Frankenfish (2004)

So much average

Best movie ever!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The first must-see film of the year.

An excellent fish-based take on the classic Frankenstein story. Must watch for any fans of Frankenstein, fish, or horror movies in general.There are quite a few very scary parts in the movie and it's definitely not appropriate for younger viewers. You'll probably want to avoid it if you get nightmares easily.Take my word for it, you're going to want to stay out of the water for a while after watching this one! My wife and I discuss it almost every time we order seafood now.Stop reading reviews and go out and rent or buy this movie right now. You won't be disappointed!

I was not expecting to even like Frankenfish, but I did. The story is ridiculous on the whole, in the script there is a sea of corniness and eye-rolling cheesiness amid the odd sprinkle of wit, the characters are on the annoying stereotypical side and some of the effects are cheap. Despite all this, I did enjoy Frankenfish. The editing was not as choppy as I had anticipated and some of the locations are great. There is enough suspense and tense fun to make up for the ridiculousness of the story, the fish although not great in design(though I have seen far worse) are menacing and great to watch and while the lead is uncharismatic the acting is reasonably good. On the whole, not great, but I sort of liked it. 6/10 Bethany Cox

There were fish and people and occasionally, they interacted with each other, usually resulting in death; death of the people rather than the fish, otherwise this movie would be called "franken people who won't leave fish alone" Anyways, the characters were reasonably... er, forgettable. I mean they weren't stereotyped or anything but honestly, aside from some Vietnam veteran I couldn't say I can exactly find any of these people memorable. Well okay there was some old voodoo woman trying to protect everyone with voodoo but since voodoo can only affect victims who believe it can, and fish don't even know what voodoo is expecting to prevent them attacking with voodoo wasn't quite the best idea. Except the character believed in voodoo and wouldn't believe it wasn't the best idea.Anyways, they found interesting methods of drawing out their story without resorting to blatant stupidity, but although it wasn't bad it wasn't memorable either.

When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers (Tory Kittles) is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan (China Chow) to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff (Tomas Arana) arrives with his team to hunt the predators."Frankenfish" is a very reasonable B-movie, with a good story, acting and special effects. Alternating action with suspense, horror and dark comedy, there are many good moments, like for example when the biologist is shot. The conclusion is very funny and this flick is a good entertainment. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Frankenfish - Criatura Assassina" ("Frankenfish - Assassin Creature")