THE TV-MOVIE: “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens.”
WHEN, WHERE: Premiered Sunday on Syfy.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Megabillionaire and high-tech guru/playboy Aston Reynolds (Tommy Davidson) has saved the world from the sharknado menace by inventing something called a “nuclear astro pod” which subverts the low pressure inside tornadoes by infusing them with isotopes — or something like that. But on the eve of his opening a grand new hotel in Las Vegas, something goes terribly wrong. Coincidentally, Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) is in Vegas for a little R&R, along with his cousin Gemini (Masiela Lusha), also to attend the wedding of his son, Matt (Cody Linley) and girlfriend Gabrielle (Imani Hakim). Before long, April Wexler (Tara Reid) rejoins her family, along with Fin’s dad, Gil Shepard (David Hasselhoff).
Spoiler alert: April — presumed dead in the third installment, “Oh Hell No!” — is back and has been technologically enhanced by mad scientist (also her father) Dr. Wilford Wexler (Gary Busey). As usual, expect lots of cameos, including Cheryl Tiegs, Carrot Top and Duane Chapman.
MY SAY: An ice-cold fear may suddenly grip you while watching the fourth installment of “Sharknado”:
What if there’s a fifth “Sharknado” installment?
Then the fear grips a little tighter, along with its twisted, cruel, possibly ineradicable logic — what about a sixth, seventh or eighth one? There’s probably no stopping them now.