Piranha

PIRANHA (2010) - Aug. 21, 2010
A fun, over-the-top horror comedy about a beach-side town that gets infested by prehistoric piranhas during spring break.  Deftly directed by Alexandre Aja, the film did a good job of setting up the characters so that we care about them once the piranha mayhem starts to go down.  It also did a good job of being pretty funny throughout without the smugness or over-the-top quirkiness that can sometimes be a problem in horror comedies.  The sequence where a beach full of partying teens gets ravaged by the piranhas was definitely one of the better things I've seen in a while.  As for the 3D, it was decently implemented, but I can't really say it enhanced the movie all that much (I would have been happier without it).  ***