Review of Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus

The low-budget Mega Shark movie franchise started before the Sharknado series, the first film was abysmal, but the following year the creators brought us another helping of the nonsense. Basically deep in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an illegal diamond mining operation is interrupted when a giant 150 foot (46 m) prehistoric crocodile is awoken. Meanwhile in Atlantic Ocean, the giant Megalodon shark has survived the giant octopus fight, and attacks and sinks the US Navy warship USS Gibson. Lt. Terry McCormick (Jaleel White) is the only survivor of the attack, he was experimenting with a sonic shark-repellent device, while in the Congo, English hunter Nigel Putnam (Gary Stretch) has captured and tranquilised the giant crocodile. In Los Angeles, California, McCormick is interrogated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Special Agent Hutchinson (Sarah Lieving), McCormick feels guilty that he lured the shark, he offers to help to catch it. Meanwhile the crocodile is being carried on a cargo ship, it is revealed that it is carrying the crocodile's eggs as well, without warning the shark attacks the ship, waking the crocodile, Putnam and his partner Jean (Gerald Webb) jump overboard before the ship is destroyed. Onboard aircraft carrier USS Lexington, McCormick meets Admiral Calvin (Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Picardo), he tells of the objective the hunt down and destroy the Megalodon, while Hutchinson meets Putnam, she is shocked to find out about a giant crocodile on the loose as well. They then discover the location of some crocodile eggs, Calvin assigns McCormick to accompany Hutchinson and Putnam and capture an egg, which are about to hatch, but a shark fin is spotted close to the island, an airstrike takes place. As the team leave the island, the crocodile is angered by the shark swallowing its eggs, while missiles are fired at those eggs remaining in the cave, the crocodile attacks Miami, before an arc flash fire sends the creature back into the sea. Putnam suggest opening an egg to find out the crocodile's vulnerabilities, one egg is aboard the submarine USNS Invincible, while two are being taken by Black Hawk helicopters, but the shark is attracted to them, and attacks these crafts. With no trap big enough to capture both creatures, a retrieval plan to use more crocodile eggs is devised, these are dropped in Panama Canal, both creatures are lured by them, where they battle each other, while the Navy attack, the chaos causes a tidal wave to destroy Panama Canal as both creatures continue to fight. It is revealed the crocodile has adapted itself to lay more eggs, hundreds more are laid on the American coastline, hatchlings are attacking Santa Monica pier, while the two giant creatures are heading towards Hawaii. A nuclear submarine misses with a missile attack, and is swallowed by the shark, the creature is now a bigger threat, as it has a nuclear reactor inside, while the crocodile attacks the helicopter carrying McCormick, Putnam and Hutchinson, they survive the crash, but Hutchinson is unconscious. McCormick and Putnam will use the sonic emitter as part of a new plan, to lure both creatures to an undersea volcanic range, both adult creatures are lured and fight each other, while the crocodile hatchlings come to assist their mother. Hutchinson recovers and picks up McCormick and Putnam, as the volcano explodes and detonates the nuclear reactor inside the shark, the combined blast kills both the adult and juvenile creatures, the charred shark and crocodile are still latched onto each other as their bodies sink into the volcano. Also starring Dylan Vox as CWO Butowski and Hannah Cowley as Legatt. There may be one or two faces I recognised in the cast, more than previously, but it doesn't matter, and there were more special effects to bring the giant shark and crocosaurus to life, but as before, they are awful, as is the story and the concept, another waste of time science-fiction horror. Poor!