I wanted to like Piranha 3Dand since flesh-munching fish and 3-D are gimmicks about on par with one another, I more or less expected to
. Also, I'd liked Alexandre Aja's Mirrors (2008) well enough that I was willing to forget about his The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and High Tension (2003). I perhaps should have noted that several of the glowing reviews Piranha 3D has garnered were written by folks who waxed enthusiastic over The Hills Have Eyes.