Piranha 3D (Blu-ray) Blu-Ray DVD

From Director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) Comes the New Action Thriller Piranha, 3D!

Every year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 for Spring Break, a riot of sun and drunken fun. But this year, there's something more to worry about than hangovers and complaints from local old timers; a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the areas new razor-toothed residents. The film stars Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), Steven R. McQueen (The Vampire Diaries), Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames, Adam Scott, Richard Dreyfuss, Christopher Lloyd, and Kelly Brook.

"...flesh-eating, comin'-at-ya chaos with bloodthirsty glee...  John Beifuss,Commercial Appeal
"...knows what it is and embraces it... a remarkable level of humor and competence.  Karina Montgomery, rec.arts.movies.reviews
"...shamelessly entertaining B movie bottom feeding.  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Editor's Note

HAUTE TENSION and HILLS HAVE EYES director Alexandre Aja pays homage to the films that made him fall in love with the horror genre by helming this comedic remake of director Joe Dante's 1978 JAWS parody. Lake Victoria may look peaceful, but beneath the placid waters of this painterly lake lurks a deadly menace. A powerful underwater tremor has released scores of man-eating prehistoric fish into the waters, and now it's up to a group of unlikely heroes to band together and defeat the razor-toothed predators. With time running out and the aquatic carnivores taking over, one brave heroine (Elisabeth Shue) will risk everything to save the lake and prevent her family from becoming fish food. Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Jerry O'Connell, and Adam Scott star in the Dimension Films production.

Features

Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, Spanish

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Sony
	Release Date: 5/21/2013
	Running Time: 88 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2010
	UPC: 00043396368705
	Number of Discs: 2
Audio & Video
	Available Audio Tracks:
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1

Cast & Crew

	Elisabeth Shue
	Richard Dreyfuss
	Jessica Szohr
	Dina Meyer
	Ving Rhames
	Adam Scott
	Jerry O'Connell
	Alexandre Aja - Director

Professional Reviews

Los Angeles Times
3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's a very funny turn by Christopher Lloyd, who does piranha risk assessment for the sheriff in his best Doc BACK TO THE FUTURE style." 08/20/2010

Box Office
3 stars out of 5 -- "Ruthless and ridiculous, Aja's horror comedy has a purity of vision." 08/20/2010

Entertainment Weekly
"The movie should have been called JAWS GONE WILD....This MTV apocalypse delivers the goods." -- Grade: B- 09/03/2010

Hollywood Reporter
"[A] pitch-perfect, guilty-pleasure serving of late-summer schlock that handily nails the tongue-in-cheek spirit of the Roger Corman original." 08/19/2010

Rolling Stone
"[S]hamelessly entertaining....Aja tips his hat to Steven Spielberg and then it's off to the low-rent races." 08/26/2010

Movieline
"Ah, the pleasures of unapologetic, good-natured exploitation....Aja gets the tone just right..." 08/20/2010

Sight and Sound
"The top joke for film fans is Richard Dreyfuss' cameo as a fisherman....This is a spirited, hard-to-hate hackwork from Alexandre Aja..." 11/01/2010

Empire
3 stars out of 5 -- "Sheriff Elisabeth Shue does one great stepping-from-one-upturned-boat-to-the-next stunt..." 01/07/2010

Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] some fun cameos and imaginative splatter..." 02/01/2011