Piranha, Piranha (1972)

	David L.

1 out of  1  people found this review helpful

It reminded me of when I read The Fog--you keep reading thinking it will redeem itself by the end--neither did.

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	Suzanne L.

1 out of  1  people found this review helpful

This movie is the reason the Humane Society watches over movies that contain animals, and Thank God for that. The scenes where animals were getting shot were clearly real and there was absolutely no reason for them whatsoever!! How dare there be a PG rating on this movie. Not only was it boring,dumb,had nothing to do with piranha but it was cruel and disgusting.

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	Andy G.

1 out of  1  people found this review helpful

William Gibson directs this poorly acted, scripted, and pause-ridden suspense thriller that is easily lost in the shuffle of modern day cinema. The low budget is very obvious as Gibson riddles the film with overlapping scenes of birds, birds, and more birds to fill time. We are even shown unending scenes of diamond mining and bike racing, leaving nothing to develop characters or story. We are even shorted on the title of this film as there are only two mentions of the flesh eating fish. Back-stories are underdeveloped leaving us a lack of emotion for the main characters and building an emotionless climax that only gave us hope that the film was over. Nothing was worth saving in this film, unless you enjoy studying birds from different countries (outside of the one that the film takes place). Gibson missed the entire focus of this film and the final result reminds us of a preschooler’s first collage where there were tons of images, massive amounts of glue, and no real structure.

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