GamerTab That was an excellent one.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Uriah43 After stealing a fortune worth of jewels a group of thieves hide their stolen loot in a box and throw it into a nearby lake. Proving the adage that "there is no honor among thieves" two of them decide to sneak out to the lake and retrieve it prior to the specified time. What they don't realize is that the mastermind behind the robbery named "Paul Diller" (James Franciscus) put some piranha in this lake a year or two earlier to protect it from just such an attempt. His plan works as the person attempting to swim toward the box is rapidly consumed. Later these same piranha also kill two more thieves as well. But protecting the treasure isn't the only thing Paul has on his mind. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that I found it to be better than I initially thought it would be as it managed to combine elements of a crime caper with that of a horror film along the lines of "Piranha" as well. Of course, having two attractive actresses like Margaux Hemingway (as "Gabrielle") and Marisa Berenson ("Ann") certainly didn't hurt either. In any case, I liked this particular film and have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

Scott LeBrun Director Antonio Margheriti ("Take a Hard Ride") guides this amusing diversion. Yes, it's true that Joe Dantes' "Piranha" from the previous year was a better film to feature these fish, but this is fun exploitation. Provided the viewer doesn't take it too seriously, they can enjoy it. It's filmed on location in Brazil and certainly looks quite nice. It also hits the ground running with a decent action set piece. The piranha attack scenes are actually pretty good once we get to actually see them. The cast is variable, but some of the actors come off well enough.A team of professional thieves pulls off a daring heist of millions of dollars worth of jewels, then deposit the loot in a dam for retrieval six months later. However, greed takes over, and some team members try to obtain the jewels early, thereby becoming aware of the danger. There are piranha in this water! While betrayal among the group takes place, a photo shoot with model Gabrielle (Margaux Hemingway, "Lipstick") is on location, and several of the characters end up stranded on a tour boat thanks to a storm that also destroys the dam.Lee Majors is at his charisma-free worst as our tougher than tough hero, who in one hysterical moment gets so mad at James Franciscus (playing mastermind Paul Diller) that he jumps into the water and swims towards him, regardless of what's in the water with him. Karen Black is commanding and sexy, as is Marisa Berenson. There's a number of familiar faces in this cast: Gary Collins as Tom the pilot, Anthony Steffen as Max, football player Dan Pastorini as Hans, Frank Pesce as Warren, and Roy Brocksmith as corpulent fashion photographer Ollie. The scene with Ann and Ollie on the makeshift raft is ridiculous enough to induce head shakes.There's a fair bit of blood here, but not much gore, and no skin in this diverting exploitation nonsense. The twist ending adds to the overall entertainment.Seven out of 10.

sweper74 I saw this movie yesterday. I liked the beginning. A couple of jewelery-thiefs carries out a plan to steal some jewels near a powerplant and a barrage. They succeed to steal them and also avoid getting caught when "escaping". They hide the bait in a preplanned secret place for them to recover later on. So far so good. In this part of the movie i thought that "yes! this could be a quite a good/exciting/thrilling movie to watch.." But when they gather together afterwards, a "new" twist in the plot appears or comes up to surface. One member of the company has already planned a deceiving backstabbing plan to get hold of the treasure alone. And how that is done and carried out in the movie is where I get a bit disappointed. I don't gonna say how, but the realism in that plan is far from reliable. It's quite dull how it is carried out and how the actors acts/behaves in that part of the movie. As the title of the movie claims, there is a human threat in the movie called as we all know "piranhas". Small and dangerous predators. But I don't like how they are described in the movie. Of course they can be dangerous to other mammals and us humans, but they don't attack that easily in real life as in the movie. For what I have learned blood and hunger triggers an attack. With that in mind you can wonder how in h-ll they can attack people so easily as in this movie and will they not ever stop being hungry for one single moment!!!?? They just keep attacking and attacking. I'm not gonna let out all details in this movie, I stop here. However this movie does not s-ck totally. it has some tense/exciting moments but you will probably get bored out quickly. At least i did. I Grade it 4/10.

stills-6 Watching Margeaux Hemingway in this movie is like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Her lisp and stone-faced moroseness makes Lee Majors' eyebrow look like Marlon Brando, but she is nonetheless compelling. The same goes for the rest of the cast. You just can't believe how sincere everyone is trying to be and it's fascinating to watch.The last third of this movie is actually good fun, sort of like "Key Largo" without all of the intelligence to get in the way.