Sharknado 2: The Second One
SyFy | Release Date: July 30, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonJul 18, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sharknado 2 is a rousing upgrade from middling shlock to high-quality schlock. [25 Jul/1 Aug 2014, p.108] Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJul 30, 2014
Season 1 Review: Technically, Sharknado 2 is pretty much just as sloppy as the first film, with scenes that supposedly take place during a storm filled with streams of natural sunlight, but the amateurish quality is part of the franchise’s charm. Read full review
70
Sioux City JournalBruce MillerJul 28, 2014
Season 1 Review: While it isn’t as much of a surprise as the first Sharknado, this one manages to up the ante and take advantage of its pop culture standing. Read full review
70
Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakJul 24, 2014
Season 1 Review: The dialogue is intentinonally bad. The CGI work is intentionally cheap. The plot is intentionally ludicrous. The shock tactics are intentionally schlocky. And all this bad adds up to one monstrously good time, particularly if experienced with a rowdy and ready group of friends. Read full review
67
HitfixDaniel FienbergJul 31, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sharknado 2: The Second One is that kind of movie, veering more into "spoof" territory than the first one, which isn't to say that "Sharknado" was meant as high drama, but it wasn't calling attention to its absurdity in quite the same way as the sequel. Read full review
63
New York PostRobert RorkeJul 30, 2014
Season 1 Review: Like a lot of junk food, Sharknado might taste good while you’re eating it--but even with Cheetos you have to know when to take your hand out of the bowl. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJul 29, 2014
Season 1 Review: The overall effect isn’t quite intoxicating, and it might be better if you’re intoxicated in one form or another. Still, Sharknado 2: The Second One is part of a continuing pop culture chain of events that doubles as a rags-to-riches success story for a likable rag-tag director. Read full review
50
Denver PostJoanne OstrowJul 30, 2014
Season 1 Review: Kind of hilarious. Kind of silly. Mostly a game of spot-the-cameo players and teasing about what moment a certain chainsaw will come in contact with certain bodies. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJul 30, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sharknado 2 doesn’t need any jokes about jumping the shark. It knows you’re going to make one and it beats you to it, literally. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJul 29, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sharknado 2 intends to be nothing more than dumb fun, and it succeeds well enough at that. But it also leaves you regretting that the Sharknado team (Anthony C. Ferrante again directed from a script by Thunder Levin) didn’t reach for camp greatness. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJul 30, 2014
Season 1 Review: Set now in New York, instead of Los Angeles, it is just more of the insane same--insaner, if anything--in a slightly nicer suit. As with John Heard, the ringer in the first installment, the picture manages to bring everyone in it down to its level. Or close enough. Read full review
40
NewsdayVerne GayJul 28, 2014
Season 1 Review: The good news is that The Second One often is worse (in a good way) and does boast at least one viral YouTube clip, starring the head of the Statue of Liberty. (Poor Lady Liberty.) But The Second One is also more predictable, silly and self-conscious of the legacy.... For "Sharknado" fans: B- For viewers with highly refined tastes--or any taste--and sharks: F+ Read full review
30
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJul 29, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sharknado 2 drags for a large chunk after [the opening sequence] and, honestly, doesn’t have enough insane action to really say it completely works as B-movie escapism. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowryJul 28, 2014
Season 1 Review: Aside from a few clever moments (like an homage to “The Twilight Zone’s” “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” episode; or the challenge of finding appropriate weapons, thanks to New York’s gun--and hardware--laws), the creatives haven’t managed to bridge the gap between blood-spurting exploitation and winking genre parody. Read full review
25
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJul 30, 2014
Season 1 Review: If you're in the Sharknado fan club, you'll probably like the sequel. If not, you'll probably ignore it and watch something else. In either case, enjoy. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJul 24, 2014
Season 1 Review: Usually, follow-ups to goofy films like the first "Sharknado" suffer because the makers are too conscious of the original. In this case, though, they just don't seem to give a shark. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsDon KaplanJul 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sharknado 2--a slightly better, more watchable movie than its predecessor. But let’s be clear here. As a movie, the original "Sharknado" made some PowerPoint presentations seem exciting. Read full review
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