Produced by Roger Corman (“The Terror”), “Sharktopus” is a hilarious film. This is such a cheesy film and it knows it. If you are expecting anything even remotely serious then I’m afraid you are looking in entirely the wrong place.

In “Sharktopus”, the genes of a shark and an octopus have been spliced together to create ‘Sharktopus’, which the United States Navy hopes to use a new weapon. However, Sharktopus breaks free from his masters’ control and goes on the loose off the coast of Mexico. Leaving a trail of destruction, a team are dispatched to hunt the creature before details of its ties to the military can be exposed.

Eric Roberts (“The Dark Knight”, “Runaway Train”) plays one of the scientists. He gives a relatively good performance and it’s a shame he’s not the main character as he’s clearly the only real famous face in here. The other characters are okay, some of them are pretty goofy. The Sharktopus creature looks terrifically stupid. I was reminded of the creature from “The Giant Claw”, which looked equally silly. The special effects on the shark are not convincing and it never looks like anything more than some cheap C.G.I. monster. Of course, all of the films highlights involve the Sharktopus.

“Sharktopus” is an unapologetically stupid movie. If you want good writing, fancy special effects or an even vaguely sensible premise then stay far away from this flick. I liked that this movie does not just give us a regular shark because there are so many shark films out there so I have to sort of applaud their creativity. If you are a big fan of the low-budget nonsense that comes out of Roger Corman then “Sharktopus” is maybe worth checking out. The movie will certainly make you chuckle with its countless ridiculous moments where the creature causes mayhem.