Piranha II: The Spawning
(1982)
Overview
A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.
Director
James Cameron
Writers
Charles H. Eglee, Ovidio G. Assonitis, James Cameron
Top Billed
Tricia O'Neil
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Reviews
Gimly
⭐ 4/10January 25, 2018
You've finally got a fix for "Hey you can beat this villain by just staying out of the water" and then they **barely ever use it**. Sure, it makes no sense that the piranha can fly, but seeing as they can, you may as well have used that ability to the max. But 99% of the victims are still water-bound. Whatever, it's a modicum of fun in that dated practical effects way.
_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished p…
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r96sk
⭐ 4/10February 23, 2025
<em>'Piranha II: The Spawning'</em> is woeful. You'd expect more with James Cameron at the helm, but everyone has to start somewhere; he followed up with <em>'The Terminator'</em> and <em>'Aliens'</em> so he did alright! This, his feature directorial debut, is proper rubbish though.
It's seemingly less to do with Cameron anyway in fairness, it sounds like producer Ovidio G. Assonitis had his hands all over this; Miller Drake was the original d…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$145,786
Revenue
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