Sharknado departed with so much wasted potential, amid a "glorious age of bonkers cinema"

The A.V. Club

The Sharknado franchise seemed to pave the way for The Meg, Skyscraper and Rampage. "This rise in theatrical schlock makes it sad, if appropriate, that the franchise which truly harnessed the power of televised schlock has faded so heavily," says Les Chappell. He adds: "The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time feels as ready to be done with this as the viewing public appears to be. It’s nowhere near as egregiously bad as the third or fourth installments, but it doesn’t even come close to the first and second, and the newfound energy of the fifth doesn’t carry over as much as you’d expect. It’s just kind of there, intermittently entertaining and frustrating, more of a wasted opportunity than the truly insane ending we’d all love to give to the story whose thesis statement is 'guy with chainsaw versus a tornado full of sharks.'" ALSO: Watch a tribute to Sharknado.