{"id":1024,"date":"2014-03-16T08:27:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T13:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2014-03-16T08:27:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T13:27:13","slug":"sharktopus-2010-tv-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"Sharktopus (2010) – TV Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Sharktopus”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A genetically engineered half shark – half octopus (Sharktopus aka S-11),\u00a0 intended as the U.S. Military’s next super weapon, escapes when its (literally strapped around its head) leash is damaged and heads to the shores of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.\u00a0 The father\/daughter team of biologists who run Blue Water and created S-11 hire ex-military, Andy Flynn to hunt down and capture it.<\/p>\n

Roger Coreman presents this mega cheesy, made for Sy-Fy <\/a>flick.\u00a0 Though it was intended as a comedy (and there are more than a few places that were obviously comedic, most notably the cameo of Roger Coreman himself) most of the comedy seems to come from the over-the-top, cartoonish CGI and effects (follow the link to hear the Wilhelm Scream)<\/a> and the Sharktopus itself.<\/p>\n

The actors appeared to be doing their damnedest to play their roles as dead-pan or serious as possible.\u00a0\u00a0 Only Eric Roberts, as Nathan Sands, leader of Blue Water, creator of Sharktopus; Hector Jimenez, as Bones the quippy camera operator; and Ralph Garman as Captain Jack, the snarky, jaded pirate radio DJ; seemed to have their tongue firmly in cheek during their performances.<\/p>\n

Of note is the surprisingly good soundtrack, featuring The Cheetah Whores, and beautiful filming locations.<\/p>\n

I gave this 2 1\/2 mixers because this flick delivers exactly what it advertises.\u00a0 I’ll likely revisit this movie at some point (when I have a pitcher full of mojito or margarita as company), but it wasn’t one of Coreman’s better flicks.
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