Written by Scott 'Sharky' Edwards Well, SyFy has outdone themselves again. Sharknado will have to go down as one of their all-time classics, just like Sharktopus. Now I must admit, I am a lover of the SyFy original movies and after watching this epic, I was far from disappointed with the results. Most of the time when watching movies, I am a stickler for continuity, but with SyFy originals, I know that I would fill up three to four pages with the mistakes, for instance their stock footage is always terrible, sunny when there is a hurricane or looking at past Katrina footage, but if you are looking to just be entertained, you need to look past these downfalls. A quick look into this movie, you will be following Fin, a divorced father, with two kids, neither that really seem to have feelings for him. His good surfing pal Baz who is more than willing to take shots at his friend whenever the opportunity seems to present itself. A bar regular George who only comes out to the coast for the drinks, his chair and the scantily clad women, along with Nova, the hot waitress at Fin’s bar that is only looking for love, but in all of the wrong places. A hurricane is creeping up the California coast line, and the reporter, Joni (with an I) is sure to point out that the sharks seem to be missing in its wake. Hurricane David, not just a normal storm that hits the outskirts of California is going to be brining massive flooding, along with another great terror…sharks. As the storm hits the coast, flooding hits the streets, along with the sharks swimming up and down them. Fin, anxious to keep his family safe tries to get off of the coast and up to his ex-wife’s house in Beverly Hills. Little known to April, Fin’s ex, the sharks are already up the hill and swimming around in her pool.  Fin, knowing the danger, wants to get his family to higher ground to escape the flood and the impending tornados that will surely accompany them battles with L.A. traffic and his family to get on the move. Losing a friend while on the move does not stop the young father as he saves a school bus full of children on his way to safety. Fin is a hero in everyone’s eyes but his own, for he does not know how to save the city from the Sharkpocalpyse that seems to be at hand.
Now onto the fun stuff, if you are looking for take-a-ways from this movie, you need to keep on looking. Nothing is based on what would really happen…like Sharktopus, but you have to give it a chance. There are numerous ways to kill a shark in this movie and they seem to find plenty of fun ones, with a pole cue being jammed into one, shotgun blasts, nine milimeter fire along with my personal favorite, chain sawing them in half! The sharks are not Super or Mega like in some of the other SyFy originals, but they are hungry for human regardless how high the water rises. The water spouts that hit the land are filled with Sharks and no matter how far you try to run, they will eventually catch you. If you need more to save this movie than just out right shark carnage, the dialog will do you right. With classics of, ‘Why is there a retirement facility next to the airport?’ response, ‘Because they’re old’ And ‘we’re gonna need a bigger chopper.’ Just overall a fun ride. You cannot hate on a SyFy movie, ‘cause if you are watching it, you know what you are getting into from the very beginning. Also, you have a great flying shark kill…or did you since someone was swallowed whole. You will just have to sit back and wait for the encore. Enjoy and make sure to keep your propane ready…for the end of the world.
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