Review of Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) by Kyle L — 17 Jul 2018

If you thought that the last Sharknado film has gone full bonkers, then the fifth entry of this long running ridiculously so bad its good franchise is the biggest bonkers of them all. It is Syfy's own Avengers: Infinity War where that film is the culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Global Swarming is for the Sharknado franchise.

This film immediately picks up where The 4th Awakens left off as Fin, his wife April and their youngest son Gil with the help of Nova Clarke are searching for clues that leads on how to stop the Sharknadoes but this time, they're back and are stronger, bigger and more dangerous than ever as the Sharknadoes are about to devour not just the United States but the whole population of earth as the family race against time to prevent the end of the world from getting devoured by sharks while every country across the globe is thrown into disarray and chaos.

To my surprise what I did not know about the later on Sharknado films beginning with Sharknado: The 4th Awakens, Global Swarming and the upcoming Sharknado 6. These last three entries are the Syfy channel's Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1, 2 and 3, Making it the most ambitious ones to date as Sharknado duo Anthony C.

Ferrante and Thunder Levin deliver a globally idiotic, most absurd and also the dumbest entry in this long running franchise that is about to come into full closure filled with good mishaps on the sides.

If Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No introduced new concepts to this franchise like parody jokes and references to White House Down and Die Hard, the fourth installment parodied Star Wars The Force Awakens, Twister and a few Horror films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise along with Stephen King's Christine, King Arthur and The Terminator films.

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming has the most parodies of all Sharknado films from Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Mission Impossible, 007's Skyfall, the aforementioned Avengers Infinity War, Godzilla, Bicentennial Man and Back To The Future that includes cameos too as we get to see six legendary famous people that ranges from Brett Michaels, Tom Daley, Tony Hawk, Gilbert Gottfried, Dolph Lundgren and Fabio all in limited roles.

This time, we see more brainstorming ideas as the film adds new elements that gives us more American Cheese like mutant sharks, chainsaws that shoots lasers with the touch of a button, riding on sharks as it slides down the stairs, using a Big Ben hand as a weapon, portalnado and more.

There are so many scenes that doubles the gags and humor throughout the biggest Sharknado movie yet (Snowboarding down the snowy hill as a Sharknado catches up, cutting sharks with roller blades while skating, a super hilarious car chase sequence while teleporting from one country to another, the Indiana Jones trap nods and the end of the world scene where humanity has been wiped out by the Sharknadoes from across the globe which leaves with only Fin Shepard as the lone survivor that is a nod to Avengers: Infinity War Part 1's ending).

The CGI effects are all over the place not only sharks but more green screen effects, dialogue is pure Swiss cheese, the wacky tone has spread everywhere from one scene to the next and the big surprise for me is that Sharknado 5 has more emotional depth to toy with our characters and minds.

The acting as always is decent, Ian Ziering and Tara Reid deliver great performances for the fifth time as Fin and April Shepard, Cassie Scerbo is more gorgeous than before while her performance is just as fun as the two leads and the rest are great in their own right.

Director Anthony C. Ferrante and his screenwriting partner Thunder Levin delivers a fifth charm in this long running ridiculously so bad its good Syfy franchise as they placed the stakes into bigger directions that goes along way up until it reaches the highest peak while being able to keep its toes straight and not make a mistake.

Overall Sharknado 5: Global Swarming is the biggest and wackiest film in the Sharknado franchise that increases the scale while avoiding the long trip down the hill. This film gets an 8.7/10. I would give this a better title and call it Sharknado: Infinity Swarming.