Quartile rating: 4.5/10 · 1 rating
The new installment of the Sharknado franchise takes place 5 years after Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! There have been no Sharknados in the intervening years, but now they’re appearing again in unexpected ways.
Sharknado 4 is a deliberately campy, self-aware creature feature that leans hard into absurdist excess. The plot is essentially nonexistent beyond escalating shark-tornado scenarios, with no narrative coherence or dramatic stakes. Acting is uniformly poor even by intentional B-movie standards. Cinematography is functional TV-movie level work with nothing distinctive. Novelty is moderate — by the fourth entry the franchise formula is well-worn and the 'Star Wars' title parody is a cheap gag rather than genuine wit, though the series still occupies its own absurd niche. The ending resolves nothing meaningfully and simply teases another sequel in franchise fashion.