Review of Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009) by Tom K — 16 Mar 2011
Seriously, what would you expect to go right in a movie titled Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus? As terrible as it sounds, and if that's a draw for you, then you won't be disappointed. Some laughable lines ("Don't love the ocean too much.
It will never love you back.") and eye-popping awful effects that look rendered from 1996 videogame software combine for a soggy good bad time. Deborah Gibson fits nicely as the spunky marine biologist, Sean Lawlor earns hammy points as her ex-hippie Irish professor, and Vic Chao is the nerdiest trying-to-play-it-straight scientist since the astronaut waxing poetic about "the good and the beautiful" in MST3K's The Phantom Planet.
But the real life of the party is Lorenzo Lamas as the knee-jerking army general...uh, navy seal...no, marine captain...well who the hell knows WHAT he does other than wear the cloak of the bad government guy in charge who likes to interrupt conversations with variations of the opening phrase, "When you're done with your love fest.
..".
This review of Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009) was written by Tom K on 16 Mar 2011.
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus has generally received negative reviews.
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