Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

classicsoncall For all you "Snakes on a Plane" fans, here's one that came out a couple years earlier. I haven't seen the original "Anaconda" flick yet, so I can't make a comparison, but I found this one to be fairly entertaining. It's got a great premise with the Perrinia Immortalis business, and because it only shows up once every seven years, you've got the time pressure element for the lively band of adventurers to 'get in and get out', so to speak. Jin-Soon Bill Johnson (Johhny Messner) even said that at one point, so you had to know that was true.Hey, how about that Man vs. Crocodile battle in the middle of the river. If you've seen any of those Jungle Jim movies from the Fifties, you'll appreciate the realism displayed when Wild Bill takes on the angry croc. You couldn't tell if it was made out of rubber or not, and Johnson came out of the water with some blood on his neck. Jungle Jim never even got a scratch! Although the scientific basis for the stuff going on sounded good, most of it was made up, like the bit with the stone spider. There really are such things, named that way because they're almost always found under stones. Not poisonous either, but give it a name like Laba-Laba Batu and it makes you wonder. The only thing that will paralyze you here is watching the picture.My very best takeaway from the movie was when Cole (Eugene Byrd) went ballistic right after Sam (KaDee Strickland) saved him with the Samurai move on one of the title creatures, stating how she 'Lorena Bobbit-ed his ass'. You really had to be around a decade earlier when Mrs. Bobbit made headlines with her own operation with a knife. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you'll have to look it up. It will be worth your trouble.Best talent in the movie - had to be Kong, who didn't even merit a film credit, but he had the slickest moves and the best reaction shots of anyone in the picture. Just watch his facial expressions, you'd swear he was a natural born actor.

Python Hyena Anacondas: The Hunt for Blood Orchid (2004): Dir: Dwight Little / Cast: Johnny Messner, Kadee Strickland, Morris Chestnut, Matthew Marsden, Karl Yune: Despite complaints, I found Anaconda somewhat enjoyable fast pace thriller. How unfortunate that it is followed up with this over expensive mess. This is not connected to the original film other than it has more than one snake. Setup is rushed with researchers needing a boat to head out into the middle of nowhere to find a rare flower that is only in bloom for another two weeks and will not be available again for many years. It apparently has some sort of youth formula. Puh-lease! Dwight Little directs half-heartedly using way too many close ups of a paranoid monkey. Perhaps it was embarrassed with the film it was caught in. Little previously made Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. Cast includes Johnny Messner, Kadee Strickland, Morris Chestnut, and Matthew Marsden and they are all there to be fast food for giant snakes. Did any of these hopefuls actually consider this a good career move or did they walk into this like brave job suicide? The first film received much criticism but its pacing and action allows it to be at least an entertaining watch. Pointless sequel with only its slithery effects to compliment otherwise forget Blood Orchid and hunt for the nearest toilet to dispatch this film into. Score: 1 / 10

AaronCapenBanner Dwight H. Little took over directing duties of this sequel to "Anaconda" that stars Mathew Marsden as Dr. Jack Byron & Morris Chestnut as his associate Gordon Mitchell, who convince a wealthy corporation to finance a scientific expedition to Borneo to locate an elusive blood orchid flower that blooms only for a few weeks every seven years, and promises the gift of prolonged youth. Once there, their expedition runs into transportation trouble, and anacondas that have mysteriously grown to large size, and it has something to do with the blood orchid they are trying to find... Routine sequel has little to offer, though does have reasonably good F/X at least.

jmillerdp Heavens! This feels like it goes on for more than "Gone with the Wind" did! Lordy!The film (such as it is!) is almost interminable. Just basically a lot of running around the jungle with occasional scenes with one of the snakes. The rest is just goofy melodrama. And, some dude keeps yelling and freaking out constantly like Bill Paxton in "Aliens." Man, can't that guy have gotten eaten? At least Paxton was entertaining.Now, don't get me wrong, this is (amazingly!) better that the horrifically awful original "Anaconda," starring "Master Thespian" Jennifer Lopez and the always-terrible (at least since the 1970's!) Jon Voight. Oh, my, I am having grisly flashbacks just thinking of that!The visual effects are better here, but how could they be worse? The original used CGI in its infancy, and it wasn't a good idea. It came across as really fake in that movie. At least here, they have the good sense to stage the snake scenes at night and in the rain.The film score is the only redeeming thing in the movie. The cinematography is fine, but doesn't help make up for everything else!Do I need to say avoid? I do? Then, avoid!**** (4 Out of 10 Stars)