Piranha 2: The Spawning

Director: James Cameron, Ovidio G. Assonitis

Overview

"The horror film Piranha II: The Spawning comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, and Thai subtitles are accessible. Supplemental

Product Details

Release Date:	12/21/2004
UPC:	0043396103757
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	R
Source:	COLUMBIA
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	38,939

Special Features

Closed Caption;Digitally mastered audio and video; Full screen presentation; Audio: English; Subtitles: English, Spanish, Thai, Chinese, Portuguese; Bonus trailers; Interactive menus; Scene selections

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tricia O'Neil	Anne Kimbrough
Steve Marachuk	Tyler Sherman
Lance Henriksen	Steve Kimbrough
Ricky G. Paul	Chris Kimbrough
Ted Richert	Raoul
Leslie Graves	Allison Dumont
Carole Davis	Jai
Arnie Ross	Mal
Tracy Berg	Beverly,Beverly
Albert Sanders	Leo Bell
Anne Pollack	Mrs. Wilson
Hildy Magnasun	Myrna
Phil Colby	Ralph
Lee Krug	Ron the Lifeguard
Sally Ricca	Cindy
Ward White	Dumont
Paul Drummond	Frank
Dorothy Cunningham	April
Aston S. Young	Aaron
Paul Issa	Waither
Gaetano Del Grande	Randy
Myra Weisler	Randy's Wife
Johnny Ralston	Randy's Son
Jim Pair	Robert Haywood
Capt. Kidd Brewer Jr.	Lou
Jan Eisner Mannon	Lisa
Connie Lynn Hadden	Loretta
Lance Henricksen	Police Chief Steve Kimbrough
Ricky Paull Goldin	Chris Kimbrough
Carole R. Davis	Actor
Steve Powder	Composer

Technical Credits

Lee Reynolds

H.A. Milton

James Cameron

Ovidio G. Assonitis	Executive Producer
Giovanni Corridori	Special Effects,Special Effects
Gianetto De Rossi	Special Effects,Special Effects
Jeff Schectman	Producer
Chako Van Leeuwen	Producer
Jeff Schechtman	Producer
Lee Reynolds	Screenwriter
H.A. Milton	Screenwriter
Carbonaro	Special Effects
James Cameron	Screenwriter
Chako Van Leuwen	Producer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Start [8:20]
2. Anne & Chris [4:10]
3. Dynamite Fishing [1:49]
4. "Call Me Captain!" [3:05]
5. Today's Activities [1:16]
6. Log of the Circe [:54]
7. A Word With Chris [2:35]
8. Shopping for Dinner [1:55]
9. The Diving Tour [1:23]
10. Exploring the Dwight Fitzgerald [7:01]
11. "Jump!" [3:37]
12. At the Morgue [3:27]
13. A New Kind of Species [1:07]
14. Dinner & a Show [2:31]
15. A Gift From the Sea [6:16]
16. "Anne, You're Fired" [2:21]
17. Return to the Fitzgerald [1:43]
18. Classified Information [4:34]
19. Preaching to the Practical [1:57]
20. Tanked [1:38]
21. "Tyler Sherman's Unstable" [3:19]
22. Something's Eating Aaron [5:30]
23. "They Killed My Son!" [1:52]
24. The Fish Fry Festival [:43]
25. Lost at Sea [2:57]
26. Planting the Charges [3:40]
27. Trapped [3:09]
28. 6:30 AM [6:33]

Menu

Side #1 --
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Scene Selections
Subtitles
English
Spanish/Español
Portuguese/Português
Chinese
Thai
Subtitles Off
Trailers
Anaconda
Creature Features
The Forsaken

Editorial Reviews

A flying-piranhas movie helmed by James Cameron should by all means be better than this bland horror sequel -- proving that the picture's behind-the-scenes story is ultimately more involving than movie itself. As a film study, the picture shows nothing of Cameron's talent, which could possibly be because of his rumored noninvolvement in most of it. Shut out from most of the production, the special effects technician-turned-stand-in director obviously wasn't involved with most of the final product, as evidenced in its watery take on such an outrageous premise. Airborne deadly fish should be comedy gold -- ironic or not -- but the sly humor of the the original Piranha film, written by John Sayles, is sorely missing from the proceedings. Instead, the flick plays out in a fairly straightforward tone that kills the entire flick. Though it is interesting to see Lance Henriksen and Cameron together at even this early of a stage in their careers, Piranha II is devoid of any other cinematic merit -- other than being the first film to open with an underwater sex scene involving scuba divers.