Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
The 'ultimate' giant sea creature battle originally aired on the SyFy Channel a year ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Shark_vs._Giant_Octopus
I've seen this one-and-a-half times. It stars Deborah Gibson (a.k.a. Debbie Gibson, eighties pop star) and Lorenzo Lamas. I think the writer consciously tried to copy the plot of the classic It Came From Beneath the Sea in a few scenes. Gibson, as a sharp & perky oceanographer, gets the hots for a Japanese scientist and the two of them do it in one scene even as the world totters on the brink of destruction, recalling the love triangle in the old film. The Wikipedia entry describes it best: "While working at a naval laboratory to develop a method for luring the creatures, MacNeil and Shimada become attracted to each other and have sex in a utility closet; the incident makes them realize they can attract the creatures using pheromone chemicals."
There is also one scene which must have come about when the writer simply thought 'well, this has never been done before, so let's show this' - the shark leaps out of the water to attack a low-flying commercial airplane. Yes, Flying Giant Shark! Yeah, it's wild, but I would think such a big predator would have much easier pickings in the water - maybe it was really hungry. The final strategy, of course, is to pit the two creatures against each other, like the old 'irresistible force meets immovable object' gambit. Yep, the two big monsters rumble at the end, as the world trembles.
BoG's Score: 4 out of 10
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