Sharknado, a new made-for-TV film in which Ian Ziering and Tara Reid battle sharks falling from the sky, debuted in the US last night \u2013 and promptly became a major talking point on Twitter.<\/p>\n
Airing on Syfy, the channel responsible for such TV movies as Arachnoquake, Sharktopus and Aladdin & The Death Lamp, Sharknado was the top trending topic on Twitter, with viewers transfixed by its preposterous premise \u2013 a freak hurricane sucks sharks up from the ocean, hurling them at Los Angeles, causing the waterlogged populace to be terrorised by the flying predators.<\/p>\n
In the film, which is directed by Anthony Ferrante and written by Thunder Levin, Ziering (Beverly Hills 90210) plays a bar owner, the appropriately monikered Fin, who sets out to save his ex-wife, April (American Pie’s Tara Reid), and their daughter.<\/p>\n
Corny lines such as \u201cwe can’t just stand here and wait for sharks to fall out of the sky\u201d and \u201cwe’re going to need a bigger chopper\u201d pervade the film, which clearly has its tongue firmly in its cheek.<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, the film’s concept made it a target for Twitter commentary, with writers, producers, actors gleefully taking aim at it.