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Movie Review: Sharktopus vs Whalewolf (2015)

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Synopsis: Dr. Elsa Reinhardt seeks to use gene splicing to create the perfect human and thinks she has finally found the ideal subject in baseball player Felix Rosa. However, the experiment, which uses DNA from a wolf and killer whale, instead turns Rosa into a monster. To make matters worse, a sharktopus has arrived in the area and is already killing humans too, leading to a fight between the two hybrids. Who's in it? The movie stars Casper Van Dien , Catherine Oxenberg , Jennifer Wegner , Akari Endo and  Jorge Eduardo de los Santos . Review: After being horribly disappointed by Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda , I wasn't overly anxious to see this third movie in the series. However, my wife wanted to watch a movie last night, I didn't have anything else lined up and didn't want to spend half the evening looking for something, so we gave Sharktopus vs Whalewolf a try. It ended up being exactly what I expected it to be...bad.  The movie had pretty much the same issue as the...

Movie Review: Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)

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Synopsis: Not long after the original sharktopus was destroyed its offspring is living in an aquarium, where biologist Lorena is attempting to figure out a way to control its aggressive nature. When a scientist creates another hybrid, combining pterodactyl DNA with a barracuda, only to have the experiment fall under the control of a hacker, he attempts to hijack the sharktopus to fight it, only to unleash two terrors in the ocean. Who's in it? The movie stars Robert Carradine , Rib Hillis , Katie Savoy , Akari Endo and Hensy Pichardo. Review: My wife and I enjoyed Sharktopus more than expected, enough for me to be interested in seeing the sequel, Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda . We finally watched it tonight and not to sound a bit too much like my teenage daughter, thought it was just "meh." Sharktopus wasn't a great movie, just better than expected. As a result, my expectations for this sequel weren't set very high. However, even then, it failed to meet them.  My ...