OK, so last night I wanted to treat myself with a low-budget movie. Luckily, Mega Shark vs "Crocosaurus" was on TV the same night. Just by looking at the name of the movie itself, I know I was in for a real cheese fest.
The characters really don't go together. You have a skipper whose boat was thrashed by the two beasts, a special agent who has the amazing ability to keep a straight robot-like face without ever giving a smile, then you have one of the crewmen from a aircraft carrier who is also out to destroy the two beasts who have been threatening national security. This crewman (Jaleel White) is the only actor I could recognize throughout the whole film. Man, I thought Jaleel was some kind of big actor or something (I first heard of him when he played in Big Fat Liar). Apparently not. The acting isn't very good and it still amazes me how the actors can keep a straight face with all the cheesiness going on. Here and there you get some okay acting.
Near the end, there are so many things going on at the same time. You can't keep track of how many submarines are introduced to you and whether Mega Shark has been killed or just injured Crocosaurus. At one point, I thought Crocosaurus was killed, but then the two creatures were duking it out again.
There are so many things wrong in this film. A lot of plot holes, unexplained situations and not to mention, the overall quality of the special effects. I'm not going to hate on the special effects so much as the other people who have also reviewed this film. If I'm not mistaken, this is a direct-to-video film and was probably made by a very small company. You're not suppose to expect decent special effects. I have a few concerns with the special effects though. Any vehicle bigger than a car (a helicopter, plane, ship) is made from CGI, really bad CGI. So don't expect any car chases or fancy flying. Is it really that expensive to rent a helicopter? Mega Shark and Crocosaurus don't look believable at all. There are also a whole lot of reused scenes. The sets are also not very well constructed. Adding a lot of blue LED lights won't make things look more real.
Don't get me wrong, this film has the ability to entertain you. You'll witness how a man, after being washed out onto a beach, waves his gun at innocent children and cursing them for no valid reason, you'll see how a enormous shark swallows a nuclear-powered submarine (apparently turning the shark into a "nuclear bomb") in one go and how Mega Shark is propelled into the air by a submarine's missile. Pretty hilarious.
If you are willing to turn your mind off for 80 minutes, then I highly recommend this film.
The characters really don't go together. You have a skipper whose boat was thrashed by the two beasts, a special agent who has the amazing ability to keep a straight robot-like face without ever giving a smile, then you have one of the crewmen from a aircraft carrier who is also out to destroy the two beasts who have been threatening national security. This crewman (Jaleel White) is the only actor I could recognize throughout the whole film. Man, I thought Jaleel was some kind of big actor or something (I first heard of him when he played in Big Fat Liar). Apparently not. The acting isn't very good and it still amazes me how the actors can keep a straight face with all the cheesiness going on. Here and there you get some okay acting.
Near the end, there are so many things going on at the same time. You can't keep track of how many submarines are introduced to you and whether Mega Shark has been killed or just injured Crocosaurus. At one point, I thought Crocosaurus was killed, but then the two creatures were duking it out again.
There are so many things wrong in this film. A lot of plot holes, unexplained situations and not to mention, the overall quality of the special effects. I'm not going to hate on the special effects so much as the other people who have also reviewed this film. If I'm not mistaken, this is a direct-to-video film and was probably made by a very small company. You're not suppose to expect decent special effects. I have a few concerns with the special effects though. Any vehicle bigger than a car (a helicopter, plane, ship) is made from CGI, really bad CGI. So don't expect any car chases or fancy flying. Is it really that expensive to rent a helicopter? Mega Shark and Crocosaurus don't look believable at all. There are also a whole lot of reused scenes. The sets are also not very well constructed. Adding a lot of blue LED lights won't make things look more real.
Don't get me wrong, this film has the ability to entertain you. You'll witness how a man, after being washed out onto a beach, waves his gun at innocent children and cursing them for no valid reason, you'll see how a enormous shark swallows a nuclear-powered submarine (apparently turning the shark into a "nuclear bomb") in one go and how Mega Shark is propelled into the air by a submarine's missile. Pretty hilarious.
If you are willing to turn your mind off for 80 minutes, then I highly recommend this film.