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Deborah Gibson, Lorenzo Lamas, Sean Lawlor, Vic Chao, Cooper Harris

When two enormous prehistoric creatures contend for supremacy of the sea, the California coast becomes the setting for a showdown that's been centuries in the making. Lorenzo Lamas and Deborah Gibson ... read more read more...star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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52,148 ratings

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15% liked it

20 critics

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Jack Perez

Release Date: May 26, 2009

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DVD Release Date: May 26, 2009

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  • May 28, 2009
    This was one of the funniest movies ive seen in a long time. Wonderful for its hilarity . . what its not suppose to be funny?I guess 3 1/2 might be too much . .
  • February 5, 2012
    They say this is the best asylum movie. I ask how?
  • November 13, 2011
    Not the best or the worst of the Asylum's output. But you do get to see Debbie Gibson fight a giant shark and a giant octopus, so it's not a total waste.
  • July 7, 2011
    Jack Perez goes ultimate B movie with Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus and it ends up ultimately terrible.

    The title is the only thing this film has going for it. Sure, the plot sounds great, but everything that transpires throughout this so-called brief 80+ minute productio

    ... read moren is absolutely forgettable. There is too much time spent watching uninteresting characters do unimpressive things, all the while spitting out crummy dialogue. To some level this picture is laughable, but not because it's funny. The laughter is directed at how can this film be so poor.

    The CG is cheesy, and while this isn't surprising, it still disappoints. What's more of a disappointment is that the screen time of the mega shark and giant octopus aren't as enormous as their names. The CG is obviously bad. There is no need to hide this flaw. Go ahead and unleash the beasts.

    The acting isn't award winning and neither are the characters. That's all there is to say about that.

    Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus had potential, if only some, but in the end it is just atrocious. It's as simple as that.

  • March 17, 2010
    There are plenty of other non-modern B movies than wasting your time with this. This is the sort of film you watch on tv after you lost your job. Horrible. Special Effects are better with my eyes closed. Just go to youtube and watch it first.
  • September 7, 2009
    Intentionally campy or not, you can't fake sheer incompetence. It was fantastic seeing this immediately after Inglourious Basterds because seriously, what better teaching tool is there to learn about good directing than seeing utterly awful directing? Quentin Tarantino probably e... read moreats people like Jack Perez to sustain his life force. Anyway, I had a really hard time reading whether this movie was taking itself seriously or not, which is something I consider myself pretty good at. It was just...mind-numbingly bad. Even by Sci-Fi (SyFy for you dumb motherfuckers) standards. I caught the first half hour of Spring Break Shark Attack after this was over and found myself thinking "wow, this isn't that bad," which I think was the result of cognitive dissonance. Or maybe my brain is just rotting.

    I really can't tell you what to expect from this if you're not familiar with the art form. The CGI is repulsive, and the acting is the kind that causes you vicarious embarrassment. Debbie Gibson is probably crying into her scotch right now. Also, anyone who can become a director of a project with at least some cash bankrolled must know a thing or two about even simple stuff like pacing, blocking, set construction, lighting...or apparently not. The film looks and plays like absolute shit. The camp quotient is nice and consistent but, sad as it is to say, the production values are so distracting that it actually makes the affair difficult to sit through. Alcohol may be necessary for this one. Be warned!
  • May 29, 2009
    You gets what you gets.
  • May 23, 2009
    This motherfucker is going to rock more than any film has ever rocked in the history of rocking. It will rock so hard that it will coin the phrase "Stuck between a rock and Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus". People will have candlelit vigils to celebrate it's coming.
  • September 12, 2011
    Ah, only an absolute atrocity in cinematic history deserves to be awarded the infamous zero star rating. So, I'll give it the next best thing.

    Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus is so abysmally awful that it is actually painful to watch, even though it comes off as an unintentional co... read moremedy.

    The story is outlandish and unbelievable, the acting is horrifyingly bad, the writing is amazingly and awfully cheesy, the movie appears to have been directed and edited (more than twice you will see the same exact shot used) by a 12-year-old boy, and the special effects are laughable every single time they appear on the screen. This movie is an absolute embarrassment.

    You have to wonder if the people involved with this movie actually took their jobs seriously.
  • April 4, 2012
    "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus" is the most ineptly made film I have ever had the sheer displeasure of encountering. Even as an intentionally bad motion picture, this one sucks.

Critic Reviews


Mike Edwards
March 1, 2011
Mike Edwards, What Culture

Mega Swindle vs Giant Rip-Off Full Review

Steve Biodrowski
April 14, 2010
Steve Biodrowski, Cinefantastique

If ever there was a film that seemed designed with Mystery Science Theater 3000 in mind, this is it. Full Review

Kevin Carr
January 9, 2010
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

a goofy if not entertaining piece of filmmaking Full Review

Philip French
August 11, 2009
Philip French, Observer [UK]

The risible special effects and the clumsy acting recall not Roger Corman productions but the ineptitude of Ed Wood, though the result is far less endearing. Full Review

Peter Whittle
August 11, 2009
Peter Whittle, Sunday Times (UK)

How this ever got released is a mystery. Unwatchable, almost unreviewable, this stupid monster movie makes the Bela Lugosi swan song Plan 9 from Outer Space look like a masterpiece. Full Review

David Edwards
August 11, 2009
David Edwards, Daily Mirror [UK]

Like a feud between Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole, you don't care who wins, but it's fun to watch. Alas, the preceding 80 minutes aren't. Great title, lousy film. Full Review

Kim Newman
August 7, 2009
Kim Newman, Empire Magazine

Daft, plain daft. With a few daft but spectacular stunts. Full Review

Tom Huddlestone
August 7, 2009
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out

How could one hate a film where a giant shark jumps out of the sea and brings down a plane? Full Review

Jon Fortgang
August 7, 2009
Jon Fortgang, Film4

Perez's film ought to be an hour-and-a-half of beery, dumb-ass fun. Instead it has the weary air of a genuinely disastrous disaster movie. Size, it seems, matters after all. Full Review

Wendy Ide
August 7, 2009
Wendy Ide, Times [UK]

This film is bad on every level. In fact, it's bad on levels hitherto unexplored by mainstream cinema. Full Review

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