Sharktopus [DVD] [2010]

How good can a bad film be? Well in the case of Roger Cormans SHARKTOPUS,absolutely terrific! Woefull acting,a script so pre-worn it has designer rips in the knees,sinfully bad CGI and a hammy,dialled in performance from a Hollywood star all adds up to B-movie Heaven.The best thing about this(other than the stella performance by the two guys who paint ships the old fashioned way)is that it knows it's bad.It wants to be bad and as such is all the better for it.I've owned it for a week and have watched it 3 times,and three times I've laughed all the way through.

A secret military project goes out of control and before you can say "ooh, what a big fishy thing", a giant killer shark is on the rampage. But this is a shark with a difference. Even if you escape the water you're still not safe.There are more shark films out there than there are fish in the sea, so it's nice to see a shark movie which tries to be different. The Sharktopus with its octopus-like tentacles is an interesting design and a reasonably good CGI creation. As long as you don't take this film too seriously it's fun and highly entertaining. Eric Roberts also puts in a good performance as the required fanatical scientist.

*** Warning mild spoilers ***The title says it all, a creature half shark and half octopus, codename S-11, has been created by scientists to assist the authorities in policing at sea attacking drug traffickers, pirates etc.A bikini clad swimmer is being chased by a shark when S-11 appears and grabs the shark away from its intended meal with its tentacles and promptly despatches it. However they take the test run a little too far and the control unit is damaged, no longer responding to its creators the creature swims off, heading towards Mexico.They hire a specialist to hunt it down and he heads off, accompanied by a female scientist, soon shadowed by a pushy female reporter and her sidekick.The attacks are suitably ridiculous but that fits in nicely with the general tone of the movie as it does not take itself seriously, the shipboard DJ Captain Jack provides most of the light hearted moments with a few jibes at the ridiculous idea of a shark-octopus hybrid. Yet still it chomps its way unhindered through the local populace, swimmers, jet-skiers, yachts, no one is safe and even Producer Roger Corman himself manages a cameo appearance.The end scene is absolutely mind-boggling as S-11 attacks on land although it is daft in the extreme as it seems to take more bullets than Clint Eastwood's bus in The Gauntlet.Watch it in the correct frame of mind and it is good fun, it's not a great movie but I'll definitely be watching it again.For anyone interested in shark-octopus hybrids checked out Lamberto Bava's Devouring Waves (aka Monster Shark ... aka Devilfish) currently only available in second hand shops or in the Mystery Science Theatre collection  Mystery Science Theater 3000: Xix [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC ]

This film was on Syfy channel {favourite channel] and all ive got to say is that this is the worst film ive ever seen its so bad i laughed at it in disbelief of its rubishness. ive even asked for it for christmas so i can show my friends the worst film ever. cya later suckers.

This is meant to be taken tongue in cheek. It succeeds in that. It is a very silly film indeed. If you watch this expecting something like Jaws then you won't get it. But if you are a fan of escapist nonsense or B movies, then its well worth a viewing. The effects aren't too bad, neither is the acting.

better to laugh at than with. Loved it

It's about a remote control shark that has tentacles. The remote breaks. This leaves the Sharktopus to go to extraordinary lengths just to take one bite from every person it sees even after it had eaten more than enough a few minutes earlier...It's exactly what you would expect it to be.

Absolutely unbelievable, totally escapist, and silly.Usual story about military weapon gone wrong, this time with teeth and tentacles.A good laugh.