Mega Piranha (2010) poster
2010 · action · adventure · sci-fi · monster

Mega Piranha

Directed by Eric Forsberg, Stuart Gillard1h 32m2010
ElsewhereIMDb2.46kRT8%
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • surreal
  • cold
Movie DNA

Neutral, breathless, measured action / adventure, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.

Our read · Mega Piranha (2010) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal action · adventure · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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What watching it is actually like.

You want ridiculous giant monster creature feature with campy bloody attacks.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 8attention 1/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegorenudity

Skip it tonightYou expect serious sci-fi or polished storytelling and effects.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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