Sharknado 2: The Second One

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Sharknado
Written by	Thunder Levin
Developed by	Anthony C. Ferrante
Starring	Ian Ziering ]]Vivica A. Fox]] ]]Mark McGrath]] ]]Kari Wuhrer]] ]]Tara Reid]]
Theme music composer	Christopher Cano Chris Ridenhour
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	David Michael Latt
Editor(s)	Ana Florit Vashi Nedomansky
Cinematography	Ben Demaree
Running time	95 minutes
Production company(s)	Syfy Films The Asylum
Budget	$2 million
Release
Original channel	Syfy
Original release	July 30, 2014

Sharknado 2: The Second One is a 2014 American horror sci-fi Disaster Film and a sequel to the 2013 television film Sharknado and the second installment in the Sharknado series. It was directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, with Tara Reid and Ian Ziering reprising their roles from the first film. The film premiered on July 30, 2014, and was the highest-premiering film on the SyFy Channel.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 Broadcast 5 Tie-in merchandise 6 Sequel 7 References 8 External links

Plot

Fin Shepard and his ex-wife April Wexler are flying to New York City to promote How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters, a book April has written about the Los Angeles sharknado. As the plane comes in for a landing through a storm, it is battered by airborne sharks, losing an engine. Sharks enter the plane, killing passengers and crew, including both pilots. While Fin successfully lands the plane, April's hand is bitten off by a shark while she attempts to shoot it with an air marshal's handgun.

Fin's sister, Ellen Brody, is sightseeing in New York with her family. Her husband, Martin, a childhood friend of Fin's, takes their son, Vaughn, to a Mets game at Citi Field along with Martin's and Fin's friends Skye (who is also Fin's ex-girlfriend) and Brian. Ellen takes their daughter, Mora, to the Statue of Liberty where she meets with her friends, Polly and Chrissie, who tell her about Fin's flight.

At the airport, Fin warns the crowd of the impending storm, but no one takes it seriously. After accompanying April to the hospital where she undergoes surgery, Fin receives a call from Ellen and tells her to get back from Liberty Island as soon as possible. He agrees to retrieve Martin and Vaughn from the ball game, hiring a cabbie, Ben, to take him there. At Citi Field, Fin first encounters Skye. She kisses him, but he explains that he and April are back together. Fin gets them all to leave with him just as the storm arrives at the park. The sharks kill people as Fin and his group use various improvised weapons and make their way to the subway.

Cast

Many of the cameo appearances made nods to previous roles the guests had played. Robert Hays was previously a pilot in Airplane!; Judd Hirsch was a cab driver in Taxi, Daymond John is a panelist on Shark Tank, Jared Fogle was a longtime spokesman for Subway restaurants, and Billy Ray Cyrus was a doctor in Doc.

Lauer and Roker appeared as themselves, hosting The Today Show; Abrams appeared as an anchor for The Weather Channel. Both of those properties, like Syfy, are owned by Comcast. In contrast, Gelman, Strahan and Ripa all reprised their roles from Live with Kelly and Michael in the film; that show is not a Comcast property, instead directly competing with The Today Show.

There are multiple in-jokes about Jaws (1975). Polly (Peggy Scott) was Mr. Brody's secretary, Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) was the chief, Ellen (Lorraine Gary) was his wife, Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) was the mayor's last name, Quint (Robert Shaw) was the shark hunter, and Chrissy (Susan Backlinie) was the name of the first victim.

Reception

Broadcast

Tie-in merchandise

Sequel

References

External links

Sharknado
Core films	Main series	Sharknado (2013) • Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) • Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) • Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016) • Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
	Spin-off films	Lavalantula (2015) • 2 Lava 2 Lantula (2016)
Other media	Sharknado: The Video Game (2014) • Archie vs. Sharknado (2015) • Z Nation (2014-2016)

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