Sharknado 6: The Last Sharknado – Its about time (2018)

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante

Starring: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo

Fin has to go back in time to rejoin his shark-battling friends to stop the first Sharknado and save humanity.

I almost never watched this due to that awful ‘Sharknado 5’, which was so bad that I wasn’t even interested in seeing how the series would end. However, curiosity killed the cat, as the saying goes, and I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt.

Dinosaurs!!! During the first few minutes I tried wrapping my head around the fact industry professionals read this script and actually gave it the green light. I expected it to be as bad – if not worse – as Sharknado 5. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Although still bad – or rather, demented! – it was much better than ‘Sharknado 5’ and it did surprise me by being better than expected.

As the film progressed, it improved significantly. The film is extremely fast paced and loaded with action and adventure. ‘Sharknado 6’ features the best cinematography yet, as well as the best score and the deepest story on an emotional level, as Nova tries to go back in time to save her grandfather. Uhm, yes, you heard correctly, the series has developed into a futuristic fantasy series and we are talking time travel here. During their travels, we encounter dinosaurs, wizards, Merlin, Camelot, Billy the Kid, Excalibur…

From an entertainment point of view, I was actually thoroughly entertained (despite it being so demented, but then again maybe that’s what made it so interesting). There were some good visuals, but alas, still not a big improvement since the beginning of the series. It sort of became the series’ trademark.

It was nice seeing the original cast in all the films. I still don’t like the April character, who is annoying more often than not. Ian Ziering steals the show as the film’s hero, Fin. We even see a very emotional Fin in this installment, and the best acting yet by Ziering.

As with most of the Sharknado films, the finale is insane to absurd. ‘Sharknado 6’ then meets up again with the first film, and provides a nice closure to a series that lasted 6 years. I’m glad I watched it. I enjoyed them (except Sharknado 5!).

Would I watch it again? I think so.