Sharknado
2: The Second One (2014/Cinedigm Blu-ray)
Picture:
B+ Sound: B+ Extras: B Telefilm: B
You'll
believe a Shark can fly when you see this hilarious and campy
follow-up to the original Sharknado film. For a film that
doesn't take its plot too seriously, Sharknado 2 doesn't let
its small budget get in the way of its big budget ambitions and
provides an entertaining and incredibly over the top experience that
has some fun cameos including Andy Dick, Matt Lauer, Vivica A. Fox,
Kelly Osbourne, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kurt Angle, Perez Hilton, Wil
Wheaton, and Al Roker to name a few and some great shooting locations
in New York City. This Blu-ray edition looks great and features an
extended Director's Cut with never before seen extras and a nice
sound mix and crisp transfer.
Spoilers
Ahead:
Starting
out with a bang, the film plays on the concept of the classic
airplane episode of The
Twilight Zone
called Nightmare
At 20,000 Feet
(reviewed on Blu-ray elsewhere on this site) where our hero Finley
(Fin) Shepard (played by Ian Ziering, who is the returning hero of
the first film) sees a shark on the wing of the airplane out of his
window. As the plane comes in for a landing through a storm, it is
battered by airborne sharks, losing an engine. Sharks enter the
plane, killing passengers and crew, including both pilots. While Fin
successfully lands the plane, April's hand is bitten off by a shark
while she attempts to shoot it with an air marshal's handgun.
Fin's
sister, Ellen Brody, is sightseeing in New York with her family. Her
husband, Martin, a childhood friend of Fin's, takes their son,
Vaughn, to a Mets game at Citi Field along with Martin's and Fin's
friends Skye (who is also Fin's ex-girlfriend) and Brian. Ellen
takes their daughter, Mora, to the Statue of Liberty where she meets
with her friends, Polly and Chrissie, who tell her about Fin's
flight.
At
the airport, Fin warns the crowd of the impending storm, but no one
takes it seriously. After accompanying April to the hospital where
she undergoes surgery, Fin receives a call from Ellen and tells her
to get back from Liberty Island as soon as possible. He agrees to
retrieve Martin and Vaughn from the ball game, hiring a cabbie, Ben,
to take him there. At Citi Field, Fin first encounters Skye. She
kisses him, but he explains that he and April are back together. Fin
gets them all to leave with him just as the storm arrives at the
park. The sharks kill people as Fin and his group use various
improvised weapons and make their way to the subway.
Ellen's
group takes the ferry to Manhattan, but a shark jumps onto the deck
and kills Chrissie en route. The three remaining women escape into
the city but must flee from the Statue of Liberty's severed, rolling
head.
The
subway floods, imperiling Fin's group as their train is chased by
sharks. Brian is killed, but the others manage to escape onto a
platform. Fin calls Ben to pick them up, and they go in search of
weapons and explosives. They arm themselves, but the taxi is then
caught in a flood. Fin rigs a rope swing that takes Skye, Vaughn,
and Martin to safety, but Ben is killed in his attempt. Fin then
jumps across the sharks, using them as stepping stones to reach the
others.
Two
sharknadoes are converging into a more powerful storm directly above
the hotel where Fin and April were planning to stay. Arriving at the
hotel, Fin and Skye go to the roof to destroy the sharknadoes with
their makeshift bombs. As the third Sharknado emerges, April must
done a chainsaw on her stump to help save the day as Fin once again
must save the civilians in a life or death struggle from the rogue
Great Whites.
As
I mentioned earlier, the sound and picture on the disc are of higher
quality than expected sporting a 1080p 1.78 X 1 high definition image
that's crisp down the bitty details and a loud, lossless DTS-HD
Master Audio 5.1 track that doesn't disappoint.
Extras
include:
Audio
Commentary: Director Anthony C. Ferrante and Actors Tara Reid and Ian
Ziering.
Audio
Commentary: Director Anthony C. Ferrante, Writer Thunder Levin,
Editor Ana Florit, and Visual Effects Supervisor Emile Smith
The
Making of Sharknado 2
Chomp:
The Evolution of Sharknado 2 Visual Effects
Shark
Chum: From the Cutting Room Floor: Included is a scene from the
Canadian version, an extended lobby scene, alternate lines, line
flubs and gags,
an extended weather report, an extended Kelly and Michael scene, and
a fun little
airplane outtake at the end.
Cameos:
I Can't Believe They Got...: A look at all the familiar faces in the
film and working all of them into the movie.
Gag
Reel
Trailers:
Additional Asylum titles.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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