Ups the self-parody so much that it's practically a Wayans Brothers spoof, albeit with fewer jokes.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
Piranha 3DD is overcrowded and pointlessly mean. The stunt casting of David Hasselhoff playing himself, riffing off his infamous 2007 drunken home video, gets in the way of the storyline.
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Total FilmNeil Smith
Total FilmNeil Smith
"Welcome to rock bottom!" sighs Hasselhoff at one stage, pretty much summing up this textbook exercise in sloppy seconds. Here's hoping the piranhas have a better agent than he does.
It seems impossible that a sequel to a movie as ridiculous as "Piranha 3D" could disappoint but Piranha 3DD stops at mediocre before arriving at gloriously bad.
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Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Add to this that it takes place in the town of Merkin, and you'll get an idea of the labored spirit of dirty-old-man humor that prevails.
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Slant MagazineEd Gonzalez
Slant MagazineEd Gonzalez
John Gulager is neither artist nor genius, bringing only straight-to-video conviction to Piranha 3DD.
Disappointingly, Piranha 3DD, the inevitable sequel to the remake, has none of Dante's wit, Aja's directorial skills, or Greg Nicotero's grotesqueries.