Dorathen Better Late Then Never

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Michael O'Keefe This is the fourth installment of the Mega Shark franchise. A simple story line finds the world still in torment after earlier shark attacks. As American scientists argue with the military about letting sleeping sharks lie; an enormous Cold War robot named Kolossus accidentally is awakened in Russia. Fortunately or unfortunately, a new Mega Shark appears and global chaos ensues. What is to stop Russia's doomsday mechanism from dueling with the monster shark? Creature and Sci-Fi violence sustains enough action to keep most happy. Christopher Ray directs. The cast includes: Brody Hutzler, Illeana Douglas, Adam Dunnells, Amy Rider, Ernest Thompson, Jeff Hatch and screenwriter Edward DeRuiter.

Leofwine_draca This is one of the worst of the Asylum 'giant monster' films I've watched yet. It manages to be a much bigger disappointment than the original MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS and also wastes a premise that wouldn't have been out of place in a kaiju flick: a giant shark is once again terrorising international waters, and the danger is compounded when a giant Russian colossus comes out of the depths to also wreak havoc.It simply feels like the guys at The Asylum weren't trying at all with this one. The special effects are very poor indeed, particularly the underwater stuff, although I admit I did get a kick out of the few scenes of the Kolossus walking around and destroying stuff (it goes back to my childhood experience with Talos in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS). The giant shark stuff is really, really, pitiful and has a hackneyed, 'seen it all' before feel.There aren't even any recognisable stars in this one, just a bunch of bad actors going through the motions. The CGI is horrible, the lighting is inefficient, and there's no gore or violence to speak of. It all feels like a half-hearted cartoon and is even worse than comparable stuff like BERMUDA TENTACLES - and that's saying something!

tkmdelorey I love the way that Asylum actively promotes recycling by throwing in random clips from U.S. Navy stock footage regardless of whether this or that particular ship has previously been used in this movie. This one has clips of an Iowa-class battleship firing its big guns that I am pretty sure were used in American Warships, as well as the mandatory sinking of a U.S. aircraft carrier using the same special effect that was previously used in American Warships and Age of Ice. We also have the obligatory black actor as the senior Naval officer. No problem there, but will somebody please tell Asylum that Admirals do not tool around in destroyers, and that if you are going to film the Admiral on the bridge in open sea, it would be good not to have trees and land visible out the non-military window of the bridge they are filming on. Three stars for the three drinks you will need to get through this one.

Sam Loomis If you're not down with SyFy Channel creature features, just save us both some grief and skip this review. If, however, you love the bargain basement Godzilla-style spectacle of The Asylum's Mega Shark series the way I do, rest assured that Mega Shark Vs. Kolossus will leave you giddy. It's a fun and fast-paced affair involving an even bigger, smarter, meaner prehistoric shark and an out-of-control Cold War robot on a collision course with one another. The cast all has a blast playing one ludicrous scene after another with deadly earnestness, the monsters are both well-rendered and imbued with more personality than they have any right to have on this budget, and the whole thing feels like a loving throwback to the Japanese monster movies I used to watch on Saturday afternoons as a child. Sure, the fights are too brief and the science is laughable. But what the film lacks in credibility and budget, it more than makes up for in energy and enthusiasm. Plus, the curvy cuties of Team Unicorn are on-hand to amp up the eye candy quotient. In all, a highly satisfying piece of direct-to-video schlock.