Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Piranha 3DD
2011
**
Director: John Gulager
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Koechner, Chris Zylka, Katrina Bowden, Gary Busey, Christopher Lloyd, David Hasselhoff

A year after the events in Piranha 3D (2010), a college student returns home for the summer to discover that her step-father has turned part of her family's water park into an adult-themed Big Wet, with stripper life guards. At the same time, the deadly piranhas move closer through sewage pipes and underwater waterways. Based on the advertising campaign, this horror comedy promises nudity and gore, and in those terms it does not disappoint. Predictably, the script is stupid, formulaic and incoherent. Nevertheless, this incredibly silly and wonderfully short movie left a smile on my face, although the overlong end credit sequence almost wiped it away. David Hasselhoff turns up in the second half in an amusing cameo to make fun of himself and his public image.