Every James Cameron Film Ranked Worst To Best

10. Piranha 2: The Spawning (1982)

Well, you have to start somewhere.

James Cameron's directorial debut is a tough one to mark because throughout the movie's production, he was nudged out of the loop by higher powers in the studio. However, seeing as this is a film about flying killer fish, its most Cameron-esque moments are still the most inadequate of his career.

As a kink-oriented teenage gore fest, it's kind of fun. The very concept of airborne piranha ramps up the entertainment value, but the execution is dubious at best. The flying fish, with their visible wires and barely moving body parts are consistently terrible throughout the movie. The blatant dubbing and wooden performances add to the swill of badness. It just happens to sit in a genre where such dire traits tend to be celebrated rather than criticised.

While acknowledging that Piranha 2 is a rough piece of work, nobody will ever say it's disappointing. It is what it is. To say that James Cameron was destined for bigger things is planet Earth's biggest understatement. If nothing else it hinted at his love for working in water.