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The plot is deceptively simple: A tectonic shift beneath Lake Havasu, Arizona, opens an underwater chasm, releasing thousands of ravenous, prehistoric piranha just as Spring Break revellers descend upon the town. What follows is not a tense, Hitchcockian thriller but a rollercoaster of dismemberment, jet-ski chases, and a cameo by Richard Dreyfuss singing “Show Me the Way to Go Home” (a direct homage to Jaws ). Aja, known for the unrelenting brutality of High Tension , directs with a wink. The 3D technology—then a post- Avatar gimmick—is weaponized not for depth but for direct assault: hooks, severed genitals, and a flying decapitated head all lunge toward the camera. It is vulgar, juvenile, and utterly sincere in its mission to entertain.
Upon release, critics were shocked. Piranha 3D currently holds a 73% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes—an anomaly for the horror genre. Roger Ebert gave it 3 out of 4 stars, calling it "cheesy, bloody, and brilliant."
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