Review of Sharktopus (2010) by Michael V — 11 Jun 2011

You will already know if you want to watch this movie or not just by the title alone. I decided that a movie called Sharktopus was something I'd like to see. Why? Because it has a Sharktopus. A lot of these other over grown science hybred monster movies that are all about the cheese still try to make it a serious movie.

Sharktopus has the usual problems most of these have. This includes mediocre special effects (the beast changes sizes throughout, fake digital gore, etc), dodgy camera work, and pretty bad acting. However, there's one huge difference.

This never takes itself serious no matter how bad it can get. Within the first nine minutes, we're already treated to tongue-in-cheek bad acting and nearly fourth wall breaking lines. As the movie continues, we are treated to some hilarious comedic gold in how intentionally bad the film is.

That's what makes Sharktopus so damn entertaining. Glad to see Roger Corman is still true to form. His little cameo was great. And I love how Eric Roberts can star in one of the greatest movies ever made to quickly go back doing something like this.

Here's to hoping for a sequel.