'Piranha' is a waste of time, unless you haven't seen the 1978 original I guess. It's a shot-for-shot remake, more (a bad) reenactment really, aside from a few strange changes; no spoilers, but one involving an animal and one involving a weapon are particularly odd decisions. Aside from those mentioned bits, the rest is quite literally a repeat of the Joe Dante movie; down to the dialogue. Some of the characters are changed in terms of gender (mainly from male to female, pointlessly if unimportantly), though the main bunch stay the same. Alexandra Paul and William Katt are both forgettable. The main takeaway from the cast is Mila Kunis, who makes her acting debut. The effects for the piranha are good, but that isn't a positive because producer Roger Corman recycled them from the first film. Makes you wonder what the point of this all was. It is a very bad (made-for-television) movie, more originality or at the very least a more creative rehash would've went a long way. It is still better than 'Piranha II: The Spawning' though.

A much cheaper feeling version of the original film. Although we have some recognizable cast in William Katt, a young Mila Kunis, and Soleil Moon Frye in addition to following an almost scene for scene plot, it can’t help but fall flat. Most of the performances were pretty bad and the effects recycled. This truly is a remake that really had no purpose in being redone.