Jackson Booth-Millard About four years before the Sharknado series graced, or rather disgraced, the screens, this was the first in what would become a series of low-budget movies featuring the titular Mega Shark, you can probably guess the outcome of each one when you watch. Basically off the coast of Alaska, oceanographer Emma MacNeil (singer Debbie Gibson) is aboard an experimental submarine studying the migration patterns of whales. Meanwhile, a military helicopter drops experimental sonar transmitters into the water, causing a pod of whales to go out of control and ram into a nearby glacier, and the chaos causes the helicopter to crash into the glacier. The combined damage breaks the giant glacier open, thawing two hibernating, prehistoric creatures, a giant shark and a giant octopus are freed. The octopus has tentacles large enough to wrap around an entire structure, it brings down a drilling platform off the coast of Japan, while the shark has a bite powerful to destroy structures, it brings down the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. MacNeil investigates the reports of giant creatures causing destruction, she recovers what appears to be a giant shark tooth from the corpse of a beached whale. MacNeil's old professor, former U.S. Navy pilot Lamar Sanders (Sean Lawlor), believes it belongs to a Megalodon, an enormous species of shark thought to be extinct for 1.5 million years, while Japanese scientist Dr. Seiji Shimada (Vic Chao) confirms the existence of the giant octopus. MacNeil reflects on the melting of the polar ice caps, due to man-made global warming, she wonders if the creatures are mankind's "comeuppance". The scientists work in the laboratory to develop a method to lure the creatures, MacNeil and Shimada become attracted in the process, while the naval and military forces plan many strikes to destroy the monsters. MacNeil, Sanders, and Shimada strongly oppose the use of nuclear weapons, as an alternative, MacNeil suggests using a pheromone to attract both prehistoric beasts, the two creatures are believed to have been frozen in ice locked in combat, they must be natural rivals and their aggressiveness towards one another will cause them to fight to the death if they're lured together. The shark and octopus are brought together and begin to fight, they part once or twice to attack the oncoming submarines and attack ships, in engaged in a fierce battle, the octopus strangles the shark to death, while the octopus dies from blood loss, dismembering its tentacles, the two still locked from their battle sink to the bottom of the ocean. Also starring Lorenzo Lamas as Allan Baxter, Mark Hengst as Dick Ritchie, Michael The as Takeo, Jonathan Nation as Vince and Chris Haley as Kenji. There's not really any point mentioning the cast, it is unclear if they are taking things seriously or not, as with many movies like this, the story is absolutely ridiculous, the script and dialogue is nonsense, and the special effects are far away from special, they are atrocious, it is just a complete waste of time, a crap science-fiction horror. Poor!

Stevieboy666 Bad special effects, rubbish sets, ridiculous story line, poor, unconvincing acting - including a has been pop star - why do they keep churning these stupid, trashy movies out?? For suckers like me to keep watching!! Some of these Mega movies are funny because they are so stupid but this one can't even achieve that. Avoid

mklubeck4 Now traditionally, B movies are supposed to be "so bad, they're good," where you watch them to have fun with how bad they are, and have a good laugh out of it. But, no, this movie is so bad, it's bad. Instead of having a good time with how bad it is and having a big laugh here and there, instead, you'll just cringe and groan at the terrible cheapness and laziness this movie has. The writing is ungodly bad, the acting is high school play-level, and the effects...let me put it in terms that you would understand: remember those fake-looking sharks from Jaws 3-4? Well, they're gonna look real when you see how fake looking the shark is in this movie! Seriously! They even look more fake than the sharks from Sharknado! And THAT's saying a lot! I wasn't surprised when I found out this film's budget was only $1,000. Not to mention that there were a lot of scenes that were lazily reused from other Asylum films that I recognized, being 30,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Take my word for it, if you want to watch a good B-Movie just to have a blast with, please, take my word for it, you will most definitely want to skip this one. It's not worth it.

maggierhea Thank you, Netflix. Thank you, Netflix, for providing me with hours of distraction from my homework. Thank you, Netflix, for your accurate suggestions of things I may like based on my previous choices. If I've recently watched Scrubs and All Dogs Go to Heaven, the obvious next choice of category is "Sci-Fi Fantasy Canadian Thrillers." Great recommendation. Thank you, Netflix, for bringing me the classics instantly to my television. "Titanic 2" has been rented out at Blockbuster for weeks. And thank you, thank you, thank you, Netflix, for suggesting Megashark Versus Giant Octopus.As a lover of mediocre movies, Megashark Versus Giant Octopus has the recipe for an instant classic. Not only is this a shark, it's a MEGA shark. I suggest any moviemaker to add "mega" to their title to help the film raise at least 10% in their Rotten Tomatoes rating. Can you imagine the success at the box office if it was The MegaGodfather? Envision this: ten million years ago, a big ole shark and a big ole octopus were fighting underwater. Then they were frozen. Now, in present day, sonar-crazed whales ram the very glacier which houses our two stars, releasing the apocalypse that is Megashark and Giant Octopus. I haven't seen a rivalry this big since Lindsay Lohan supposedly stole Aaron Carter from Hilary Duff.With a solid plot line like that, you can only guess what the next 90 minutes entail. Debbie Gibson (yes, THAT Debbie Gibson with the blonde hair and #1 single "Foolish Beat") leads the star-studded cast as the oceanographer with a heart of gold. So, obviously, the acting wasn't great. They filmed the movie in 12 days, so obviously the cinematography wasn't the best. Produced by film company The Aslyum, a low-budget production company who have produced such hits as Megapiranha and Sunday School Musical, these "mockbusters" as they are called aim to become cult classics. The Megashark Versus Giant Octopus trailer became a viral hit on YouTube, although the critics did not view it with the same fervor as its fans. I actually learned a lot from watching the movie. According to the movie, a high-tech submarine is only controlled by one joystick and one red button. Now, instead of only having to worry about hijackers on airplanes, I have to worry about a giant shark leaping hundreds of feet out of the water and ripping off the wing with his giant Megashark teeth. I was enthralled by the movie for the very same reason I watch Keeping Up With The Kardashians, it's so bad it's good. If you like crappy movies, burnt-out '80s pop divas attempting to act, and sub-par CGI prehistoric creatures, kick back, relax and enjoy. Leave all expectations at the door and I promise you will have more than a few laughs.