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4. Sharknado 2: The Second One

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Sure, the first Sharknado was absolutely daft, consisting of an utterly bonkers premise that was designed with the 'so bad it's good' mantra in mind. But by Sharknado 2: The Second One, the bloom was off the rose within the first few minutes of the picture.

For the first movie, the sheer gimmickry of the concept was at least an intriguing one in the sense that audiences were happy to be in on the joke and see what the insane notion of sharks in tornadoes would deliver. It was cute, it was ridiculous, it was on the nose... and that was it, a fun, silly one 'n' done affair.

Alas, the Sharknado franchise was far from over, and the series currently sits at a head-scratching six entries. But while the initial 2013 feature was fine for what it was, the first minutes of The Second One immediately made you realise the insanity had been turned up to 11 - and not in an appealing way.

Here, the opening of Sharknado 2 had Ian Ziering's Fin landing a passenger airplane in the middle of an electrical 'sharknado' storm, while Tara Reid's April hangs out of the emergency exit (in mid-air) with one hand, as her other hand shoots sharks out of the sky with a handgun.

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