Taglines: Don’t Scream… Just Swim!
Jaws…lots and lots of jaws. From acclaimed director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller PIRANHA 3D, in the latest eye-popping 3D technology. A new type of terror is about to be cut loose on beautiful 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 area’s new razor-toothed residents. But our heroine (Elisabeth Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself.
From director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller Piranha. 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 area’s new razor-toothed residents.
Piranha 3D (2010)
Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Starring: Eli Roth, Dina Meyer, Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O’Connell, Christopher Lloyd, Brooklynn Proulx, Kelly Brook, Riley Steele, Adam Scott, Steven R. McQueen, Paul Scheer, Ricardo Chavira
Screenplay by: Alexandre Aja, Josh Stolberg, Pete Goldfinger
Production Design by: Clark Hunter
Cinematography by: John R. Leonetti
Film Editing by: Baxter
Costume Design by: Sanja Milkovic Hays
Set Decoration by: Marcia Calosio
Art Direction by: Marisa Frantz
Music by: Michael Wandmacher
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of strong bloody horror violence and gore, graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use | See all certifications.
Distributed by: Dimension Films
Release Date: August 20, 2010