New ‘Sharknado’ film bites, in a good way
If summer TV has left you desperate for real substance, nuanced performances and sophisticated special effects, well, Sharknado 3:
Shark-laden tornadoes are threatening to decimate the human population, but not if super-duper, chain-saw-wielding shark hunter Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) has anything to say about it.
The film wastes no time before wasting actors as Shepard shows up at the White House to receive a presidential medal from the commander in chief himself, played by Mark Cuban.
[...] Fin’s pregnant, one-handed wife, April (Tara Reid), is in Florida with her mother (Bo Derek) and her teenage daughter, Claudia (Ryan Newman), at Universal Orlando theme park.
Why aren’t they at Disney World?
Because NBC Universal owns the SyFy channel, silly, and the whole movie is like one shark-infested infomercial for Universal Orlando.
Frankie Muniz shows up to play rogue shark hunter Lucas, who becomes a hero as he struggles against considerable odds to push the launch button allowing Fin and shark hunter Nova Clarke (Cassie Scerbo) to take off in a jet fighter to save the world.
[...] when I went to Little TV Critics’ School, I remember some wizened wise guy, with a wreath of cigarette smoke circling his head, telling us that the basis of all criticism is determining what the artist was aiming for and then deciding if he or she got there.
The makers of “Sharknado 3,” including director Anthony C. Ferrante, were aiming to make a terrible movie and have succeeded brilliantly.