With much of America lying in ruins, the rest of the world braces for a global sharknado; Fin and his family must travel around the world to stop them. As shark-infested storms grow stronger and more complex, the world braces for the inevitable - a global sharknado. This year, the mission gets personal for chainsaw-wielding leader Fin Shepard and his bionic wife, April, when their young son gets trapped in a sharknado and is transported all over the world. (Fin addressing the Pope, played by Fabio): "Forgive me father, for I am Fin." The fact that this made me lol while sitting alone in my house could mean multiple things: the movie is working in its intended absurdity, the movie is so awful it's fun, or my mental stability is more in question than I realized. The most ridiculous and, therefore, best of the franchiseĀ and yes, that is an opinion I can confidently have. No need to really review Sharknado 5. It's pretty much like all the other Sharknado movies, but on a world wide scale, much more, well, out there, and a bit darker, if you will. You can expect a ton of B through D list celebrity cameos, and just as much subtle to blatant references to other movies (you really got to be a movie buff to catch some of the more obscure references). Honestly, with the first Sharknado, you could actually buy into the story, but then the whole thing hopped on that one way trip on the silly track starting movie 2 (one of the characters rightly concluded the show had jumped the shark).<br/><br/>If you enjoyed the Toxic Avenger series, you'll like the Sharknado films. Intentionally dumb, but compelling enough to keep you watching. I guess it takes a special sort of skill to make these sorts of Troll 2-so- dumb-they're-good movies. I like this under-appreciated, and under- tapped genre. But I don't expect many directors to take it on.<br/><br/>SPOILERS ALERT- Now yes, I suppose there could be more to come with the Sharknado movies, but it would be a stretch, based on what happened in S5. I would have enjoyed a solid ending to the franchise. But if the money is there, I guess they'll keep pumping it…<br/><br/>6/10…fun, if not repetitive, if you like the other movies. Watchable only to a point if you did not.
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