Réalisation:
Alexandre AjaPhotographie:
John R. LeonettiMusique:
Michael WandmacherActeurs·trices:
Steven R. McQueen, Elisabeth Shue, Kelly Brook, Ving Rhames, Jessica Szohr, Jerry O'Connell, Christopher Lloyd, Brooklynn Proulx, Adam Scott (plus)Résumés(1)
Alors que la ville de Lake Victoria s'apprête à recevoir des milliers d'étudiants pour le week-end de Pâques, un tremblement de terre secoue la ville et ouvre, sous le lac, une faille d'où des milliers de piranhas s'échappent. Inconscients du danger qui les guette, tous les étudiants font la fête sur le lac tandis que Julie, la shérif, découvre un premier corps dévoré... La journée va être d'autant plus longue pour elle que Jake, son fils, a délaissé la garde de ses jeunes frères et sœurs pour servir de guide à bord du bateau des sexy Wild Wild Girls ! (Wild Bunch Distribution)
(plus)Critiques (7)
Même en tant que fan de films d'horreur de série B et admirateur du remake de La Colline a des yeux d'Alexandre Aja, son film Piranha ne m'a pas vraiment enthousiasmé. Aja a en effet un véritable talent de réalisateur, qu'il gaspille dans Piranha. Il y traite un contenu que même un réalisateur médiocre comme Eli Roth gérerait à peine moins bien. Son Piranha EST, d'une certaine manière, divertissant, les jeunes filles nues sont plaisantes, et le niveau de brutalité sanglante atteint les niveaux des massacres les plus savoureux du genre (ce qui est rare de nos jours au cinéma), mais le film dans son ensemble semble bon marché au point d'en devenir antipathique. La plupart de ses personnages vous agacent plutôt qu'ils ne vous font peur, car ils sont mal écrits et parfois mal joués. Au moins, la plongée dans la grotte souterraine a un agréable aspect fantastique. Je passerai sous silence le doublage tchèque, la scène d'ouverture où Richard Dreyfuss émet des sons d'agonie sous l'eau identiques à ceux qu'il émet hors de l'eau témoigne de son niveau (WTF ?!). JEREMIE
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Un démarrage long, trèèès long, qui passe ensuite directement à la boucherie sauvage avant de s’achever vite fait. Je m’attendais à plus que ça, mais je n’étais pas non plus complètement déçu en sortant du ciné.
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Piranha, boobs, boobs, boobs, piranha, boobs, boobs, piranha, blood, blood, penis, piranha, the end. B-movie AF that doesn’t take itself even a little seriously for most of the time, so anyone familiar with the established stereotypes of animal horror can have good fun or, during the first half, enjoy the beauty of, um, nature. The Czech dubbing only adds to the comedy, making Piranha at times feel like a thirty year-old sincerely naive, silly movie without any ambitions. That’s alright, Aja certainly had a good time shooting this film, but I was more satisfied when he worked, brilliantly, with tension in films like High Tension, The Hill Have Eyes, or even Mirrors. So, even though the beach carnage of the last fifteen minutes show that he has no competition today when it comes to gore, Piranha is still a little disappointing. And the 3D is not even worth mentioning, by the way. 7/10
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A fine B-movie that's not so much about piranhas as it is about pretty girls (who end up being eaten by piranhas) and buckets of blood. Aja proves that a director can fulfilling his dreams no matter what genre he's in. Plus, the movie works. The final slaughter is unparalleled. If the fish weren’t so obviously computer-generated, there would be nothing to reproach. I was even sorry I didn't see one of the scenes in 3D. Yes, and Kelly Brook. A true guilty pleasure.
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The massacre that occurs about half an hour before the end is truly unreal and unique. This great, uncompromising and quite imaginatively bloody scene was, however, the only thing that I really enjoyed in the film. There was a time (before puberty and partly during it) when I used to stare at the TV until two or three in the morning because of exactly this kind of crap... But those days are gone. I give two stars for the MEGA scene and for Lloyd and Dreyfuss.
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Well, this was quite a ride, as it should be. Once again, Aja literally shot me down with a barrage of unbelievable brutality and blatant B-ness, which in this case is so entertaining and delicate that my heart literally danced with joy. After the opening scene with Dreyfuss I was expecting some digital monstrosity, but the rest of the film was perfectly satisfying not only from the point of view of a fan of B-movie remakes, but mainly as a representative of the male part of the audience happy to tolerate some nudity. Add to that an unprecedentedly diverse cast of actors, ranging from the scientist Christopher Lloyd and Sheriff Rhames to thousands of scantily clad female students, and porn star Gianna Michaels, whom I admittedly didn't identify, but who could recognise her among all those boobs and beavers? And of course there’s the bloodthirsty prehistoric piranhas that massacre every body part they can reach. When it comes to atmosphere, there not even a trace and the characters aren't exactly the kind that make the viewer bite their nails, but a ton of bizarre insight and hectolitres of blood make up for it, and boredom is the last word you think of when surrounded by barf bags. More films like this, cinemas need it like salt. 70%
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The three-dimensional (in my case, fortunately only 2D) Piranha is IMHO the bloodiest, most brutal and most disgusting film of the decade. The film has loads of floating limbs, hanging entrails and blood. On the other hand, the effects were pretty cheap at times, for instance the shot of more than one piranha or a bitten penis. In short, a typical American horror B-movie with a good dose of blood, where the most gruesome scene was the one with the stage falling into the "lake of death". P.S. They could have left out the ending!!!
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