Well, it IS near identical.
A lot of changes from the original had been made (the doctor minding the piranha testing center being just one of those). Still, I prefer this one.
One: it provided more character detail into Paul.
Two: this remake's Maggie isn't as "bumbling" as the one in the original (although she's still far from being a decent gumshoe).
Three: the circumstance behind the piranhas' poisoning (just in the pool) is more believable than the original (an entire water system in Vietnam).
Four: the usage of stock from the original aside, the fact that they left bones after piranha attacks makes it more believable than the original.
Five: because they made this look more serious than the original, it actually made it funnier.
It's still a bad movie, but, at least the way they changed it made it a tiny bit better.
It's still a bad movie, but, at least the way they changed it made it a tiny bit better.