Mega Piranha 2010 Instant

A secret genetic experiment in Venezuela goes awry (when do they ever go right?). Giant piranha, engineered to feed a starving world (a noble goal, executed poorly), escape into the Orinoco River. They grow. And grow. And grow some more. Soon, we are not dealing with a school of aggressive fish, but with that can leap out of the water to snatch helicopters out of the sky.

Cheap rum, a rubber fish toy for dramatic reenactments, and the mute button for the love scene. mega piranha 2010

In the grand, splashing pantheon of killer fish movies, 2010’s Mega Piranha holds a peculiar, gore-soaked trophy. It is not a good movie. In fact, by conventional standards, it is a catastrophic failure of logic, CGI, and narrative coherence. But that, of course, is entirely the point. A secret genetic experiment in Venezuela goes awry