Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

Year: 2017

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

ActionComedyHorror

Make America bait again! Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who’s trapped inside a sharknado.

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1

Fin and April travel to London for NATO meeting

Fin and April travel to London with their young son Gil to attend a NATO meeting about the escalating sharknado threat. They hope to coordinate a global response and keep Gil safe as the danger grows.

London
2

Nova uncovers a temple under Stonehenge and a powerful artifact

Nova and her assistants investigate a temple hidden beneath Stonehenge and stumble upon a shrine devoted to an ancient shark god. They recover an artifact that, once activated, triggers a new, dimensional sharknado that threatens the world.

Stonehenge
3

The London attack and Gil vanishes

The dimensional sharknado heads toward London, and Fin rallies Buckingham Palace guards to defend the city. The battle ends with the city surviving, but Gil is pulled into the storm and vanishes.

London
4

Gil is tracked to Switzerland by airship and crash

Fin, April, and Nova realize Gil is still alive and track him using a signal from his helmet. They board an airship built by Dr. Angel and pursue him to Switzerland, where the ship is caught in a sharknado and crashes, killing Dr. Angel. The group salvages skis and continues the chase down the Alps.

Switzerland
5

Sydney dawn and the Sharknado Sisterhood revealed

The crash sends them to Sydney, where April's cybernetic body is badly damaged. Nova introduces the Sharknado Sisterhood and reveals Fin's cousin Gemini is a member who has been overseeing a ship carrying nuclear waste. Fin is angry that Nova kept Gemini's role secret as he and the upgraded April vow to pursue Gil.

Sydney
6

Nuclear waste mutates on Gemini's ship

A sharknado strikes Gemini's ship and absorbs the nuclear waste, mutating into a shark-shaped mass. The upgraded creature heads toward Japan.

Sea near Japan
7

Fin and April travel to Rio de Janeiro and learn the myth of portals

Fin and April arrive in Rio de Janeiro and meet another Sisterhood member at an old church. They learn ancient myths explaining the sharknados and the vortex, including the idea that the Earth has many portals.

Rio de Janeiro
8

Artifact theft and Roman chase

An art thief steals the artifact during the meeting, triggering a car chase that ends in the Colosseum in Rome when a sharknado teleports the vehicles. Fin and April recover the artifact just as they are summoned by the Pope to aid in the mission.

Rome
9

The Pope grants weapons and sends them into the vortex

The Pope in Vatican City provides Fin with a special chainsaw and urges him to continue the mission to save Gil and the world. Using the artifact, Fin and April summon a sharknado to recover Gil, but he slips away and the three are pulled into the vortex.

Vatican City / Rome
10

Tokyo showdown and Nova's final sacrifice

Fin and April emerge in Tokyo to face Sharkzilla, a massive mass of sharks. Gil is trapped inside the creature, and Nova arrives with the remaining Sisterhood to fight. After a brutal battle, the creature explodes, Gil vanishes, and Nova dies.

Tokyo
11

Tragic family news and resolve

Fin learns that his family has died after a call from Matt, who is killed by a sharknado at the Kansas farm. Grieving, Fin and April decide to try returning the artifact to Stonehenge to halt the outbreak.

Kansas
12

The Pyramids of Giza reveal the mechanism and end seems near

The summoned sharknado transports them to the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, where hieroglyphs reveal the vortex's deeper history. An ancient mechanism appears to open the pyramids and absorb the vortex energy.

Giza, Egypt
13

The global catastrophe erupts and April sacrifices herself

The mechanism reverses and energy erupts from the Earth's core, triggering a global sharknado that consumes the planet. Gemini is killed in Tokyo as the storm expands. Fin and April cannot stop the device, and April absorbs the entire planetary vortex to save the world, sacrificing herself as her body explodes.

Earth
14

Post-apocalyptic survival and Gil's return through time

Fin collects April's head and wanders the ruined planet, while a truck emerges from a bright light driven by an aged Gil. He reveals that after Sharkzilla's explosion he traveled back in time and spent years developing a way to use the sharknado as a time machine.

Earth
15

The plan to travel back in time to save everyone

Reunited, Fin and Gil set off into the past to defeat the sharknados once and for all and save their family and friends. They plan to alter the timeline to prevent the disasters from escalating, determined to restore what was lost.

Earth

Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 13:06

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