Review of Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) by Stephan K — 18 Mar 2015

(14%).

A cut and paste sequel that has the strong feeling of being told a slightly funny joke not once but twice. Some of the "characters" that didn't get their head bitten off in the first movie return in this, but quite honestly this could have had an entirely new cast and I wouldn't have noticed, or indeed cared. There's a few more famous faces this time round with Vivica A Fox proving exactly how greasy the pole of fame is as less than 20 years ago she appeared in one of the biggest films of the 1990's (Independence day) and now she's running away from badly rendered CGI sea creatures. Oddly co-star Judd Hirsch also shows up in a small role adding to the Independence day connection. All in all there's nothing here we didn't already see in the original, only here there's super annoying US style running TV news footage to sit through needlessly padding out what should by all accounts be a 60-70 minute long film. This is very mildly entertaining in a brain dead sort of way, but quite frankly the joke has worn thin and it's time to move on. Wait, there's a 3rd one coming out? Damn you crappy sci-fi channel!