It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No–It’s a Shark!

JADE LIEU
Staff Writer

Sharknado is an hour and a half of your life that you will never get back. This film made its way onto social media from the moment it screened on SyFy channel.

When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature’s deadliest killer rules the sea, land and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace. The low budget SyFy movie is self-explanatory–sharks in a tornado, a simple idea with an absurd concept.

“The idea is completely ridiculous,” the director says. “But, it comes with sincerity.” Perhaps it is that sincerity that brought all these views. Shot in only 18 days, it was a fun film to watch and does not take millions of views to make a profit.

Although cheesy, it can also be interpreted as political commentary. It reminds everyone to be aware of the negative effects of global warming and to never underestimate the potentials of Mother Nature. If nature is not the reason for this tornado of sharks, it causes the viewers dive into the sea of possible interpretations. Is it the work of God? Is it an apocalypse? This thought-provoking film leaves viewers with an endless amount of curiosity, another SyFy disaster film gone horribly right.