Movie Review: Sharknado Two

Probably one of the silliest film franchises to hit our computer screens this last couple of years (yes, computer) is the Sharknado movies (see why I said computer?). 

If you’re not familiar with the films I will give you a rundown of what they are about: Sharks + tornado = Sharknado. That’s pretty much it. 

The first film was about a bar owner called Finn (subtle) trying to save his family after a sharknado hits his hometown and the raining sharks start to eat everyone. 

The second one delivers the same thing except this time in New York…because…I don’t know, Finn and his family are just there.

What can I really say about this film? The CGI sharks look like they’ve been designed with Windows 95, the acting is terribly, cheesy and over the top and there is no rhyme or reason to any of it. 

And while most modern movies like to replace real life rules with Hollywood movie rules from time to time, Sharknado Two likes to piss all over them. If I had a penny for every time this film did that I would be a millionaire.

But this is the thing, despite all of the above Sharknado isn’t actually a bad film. Why not? Because it knows it’s premise is ridiculous and it never takes itself seriously. 

The team behind the Sharknado films are the same people who brought us Z-Nation. Now while Z-Nation has far better acting and effects, it is still a guilty pleasure like the Sharnado franchise. 

Sticking with Z-Nation, there is nothing you have never seen in another zombie series or movies before but the series takes this in its stride. As a result it often has silly plot points and jokes all the way through. 

Sharknado is intentionally over-the-top for the sake of being so and that makes it hilarious. The original film was so popular that the production team managed to get a good number of cameos from famous fans. While it is really funny though, the bad acting did start getting on my nerves half way through. 

Sharnado: The Second One gets 6/10.