
Dead bodies are being found in the New York harbor. The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick and his colleague realize the killer is a giant octopus. Everybody, especially the police captain, refuses to believe Nick's story, and soon the harbor will be filled with boats for the 4th of July celebrations...... (Full plot summary below)
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Dead bodies are being found in the New York harbor. The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick and his colleague realize the killer is a giant octopus. Everybody, especially the police captain, refuses to believe Nick's story, and soon the harbor will be filled with boats for the 4th of July celebrations...
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| User ReviewZach Swhere else can you see a giant octopus total the statue of liberty? keep the remote handy to rewind the scene where the protagonist falls from lady liberty and fast forward through just about everything esle. |
| User ReviewWes SSometimes I'm just in the mood for a no frills budget horror movie. No thinking involved, no wildly fantastic special effects, just 90 minutes of a big rubber monster making people howl amongst the sea front! I can barely remember much of the first instalment but what I do recall is that it wasn't quite as bad as what I expected (but it was still quite bad). It hasn't gotten any better but the fact it has even spawned a sequel would be noted as a success. It surely can't be defined as horror due to its general lack of blood, gore, or anything remotely scary, but I guess it could give you nightmares if you were a 2 year old. To give it credit, the acting is ok, it flows reasonably nicely, but the monster is simply shocking. Thankfully we never really see a full feature shot of it, just a few close ups of its eye, and a whole lotta rubber as its tentacles wrap themselves around people's necks. It's harmless fun, but one not to be repeated in a hurry, if at all. It is however, one of the best octopus movies I've ever seen, coming 2nd only to the original (and yes, that is because I can't recall any others ever being made)! |
| User ReviewShawn WA very deep and intellectual movie with an intricate plot line. The special effects are not good in this movie, although in places this is due to some special effects. |
| User ReviewChristina FLittle-known fact: Billy Joel premeditated this film. In a half-hearted attempt not to spoil it, he only barely disguised the reference in his 1993 song: In the middle of the night / I go walking in my sleep / From the mountains of faith / To the river so deep / I must be lookin' for something / Something sacred I lost / But the river is wide / And it's too hard to cross -- See how he changed 'Fear' to 'Dreams' (notice the similarity of the words?) -- And then he did the same thing with '... looking for something scary' which he replaced with 'sacred', again only thinly disguising the obvious message. ---- Leaves you scared about the actual meaning of 'The Piano Man', doesn't it? |
| User ReviewPrivate UPicture the scene New York at night, a drunken couple wander down to the pier to go out on a boat, when suddenly a couple of large rubber tentacles start flailing about near them. Thankfully our actors have the presence of mind to grab the tentacles and wrap them about themselves to ensure the film opens with some action. Don't worry the special effects do improve as the film goes, although in places this is due to some special effects and shots from the first film being not so cunningly placed in the film. Unfortunately overall the special effects are not as good in this sequel which is a shame really as the story does improve on the first film as we do have more octopus action, with the creature being much more central to the story and this time it's killing New Yorkers. In the first film the octopus attacked a sub, a cruise liner and a helicopter, but in this one the octopus we get to the see the octopus attack the Statue of Liberty. The story does borrow from the Jaws films with the police officer trying to convince the mayor that there is a killer shark I mean octopus on the rampage. |
| User ReviewJay RA very deep and intellectual movie with an intricate plot line. Also features some profound symbolism as the Octopus relocates the Statue of Liberty. |