GL84 After being released from the Arctic, a biologist joins with a military operation trying to track down and destroy an escaped Megalodon and a giant octopus who've rejoined an ancient feud that's destroying the world.While this one was a slight disappointment, there's still a lot of enjoyable elements to this one. What really works in this one is the film's briefer attacks here, as there's plenty of fun, exciting sequences that are fun, short and immensely cheesy and manage to include both creatures getting ample screen-time to accomplish this. The octopus here manages to get a great attack on an oil rig ripping it to pieces and getting a fine ambush on a fighter jet, while the shark gets the highlight as it takes out a jet up in the sky and a spectacular battle in San Francisco Bay where the military battle leads nicely into the destruction of the Golden Gate Bridge. The shark manages to hold on with several other great scenes here with the submarine chase out in the high seas which is incredibly thrilling due to the high-speed-chase nature of the scenes and the close encounters of the attacks against the subs, and a huge lead-in to the sea-caverns escape gives this a lot to like overall. Even the titular battles comes off great, as there's a few opening rounds before getting to an extended, drawn-out battle that's incredibly fun and exciting as the battle switches up the aggressor and who's in charge of the fight in a spectacularly cheesy scene that nice nicely follows the type of cheese featured in the rest of the film. As well as the cheesy fun, there's more fun in the opening release of the creatures in the midst of the traveling whale pod that makes this one come off really well and gives it a lot of enjoyable times here. These here are enough to make this one enjoyable even though there's a few problems in here. The biggest issues in this one is the absolutely ridiculous CGI here, which is a lot more prevalent here than in most others out there. There's the usual feature of keeping the creatures looking obvious and unrealistic by being completely low-tech versions that rarely interact with their surroundings all too well, but another issue strikes up here with the film prolonging the action by either repeating shots from elsewhere over and over again or keeping in a series of shots that don't really mesh together all too well. Scenes like the destroyer battle out in the open sea or their final battle together in are both highly appropriate forms of this one as they're both CGI heavy that are just woefully executed and aren't really good enough to be cheesy with the repetition of these flaws through along the scenes. The other big flaw here is the really troubling pace here that keeps the action stifled to a few isolated segments here as the film takes on several different plot lines that keep the shark action in favor of these lame story lines, from the contrived romance and the scenes of the group talking tough with the military that eats up so much time that it keeps the creature action out of this one. These here are the film's real flaws.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

rooprect I love the classics. The philosophical depth and artistry of films like Kurosawa's "Rashômon" and Orson Welles' "The Trial" or modern masterpieces like Kaufman's "Synecdoche NY" and Tarr's "Werckmeister Harmoniak" are magical, humbling reminders that art is not confined to the Louvre. That said, when I came across the title "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus", I realized that I must not only watch it, I must own it in all its HD Blu-ray glory. Call it a crazy hunch, but I bought this one without knowing a thing about it except for its mega bad title.Before I even get to my review, let's pause to consider the title. "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus." No, this isn't some poor translation from Japanese to English. Apparently an English speaking person sat down, pen in hand, and crafted this title, carefully considering the many clever possibilities that Shakespeare's native tongue has to offer, and then in a flash of poetic inspiration, vomited forth the epic utterance: "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus".The "Mega Shark" part is interesting enough, at least to my 5-year-old nephew who plays with his own boogers. But I guess our poet expended every brain cell coming up with the 1st half of the title because poor old "giant octopus" doesn't exactly have a cool name or presence. Oh well, I guess every Hall has his Oates.But back to the title... how awesome is Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. And it gets better. For Pete's sake, there's a spoiler in the title of the movie hahaha! It's supposed to be a big surprise when the characters realize that the two monsters have to fight each other. Really??? :facepalm:So why aren't you scrambling for your credit card to buy this already? The title isn't good enough for you? OK then let me give you a little extra push over the cliff. Everything you've heard about this movie is true. The plot is thinner and more transparent than the radial canals on an Aequorea forskalea (that means the ribs on a jellyfish, to those of you who aren't oceanographers... and clearly the writers & actors of this movie are not). The acting is often as wooden as a Roy Rogers wagon wheel, the sets are probably leftovers from Gomer Pyle, and I've seen better special effects on those Geico lizard commercials.BUT...! it's deliberate! This movie, my friends, is one of the most brilliant satires since Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove". Yes, we're supposed to notice that the US destroyer and the Japanese sub are the same movie set, except with different colored lights and a periscope stuck in the middle of the "Japanese sub". Yes, we're supposed to notice that the ponytail-sporting Navy commander (the great Lorenzo Lamas in a most hilarious role) has all the brains & cooth of an unwashed turnip, and yet he seems to have more authority than the president of the USA. Yes, we're supposed to notice the destroyer using deck guns to shoot at undersea targets lol. And yes, we're supposed to notice that these beasts can travel at 500 knots (roughly the speed of the Space Shuttle 1 min into launch) but they can't seem to catch up to a single-propeller minisub. We're supposed to notice all of these things because that's what satires do. They present us with absurd situations that we're supposed to laugh at quietly. Or not so quietly.So what is this film satirizing? Whom are they making fun of? Well for starters, the US government is mercilessly skewered. In particular, commanding officers of various military branches are lampooned within an inch of their lives. Always shown as brick-jawed, arrogant, "kill em first, sort out the body parts later" kinda people, these villains are more cartoonishly hilarious than anything out of the pages of Dick Tracy. Lorenzo Lamas truly delivers, playing a callous, lying, hateful, racist, megalomaniac whom you just gotta love because he's so offensive. We have also the "suits" (who are never quite explained) and the various business execs who appear just long enough to say classic lines such as "We have customs in America, too. So they urinated on a Japanese worker, you've never been to a frat party?"I don't even know what that means but it's bloody hilarious!Debbie Gibson (yes, the 80s pop star) plays an intelligent yet impetuous marine explorer who is fired for trying to save a bunch of whales from an illegal sonar device. Sean Lawlor plays the professor who was fired from the Navy for crashing a nuclear sub to avoid hitting a dolphin. And Vic Chao plays the guy who forsakes his ancestral trade of fishing because he says "too much death". You might notice that the recurring theme is one of conservation & activism. But you don't have to be a tree-hugger (whale-hugger?) to connect with these people who are simply fighting for what's right. The villains in this movie aren't the undersea beasties; the villains are the generals, executives and suits who always manage to muck up everything about our our planet.Hope I didn't scare anyone off with that last serious bit, but I think it deserves emphasis because it's the whole backbone of this seemingly vapid monster flick. If I did scare you off, hurry back or you'll miss two of the simply awesomest moments in monster movie history. Shark vs. Golden Gate Bridge and Shark vs. Boeing Airliner (hahaha yes, while it's flying).In a nutshell, this movie is a colossally bad monster flick. But it's a colossally awesome satire with some really fun action. Definitely heading for cult status.Mega shark vs. giant octopus. You know you want to watch it. Mega shark vs. giant octopus. You cannot resist. Mega shark vs. giant octopus. Oh come on, you can't possibly go to your grave knowing you never saw Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus!!!

diminuativetheatrics Two class monsters, one class show down. Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus is a triumph, exceeding all others in its genre.With beginning scenes of snow scapes, easily comparable to those in "Day AFter Tomorrow", the backdrop for the film is set to be of high quality throughout. The acting is spot on. In terms of characterisation, faced with the premise of the film as it is, the way in which these actors totally encompass all feeling in response to the dramatic events which unfold throughout, is incomparable to any film in the current movie industry. Frankly it is beyond my comprehension how Vic Chao has gone without recognition for his roles in Mega Shark', Mask of the Ninja, The Metro- sexual and so so many more; the man deserves an Oscar.I can only hope that with time, Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus will achieve the level of acclaim the it deserves; and that future generations will look back and marvel at this piece of 'pure class' cinema.

o-hicks Well, this movie cost me 1 pound and was completely worth it, the acting is terrible, the plot is laughable, but it is supposed to be, I loved this film because it is bad, it is hilarious from start to end and several moments have gone down with me as some of the best movie scenes ever. I mean come on, what is better than seeing a huge shark jump 36000 feet out of the water and in awful CGI eat a plane!? And after that it consumes the golden gate bridge! It is just so funny! I would recommend this to anyone wanting a funny, daft film that costs nothing and will have you in fits of laughter all the way. Not for the drama loving man wanting a serious movie, but come on, with a name like Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus, who is expecting The Kings Speech? They should introduce an Oscar category for ambition and award it to this!