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Just like we'd come to expect from the series, SHARKNADO 4: THE 4TH AWAKENS is campy B-movie-esque fun. A ton of crappy CGI, tacky one-liners and over-the-top acting. Watch it only after you've seen the other three installments, and only if you liked those. This one definitely caters for fans. No time is spent whatsoever introducing any of the characters—everything is taken for granted. If you do like the series, you're up for all kinds of -nados this time, bouldernados, sandnados ... lots of deliberate play with its own themes, infused with self-aware irony. I enjoyed watching this, although as far as B-movies go, I don't like the fact that they're now making a "B-movie" for the sake of making B-movie... while also catering to a mainstream audience. Some of the genuineness of true B-movies is definitely lost.

'SHARKNADO 4: THE 4TH AWAKENS': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five) The fourth installment in the popular Syfy network television film series (which began in 2013). This chapter was once again directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, and Thunder Levin once again wrote the screenplay (the duo performed the same duties on all three previous movies). Actors Ian Ziering and Tara Reid also reprise their starring roles (for the fourth time as well). Other returning cast members (from at least the previous installment) include David Hasselhoff and Ryan Newman; they're joined by newcomers Tommy Davidson, Gary Busey, Masiela Lusha, Cody Linley and Cheryl Tiegs. Cameos (this time around) include Stacey Dash, David Faustino, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Gilbert Gottfried, Steve Guttenberg, Lloyd Kaufman, Vince Neil, Wayne Newton and Al Roker (for his third time). The film has it's moments, but it's not as funny (or as cleverly bad) as the previous three installments. The story takes place five years after the events of the third film; and there hasn't been a 'sharknado' in all of that time. Thanks to technical genius Aston Reynolds (Davidson), and his company's atmosphere stabilizers. Fin (Ziering) has been enjoying the peace and quiet, and he's now traveling to Las Vegas; for a family reunion. Unfortunately, he soon learns, that his break, from the sharknado action, is now over. All of the 'SHARKNADO' films are laughably bad, which makes them also somewhat enjoyable. In my opinion the series reached it's peak in 2014 (with the first sequel). Now I think it's definitely running out of steam. This chapter is still mildly enjoyable, and it's also not really any worse than the other three chapters (how could it be). Fans of the series will probably still enjoy it. Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/AZDkLpTvRzc

Why would we ever want this to end? They can keep making Sharknado movies until the end of time, and I'll keep watching. These movies are hilarious. They set out to be ridiculously bad, and they succeed spectacularly. And that makes them great. Honestly, how many movies do you see that are exactly what they're trying to be? Maybe one a year. You know why Sharknado movies will always be good? Because they've totally abandoned all pretense. It's silly fun, for fun's sake. Grab a few beers and frickin' watch this.

Sharknado 4 (2016) ** (out of 4) The fourth film in the series has a company creating a special shield that has prevented any future sharnados. Unfortuantly when Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) is in Las Vegas the thing breaks down and soon more killer sharks are flying around. You know, I remember when the original movie aired on SyFy and there wasn't a bit of hype. The film turned out to be a pretty good movie as far as creature features go but sadly it became a social media hit and the producers used this to promote the next three films. SHARKNADO 4 is pretty much the same thing we saw in the previous movies but this one here goes even further in the social media game by having countless cameos from famous and semi-famous people. For the most part the film is mildly entertaining and especially the first twenty-minutes in Las Vegas. I thought the film managed to have some fast and fun action and there were some creative shark kills as well. The non-stop parading of cameos was a bit annoying but that was to be expected. The biggest problem with the remaining portion of the film is that there just wasn't anything fresh or original. Ziering and Tara Reid did a decent enough of a job but folks like David Hasselhoff and especially Gary Busey were just wasted.

The first two 'Sharknado' movies were not great and had a lot wrong with them, but they were guilty pleasure fun as long as not taken seriously. 'Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!' however was a let-down, it lacks the fun and charm of the first two as a result of being too self-aware and trying far too hard, really wanted to not take this seriously and view it as a guilty pleasure but it was just too amateurish and tired. With 'Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens', the amateurish-ness and fatigue are multiplied and highly indicative of that despite starting off in guilty pleasure fashion the novelty has worn off and well thin now. The previous film may have lacked charm, fun and energy, though the fun came in occasionally, but 'Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens' is completely devoid of all three and has so many other things wrong too. Even when one tries to take it for what it's trying to be, which it manages to fail at. Ian Ziering is likable and charismatic in the lead role, he plays it straight but still looks like he's having fun with the role. There is some nice scenery, an energetic and eerie music score and some of the references are fun and inspired, when they aren't being over obvious or dumb. Very little else works. Tara Reid continues to be unspeakably awful, her facial expressions look so expressionless and very forced in the few times she tries, her line delivery is mechanical and she constantly looks ill at ease. The dizzying amount of cameos and the quality of them are nowhere near as entertaining as in the first two outings, not just the too deadpan approach but also that they're poorly written and feel too random and brief. Some also downright irritating, especially Jedward whose "annoying factor" from their joke act 'X Factor' days has not changed a bit. David Hasselhoff didn't seem comfortable and neither did Gary Busey. Even for low-budget, 'Sharknado 4' is very shoddy stuff. The scenery is pretty good but the film is shot in a very rushed-looking and drab way, editing is sloppy as well as choppy and the shark special effects are typical dreadfully artificial Asylum/SyFy fare. Regarding the shark attacks and death scenes (none being good enough to even reach "reasonably fun" level), that the sharks have little personality let alone menace hurts them and even more so the unintentional silliness comes at the expense of thrills and suspense, which are nowhere in sight, and gets tiresome. The film is directed flatly, the energy and enthusiasm in the pacing is missing and there are too many cardboard characters that are difficult to give a toss about. The first two films had some great funny lines, but the script here contains nothing remotely amusing or memorable and instead feels stale and tiresomely cheesy. 'Sharknado 4' is even more of a pale retread than the third film, with very little maintaining interest and instead having numerous scenes leading nowhere It's further not helped by trying too hard being dopey fun and in the process taking itself too seriously at times that any life is sucked out, then including new ideas, like the different kinds of "nados", intended to be fresh but are just cheap and ridiculous. Overall, a less than extravagant awakening and feels tired. 3/10 Bethany Cox

THE 4TH AWAKENS is the latest in the interminable series of SHARKNADO films by The Asylum. The first couple were fun, cheesy B-movies, but the last two have been dumb comedies full of cameoing stars and stupid in-jokes. By now the franchise is a joke, each film worse than its predecessor, and this one's no exception. This is a amateurish movie packed with mindless plotting and terrible CGI effects throughout. The dialogue is deliberately stupid while cameoing actors Gary Busey and David Hasselhoff are dragged through the mud constantly. Tara Reid and Ian Ziering do their best to look earnest but are an embarrassment, while the film's effects take some beating in terms of cruddiness.

Once again, another great scientific documentary by the ScyFy channel. I had no idea sharks and tornadoes were so dangerous, and I've seen Jaws and The Wizard of Oz like 40 times each. But never have I been shaking in my Crocs so much as when I saw this scientific recounting of a totally true event. The movie follows Finn Shepard, a national hero and door-to-door chainsaw salesman, as he battles the laws of physics and the attention spans of viewers. Joined by a delightful cast of characters, including a guy who gets eaten by a shark, a woman who gets eaten by a shark, a lady with an eye patch, two other guys who get devoured by sharks, two real life troll dolls, his daughter-in-law (at least until she gets squished by a shark less than 24 hours after her wedding), a lady who gets squished by a house (and then probably eaten by sharks), and David Hasselhoff, watch as Finn roams the countryside at alarming speeds, traveling from state to state in a matter of minutes. Watch as he grows more of an emotional attachment to his chainsaw than he does to his 5/10-year-old son who totally lived his whole life thinking his dad effed a shark. Finn faces his greatest challenge yet, when he realizes that the sharknados have grown more powerful by absorbing the four elements: fire, ice, boulders, nuclear, electricity, and cows. Now, armed only with the help of his lightsaber-wielding robot-death-machine wife, he has to save the world from the terror that conveniently only threatens major US cities. The only thing I regret is the fact that I can't give it an 11/10 so instead I gave it an 8.