Mega Shark v's Giant Octopus
Lorrenzo Lamas, Debbie Gibson, cheap special effects and a script that could have been written by a 12 year old - tremendous telly.
Take one 80's pop princess, mix in with an 80's US TV show star (who can forget Renegade) and a budget that may well have been put together by the cast and crew going through their pockets, and you have Mega Shark v's Giant Octopus.
I am not sure quite how people manage to get the money to make these films but they do. The plot appears to be, the military test some kind of sonar beacon and break up an ice cap (or at least a giant piece of ice - that appears to be in the tropics but thats unclear). The nasty side effect of this is that they free 2 ancient creatures. A Mega Shark which can leap from the ocean to pull 747's out of the sky and a Giant Octopus that seems to not be able to do that. Of course no one believes the scientist (Debbie Gibson) that it was something 'organic' that ate a sperm whale and pulled a 747 from the sky until its too late.
Yes its a pile of old rubbish, yes it makes no sense and the folks that are in it have the decency to actually look a little embarrassed, but once you start watching it you have to keep on as its the only way to know which creature will win (personally I am voting for the shark, the world cup is over we have no need for another octopus)
I cannot wait for the sequel of sorts - Mega Python v's Gatoroid!
While I am not sure what a Gatoroid is - something to do with a Croc being flushed down the toilet no doubt.... I wonder if someone will give me money to make Sabertooth v's Mega Ferret?
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