Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981)

Note des utilisateurs:

3.3/10   

Réalisateur:

James Cameron

Scénariste:

H.A. Milton (screenplay)

Release Date:

juin 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi

Accroche:

The Terror Is Back....But This Time It Flies!

Plot:

A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.

Plot Keywords:

Piranha | Fish | Death | Party | Beach

Awards:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

"Guess who's coming to dinner?"

Ensemble

Tricia O'Neil	...	Anne Kimbrough
Steve Marachuk	...	Tyler Sherman
Lance Henriksen	...	Police Chief Steve Kimbrough (as Lance Henricksen)
Ricky Paull Goldin	...	Chris Kimbrough (as Ricky G. Paull)
Ted Richert	...	Raoul, Hotel Manager
Leslie Graves	...	Allison Dumont
Carole Davis	...	Jai
Connie Lynn Hadden	...	Loretta
Arnie Ross	...	Mal the Cook
Tracey Berg	...	Beverly (as Tracy Berg)
Albert Sanders	...	Leo Bell, D.D.S.
Anne Pollack	...	Mrs. Wilson
Hildy Magnasun	...	Myrna Benotti
Phil Colby	...	Ralph Benotti
Lee Krug	...	Ron 'Ronny', the Lifeguard

Autre(s) titre(s):

Piranha II: Flying Killers (Australia)
Piranha paura (Italy)
The Spawning (USA) (short title)
Piranha 2 - Les tueurs volants (France) [fr]

Durée:

84 min | USA:94 min (extended version)

Pays:

USA | Italy

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (re-rating) | USA:R | West Germany:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Jamaica

Company:

Brouwersgracht Investments

Anecdotes:

The piranhas in this sequel developed an additional skill which they did not have in Piranha (1978). They could fly.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the wreck of the Earl Fitzgerald, the plastic dummy of the scuba diver floats up and bangs on the lens of the camera.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Half Baked (1998)

"Guess who's coming to dinner?"

If you guessed Sidney Poitier you'd be wrong. So begins James Cameron's fascination with water. And what humble beginnings they are. Cameron would probably like to forget this one, because it is sadly less perfect than Dante's original. In Piranha II: The Spawning you're no longer safe outside the water. This time they can fly. Now, with a premise like that you expect certain things. Evil, flying, man-eating fish just begs for comedy. But I assure you, this film is never played for laughs; and that's its downfall. Dante's Piranha had elements of comedy in it and this one should have followed suit (especially with flying fish!!!). Make-up legend Giannetto De Rossi did the effects for the film, however, the picture quality on the VHS I was watching was so muddled I couldn't appreciate them. The fish themselves are still accompanied by that menacing sound effect, so they still have that going for them. Unless you're a hardcore Lance Henriksen/James Cameron fan, I'd say you can miss this one.