Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - battle of the primeval giants
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| German title | Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - battle of the primeval giants | ||
| Original title | Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 2014 | ||
| length | 88 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 16 | ||
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| Director | Kevin O'Neill | ||
| script | Matt Yamashita | ||
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Julie Corman , Roger Corman |
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| music | Cynthia Brown | ||
| camera | Hernan Herrera | ||
| cut | Vikram Kale | ||
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Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - Battle of the prehistoric giants (Original title: Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda ) is an American science fiction - TV movie with splatter -elements from the year 2014 . The moderately to poorly rated strip is the direct successor to Sharktopus , released in 2010, and the second part of the Sharktopus series. Directed by Kevin O'Neill , the low-budget film was shot in the Dominican Republic and on August 2, 2014 premiered in the US on Syfy ; it was released in Germany on November 20, 2015 on DVD and Blu-ray . 2015 followed Sharktopus vs. Whale wolf .
action
After looking back into the previous film Sharktopus , in which the death of the creature is shown, you can see its remains being washed up in the sea, including a young specimen that was found by marine biologist Lorena and then stored in a marine Aquarium is raised. Not far away, Dr. Rico Symes developed a creature on behalf of the military that is a cross between a pterosaur ( pteranodon ) and a barracuda . When the completed “creation” is supposed to pass a first test in the open air, Dr. Symes, however, has control over the creature, which is now pursuing its own goals, namely the hunt for unsuspecting civilians. Shortly afterwards it turns out that a terrorist organization is responsible for the loss of control because it has secretly manipulated the "Pteracuda". Since the subsequent human endeavors to master the flying beast fail, the now fully grown Sharktopus offspring is released to take care of its monster adversary ...
reception
The reviews for Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - Battle of the primeval giants turned out very differently, but mostly settled in the area of the weak ratings. The critics took into account the intended " trash factor" of the film. For example, kino.de speaks of “a lot of action and splatter - slapstick ” and calls the flick “overall target group-oriented”.
"'Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda 'is the latest contribution to a puzzling genre that nobody really needs [and] slavishly sticks to its knitting pattern. [...] Whoever [of such films] ... can't get enough ... will, thanks to high speed, a lot of Geschmadder and a very competent leading actress, also with 'Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda 'get their money's worth. "
“... not to be measured by conventional cinematic standards. It's just clearly defined animal horror trash ... The fan knows exactly what he's getting. […] Simply… extremely entertaining and qualitatively in the upper regions of this strange film genre. "
The program magazine TV Spielfilm gives a symbolic “thumbs down” and criticizes that “the rabid Monsterbash [lacks] the self-irony of Sharktopus ”.
Web links
- Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - Battle of the prehistoric giants in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - Battle of the primeval giants in the online film database
- Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - Battle of the primeval giants at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - battle of the primeval giants . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2015 (PDF; test number: 155 744 V).
- ↑ Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - Battle of the primeval giants at kino.de
- ↑ Thorsten Hanisch: Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda: battle of the primeval giants - conclusion & evaluation. In: gamona.de. Retrieved September 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Volker Schönenberger: Sharktopus vs Pteracuda - Battle of the primeval giants: Roger Corman competes with Asylum. In: dienachtderlebendentexte.com. November 22, 2015, accessed September 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda - Battle of the primeval giants at tvspielfilm.de