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Piranha 2 - The Spawning Details

1981

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Starring	Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen, Ricky Paull Goldin
Director	James Cameron
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Piranha 2 - The Spawning

In this sequel to Joe Dante's PIRANHA, unsuspecting vacationers at tropical Club Elysium find they are the main course for a school of deadly piranha fish genetically engineered as weapons by the government. One of the scientists responsible for the carnage teams up with a diving instructor to destroy the killer piranha, which have been crossed with flying fish and can launch themselves out of the water to attack. PIRANHA 2 was James' début. He was discovered by a group of producers who witnessed his genius for directing maggots on a prosthetic dismembered arm using electrical shocks while he was working in special effects and art direction for low-budget science-fiction films. The producers were sufficiently impressed to offer him a job as director on PIRANHA 2, which was filmed on location in Jamaica.

Starring	Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen, Ricky Paull Goldin, Carole Davis
Director	James Cameron
Studio	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 31 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1981 To Rent: DVD: 21 Jul 2003

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- Feeble low-budget sequel, the first feature of a director who went on to make more successful action movies, including Terminator and Terminator 2.
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  not as good as the first one
  
  The film is simply not the class act that the first one is. I'm guessing that they didn't have the lavish budget of the first one. James Cameron has ... read more »
  
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  Awful but weirdly compelling
  
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  To what extent this is actually James Cameron's work is a moot point - he left the production mid-shoot and the finished product was put together by ... read more »
  
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  ... it's a fish.
  
  "Piranha" was borderline stuff , but this film totally goes over the top as mutant piranha fish return to terrorise a... read more »
  
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  Very cheesy and tacky but quite shocking...
  
  Very cheesy and tacky but quite shocking for the day it was released as in the sex scenes and stuff. Now watching it I just find it funny. But its a good laugh ... read more »
  
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  In this sequel to Joe Dante's PIRANHA, unsuspecting vacationers at tropical Club Elysium find they are the main course for a school of deadly piranha fish genetically engineered as weapons by the government. One of the scientists responsible for the carnage teams up with a diving instructor to ...