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 Once only Feb 28, 2010
This is one of those movies you can say you've seen once, and that's enough. Fuzzy images and short of FX....could have been much better this movie fails to impress. Title picture is misleading. Yes we know the critter is in the water, and we actually to get to see a cruise ship, but the actual attack with the ship being pulled under is presumably off screen as the movie flashes to the next scene.
 It's not Scottish and it's crap Feb 04, 2010
If you enjoyed "Pteradactyl" on SyFy, then this movie is for you.
The only real downside for aficionados of SyFy movies is the lack of silicone and peroxide.
It's tremendously bad and it tries too hard to be "schlocky".
As another reviewer said, some of the special effects are almost passable!
But it's so over the top it comes back around to entertaining despite everything the producers, directors and actors can do.
Minor spoiler that plenty of others have mentioned.
*A shark leaps and bites the Golden Gate Bridge.
Why? Good question.
Are there any other questions? No? Thanks. Good night.
 Viciously victorious in this particular order! Feb 03, 2010
The condition of this movie was all I could've hoped for. So happy to've paid money to this merchant for this wonderful movie. Thank you for taking quality so seriously!
For the CGI Seafood lover in you Jan 30, 2010
This wasn't great, but it wasnt poor either. I really did not like the CGI effects in this. I thought that that Octopus was really the best part of the movie but it wasnt on screen long enough.
Characters were bland which is par for the course of made for DVD or TV movies. No blood, gore , nudity, vomit , etc which to me is a rare treat. Its about the monsters but alas the fight between the 2 monsters doesn't occur until the very end. Mostly this had more of the Mega Shark in it.
Simply story, you've seen it before - a huge iceberg breaks releasing 2 prehistoric creatures that are 'unstoppable' ..they obviously hadnt watched superior movies on how to stop giant Sharks and Octopi
Worth renting because it was kind of entertaining if nothing else...
Deborah Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas are pretty much wasted here..
But I did like the Giant Octopus for the little time it was on screen :) 2 stars for that !
 Better not use Megalodon in the title Johnny! Jan 04, 2010
Contains spoilers...
I don't know why I keep doing these things to myself. This is the movie equivalent of self-harming. Maybe it's a cry for attention.
This "masterpiece" from the aptly named "Asylum" production company is about a prehistoric Megalodon (Mega shark, get it?) and a giant octopus (pretty straightforward that one) that were locked in battle 10 million years ago and frozen in ice. They manage to get free (somehow they are still alive!!!) by some US government interference (grrrrrrr! Those guys, don't get me started!) and they race off around the world causing various disasters (the monsters, not the US government). These disasters include some of the most ridiculous scenes I have ever witnessed in a film.
At one point the "mega shark" jumps into the air to attack a jet airliner!!! Considering that aircraft like that usually fly at over 30,000 ft, that has to rank simply stupid. No matter what film it's in. It also bites a chunk out of the Golden Gate Bridge!
Anyway some "scientists" get hijacked by a government official (grrrrrrr!), who turns out to be Falcon Crest's Lorenzo Lamas and they have to come up with plan to capture/kill the silly creatures. One of the scientists is Debbie Gibson, teen pop sensation from the 80's! She's accompanied by a stereotypical Japanese guy (sayonara!) and a Dubliner (Jaysis howaya!) So, er...the world is in pretty safe hands. Either way, through the use of incredibly ridiculous plot devices (even for a film with this title) they manage to get the two terrible CGI leviathan's to have a fight...hence the name.
The producers of this rubbish are so desperate to latch onto that dubious B-movie glory, that everything is played straight as if they were trying to make a serious movie in the first place and ended up with an Ed Wood feature instead. The problem is that Ed Wood really was trying to make serious pictures and failed, due to various reasons, but left us with with some B-movie gold (although I have to admit I've never been a fan). However, 'Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus' is flashing it's mediocrity all over the place and hoping that it'll fall into that category and because of that distain for the audience, it's ends up being un-enjoyable.
Unfortunately, explaining the premise of this film is SO much better than having to actually sit through it. The movie is just too stupid to be entertaining. It's knowingly trying to hit that "so bad it's good" vibe, but it fails miserably because it's doing it in a deliberate way. The film makers have completely missed the point that the "so bad it's good" vibe happens by accident, not by design.
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