Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

Après les deux premiers épisodes (encore relativement sérieux) de cette saga surprenamment populaire de qualité médiocre, les créateurs ont finalement décidé de suivre la voie de l'absurdité délirante et insensée, qui ne peut être prise au sérieux, ce qui convient évidemment à la série. Les requins dans l'espace du troisième épisode ont déjà été dépassés ; maintenant, il y a une lavade, une vachade, une huilade, une brûlade et un éclair-radioactif, qui nécessite évidemment d'être poussé à travers les chutes du Niagara pour se débarrasser de la radioactivité. La logique est nulle, mais au moins il se passe toujours quelque chose et c'est tellement dément que cela devient plutôt amusant à regarder. À condition, bien sûr, de pouvoir supporter la réalisation généralement amateure et médiocre, des effets spéciaux au niveau des trucs et astuces et jusqu'aux (non)performances des acteurs. (13/11/2016)

In the fourth installment, CGI reached its peak in the scene where a shark was eliminated on the bench. I replayed the scene three times before I believed what I was seeing, or rather what I wasn’t. Then I spent ten minutes trying to survive a fit of laughter the likes of which I hadn't experienced in quite a while. The makers of this travesty seemed to have reacted to audience feedback and tried to pretend that the comedy was intentional, hence the references to The Wizard of Oz, Terminator, Iron Man and Baywatch, but the fact remains that once again, the most hilarious scenes were those that hadn’t been intended for laughs. I couldn't figure out if they were really serious about: sharknado, sandnado, rocknado, oilnado, firenado, lavanado, cownado and nukeado. My suspicion is that they were dead serious, and here goes one star for the unintentional humor. (24/01/2018)

Ian Ziering is simply great in his role, and I can't wait to see what he'll have to face again and again, or how he'll be saved. Here, the finale is truly brilliant madness. But it also stands on other actors who are superb in their B-movie roles. Tara Reid is fully associated with this series now, but now David Hasselhoff also belongs here. And since we're on the topic of Baywatch, the film also features Gena Lee Nolin and Alexandra Paul, whom you'll know well from this 1990s series. For a fan of B-movie crap, this is still beautiful. (07/08/2016)