What Critics Are Saying About Sharknado 2: The Second One
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You know it's not good. In reality, you know it's not even supposed to be good, but critics still weighed in on Sharknado 2: The Second One.
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Here's a look at what some of them had to say.
Not surprisingly, the sequel indulges in all kinds of callbacks -- treating the earlier version as if it were "Citizen Kane" -- while relocating from Los Angeles to New York, after one very unfortunate flight (with Robert Hays, no less, as the pilot) that bears survivors Fin (Ian Ziering) and April (Tara Reid), who is heading to Gotham to promote her book on their joint ordeal.
Brian Lowry, Variety
The movie is full of recognizable stars in small roles, and since spotting them is one of its main pleasures, they won't be identified here except to say that the pilot of that plane has been a pilot before, and the cabby who gets Fin to the ballpark has a fair amount of experience.
Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
Syfy had a couple of ways to go here.
The obvious way was to make the sequel worse -- which is to say "better" -- by adding even more low-camp, more ineffably awful dialogue, more utterly clueless performances and at least one killer shot to exceed "Sharknado's" most memorable scene, in which Fin chainsawed his way out of a great white.
The good news is that "The Second One" often is worse (in a good way) and does boast at least one viral YouTube clip, starring the head of the Statue of Liberty. (Poor Lady Liberty.)
Verne Gay, Newsday
The effects are terrible, of course.
That was part of the fun in the first film, but the effects here are worse - cheap and boringly bogus.
This thing was thrown together so carelessly, the crew couldn't even wait for overcast days in New York to shoot location shots.
David Wiegand, SF Gate
Despite the awesome premise and title, Syfy's original 'Sharknado' was a cinematic shark-nadir.
The sequel, again starring Ian Ziering and Tara Reid (with great cameos by Al Roker and Matt Lauer), is a bit better.
Don Kaplan, New York Daily News