the game, he reunites with his former best friend Martin (McGrath), who is now his brother-in-law, his nephew Vaughn (Plaminteri), and his high school sweetheart Skye (Fox).  As the storm hits, their groups race to Fin's hotel to seek shelter and to find a way to stop the storms.  Can Fin get lucky again and save the city?


After the success of Sharknado in 2013, SyFy ordered a sequel.  This film was again directed by Anthony C. Ferrante (who again had a brief cameo), written by Thunder Levin, and produced by The Asylum.  The film premiered on SyFy on July 30, 2014 and boasted one of the best premiere numbers for a SyFy film.

The story is very similar to the original, while moving the story to NYC and focusing more on Fin and April, and their extended family.  This film also features numerous celebrity cameos.  Most of the cameos are winks to other roles that the actor has had.  Several people appear as themselves.  Once again there are several nods to Steven Spielberg's Jaws.

Again the writing is bad, the acting is terrifying, and the effects are sad.  But once again, everyone seems to be in on the joke... The film doesn't take itself too seriously (the picture above should illustrate that point), and you need to adopt that attitude while watching.  With that mindset, it is a mindless and hilarious way to spend an evening.

Based on the success of this, Syfy ordered another sequel Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, set to premiere in July 2015.

Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) 90 minutes
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Starring: Ian Ziering as Fin Shephard
Tara Reid as April Wexler
Vivica A. Fox as Skye
Mark McGrath as Martin Brody
Kari Wuhrer as Ellen Brody
Courtney Baxter as Mora Brody
Dante Palminteri as Vaughn Brody
Judd Hirsch as Ben