“Sharknado” is a 2013 action-horror film that quickly became a cult phenomenon. The film, produced by The Asylum, tells the story of an unusual natural disaster in which a series of tornadoes drop deadly sharks on the coastal city of Los Angeles.
The film begins with a series of unexplained tornado activity off the coast of Los Angeles. These tornadoes, however, have a disturbing quality: they not only suck up water and debris, but also hungry sharks. When the tornadoes finally reach the mainland, the sharks begin to swim through the streets of Los Angeles, spreading chaos and destruction.
The film’s main characters are Fin Shepard, a bar owner and former surfer, played by Ian Ziering, and his ex-wife April, portrayed by Tara Reid. Together with a motley group of survivors, they try to fight the overwhelming number of sharks thrown at the city by the tornadoes. They use not only conventional weapons, but also extremely absurd and unconventional methods to defeat the sharks.
One of the crazy ideas in the film is the use of chainsaws as the main weapon against the sharks. The main characters seem to have an inexhaustible supply of chainsaws at their disposal and use them to fight the sharks in the air, on the ground and even underwater. Another crazy idea is that the main characters themselves chase tornadoes to eliminate the sharks. They form a team equipped in vehicles with special catching devices to capture the tornadoes and kill the sharks trapped inside.
In addition, the film contains numerous absurd and exaggerated scenes, such as a shark jumping out of a tornado and attacking a helicopter, or people cutting through the belly of a shark with chainsaws to escape. The film’s plot is deliberately exaggerated and doesn’t take itself too seriously, resulting in a mixture of horror, comedy and B‑movie flair.
