2. Piranha 3D (2010)
Why It Had No Right To Be Any Good: Unwarranted
Remake Of An OK
Jaws Rip-Off Here's a movie that I'm pretty sure everybody was dreading when they heard about it. The original
Piranha movie is all right, and it has its fans as a cult movie of sorts, but it's not a particular well-known cinematic venture, and there's good reason for that: it's about piranas. So when it was announced that somebody had decided to bring a remade version of that movie to the big screen in 2010 (and in 3D, no less), we all groaned. And yet, somehow,
Piranha 3D was good. Very good, in fact (if "very good" translates as "an excellent exploitation homage," of course - let's not get ahead of ourselves). How did it work, then? Well, it knew what it wanted to be, basically, and just ran with it, granting us quirky characters, hilarious set-pieces, blood and guts galore, and (best of all, perhaps) lots and lots of boobs. Call me shallow, but... well, okay, just call me shallow.