Piranha 3DD

Name: Piranha 3DD
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Comedy
Released: June 1, 2012
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 24
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, David Hasselhoff

2012

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Dimension Films | Release Date: June 1, 2012 | R

Starring: Danielle Panabaker, David Hasselhoff

Summary: After the terror unleashed on Lake Victoria in Piranha 3DD, the pre-historic school of blood thirsty piranhas are back. This time, no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of summer’s best attraction, The Big Wet Water Park. (Dimension Films)

Director: John Gulager

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 83 min

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Leslie Felperin

May 12, 2012

Ups the self-parody so much that it's practically a Wayans Brothers spoof, albeit with fewer jokes. Read full review

Stephen Cole

May 31, 2012

Piranha 3DD is overcrowded and pointlessly mean. The stunt casting of David Hasselhoff playing himself, riffing off his infamous 2007 drunken home video, gets in the way of the storyline. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Todd Gilchrist

May 31, 2012

It seems impossible that a sequel to a movie as ridiculous as "Piranha 3D" could disappoint but Piranha 3DD stops at mediocre before arriving at gloriously bad. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

Jun 1, 2012

Add to this that it takes place in the town of Merkin, and you'll get an idea of the labored spirit of dirty-old-man humor that prevails. Read full review

Movieline Stephanie Zacharek

Jun 1, 2012

"Piranha 3D" was ridiculous, gory and fun, everything Piranha 3DD is not. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

May 27, 2012

John Gulager is neither artist nor genius, bringing only straight-to-video conviction to Piranha 3DD. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Jun 1, 2012

Disappointingly, Piranha 3DD, the inevitable sequel to the remake, has none of Dante's wit, Aja's directorial skills, or Greg Nicotero's grotesqueries. Read full review

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epicmorganguy

Feb 27, 2013

epic

2 of 5 users found this helpful23

billylenz

Sep 25, 2012

Completely ridiculous, one highly enjoyable cheesy horror film, the ending was one of the funniest and unexpected things i've seen in a long, long time.

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TheQuietGamer

Jul 15, 2021

Somehow even hornier than its predecessor. DD takes an almost no holds barred approach when it comes to trying to one-up 3D in vulgarity and nudity. On top of there being fake breasts as far as the eye can see, these are also some of the most crass and crude gags I've ever witnessed. WhileSomehow even hornier than its predecessor. DD takes an almost no holds barred approach when it comes to trying to one-up 3D in vulgarity and nudity. On top of there being fake breasts as far as the eye can see, these are also some of the most crass and crude gags I've ever witnessed. While some things like a farting cow corpse complete with a working butthole were a bit too juvenile for even my tastes, for the most part I was perfectly content to go along for the ride.

That's because I don't demand too much from my B-movies, particularly not Piranha. Even back in 1978 all these films were really good for was a little bit of boobage, a lot of blood, and plenty of wacky hijinks along the way. So the lengths this is willing to go to in order to top the rest of the series in at least two of those categories was perfectly fine by me. That's what I came for after all.

The only area where it takes a bit of a step back is in the carnage department. There's still plenty of gore and mayhem, but director John Gulager's kills are nowhere near as creative as Alexandre Aja's. Plus, trading the open lake setting of the previous entry for that of a water park makes the feeding frenzy feel much smaller in comparison. The entrail strewing goods are still delivered in a competent enough manner to make for a solid creature feature regardless, it's just clear they didn't really go for broke here like they did everywhere else.

While I have yet to see Piranha II: The Spawning, I can't imagine it's any raunchier or more ridiculous than this. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the franchise's most immature elements have been placed front and center and get taken to wild new heights. There's stuff here so nasty and irreverent you'd think you were watching another Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg collaboration. It's definitely dumb and gratuitous, but as someone who is really only in attendance for the sleazier aspects anyways I had fun seeing things get taken to the next self-aware level. Honestly, in a way it's kind of glorious in its tastelessness and stupidity.

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Annoymous1

Jan 23, 2013

You won't last a second watching a terrible movie. The only thing is not 3D, just worse comedy and extermely boring attacks. Jaws is better and the original is much more thrilling than this waste of time.

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supermann234

Dec 23, 2014

A complete trash with lots of nudity which could have been good without the nude scenes. If you are easily offended, don't even think about watching the movie.

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Beastman21

Jun 5, 2012

The first film, "Piranha," was adored by many as a guilty pleasure or a shot in the arm of cheese. Now we are given, "Piranha 3DD," which has the same pre-historic flesh eating army of piranhas moving from a vacation lake locale to a chlorine filled water-park. Much is much the same, butThe first film, "Piranha," was adored by many as a guilty pleasure or a shot in the arm of cheese. Now we are given, "Piranha 3DD," which has the same pre-historic flesh eating army of piranhas moving from a vacation lake locale to a chlorine filled water-park. Much is much the same, but just more gory, more nudity, and more senselessness. This sequel has a new director in John Gulager ("Feast"), but it does not offer anything fresh. Just more gross out deaths that come across as more head-shaking than elaborate of shocking. The only returning cast members are Christopher Lloyd as Carl, whom is the nutty scientist character that learns more about the ancient piranhas, and Ving Rhames as Sheriff Fallon, whom we all thought died in the first, but only lost his legs to the piranhas and is now able to attach a shotgun as leg instead. New to the cast is the young Danielle Panabaker ("Sky High" and "Friday the 13th") as the lead and David Koechner ("Anchorman") as her dim-witted stepfather and owner of the water park where the majority of the killing takes place. If you are a fan of the original, you may enjoy this one, but it is just same gore fest over again shot entirely in 3D and of course with continuous nudity of young women. The only mere bright spot is a the cameo of David Hasselhoff as himself. He actually has a few really funny scenes poking fun at himself and his career, but it comes nowhere close to saving the film. Gary Busey also makes a early cameo in the film, but its a mellow return to film for him, it might have worked better for him if he actually poked fun of himself like Hasselhoff rather than playing a character. Bottom line: Only notable thing about the film is a cameo by Hasselhoff, the rest is a forgettable, gore dunce fest that overstays its welcome.… Expand

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TheGeographer52

Jan 24, 2013

Worst film ever to touch the face of the earth.

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

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