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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

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Reviews Counted:115

Fresh:31

Rotten:84

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: A cheesy monster B-movie.

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Some greedy scientists discover the "blood orchid" holds the secret to immortality, blooms once every seven years, and only grows deep in the jungles of giant python-infested Borneo. Quickly, an... Some greedy scientists discover the "blood orchid" holds the secret to immortality, blooms once every seven years, and only grows deep in the jungles of giant python-infested Borneo. Quickly, an expedition is formed but it's the rainy season and the only boat they can charter is a leaky barge belonging to unshaven Captain Johnson (Johnny Mesner). The cute blonde in the expedition (KaDee Strickland) digs Johnson's stoic demeanor, while her scientist boss (Matthew Marsden) tries to win her through promises of untold riches once they find that orchid. Some of the other potential items on the snakes' menu: Johnson's burly co-pilot (Karl Yune), a handsome ship's doctor (Nicholas Gonzalez), a shrieking techie nerd (Cole Burris), Johnson's pet monkey, and two corporate money-grabbers (Morris Chestnut and Salli Richardson). Of course the only ones who are going to be doing any real grabbing here are the gigantic anacondas, who recognize a boat full of lunch when they see one. They attack from nowhere and are big and fast. As if they weren't enough trouble, there are also poison spiders, a giant crocodile, dangerous waterfalls, explosions, treachery, headhunters, and slimy leeches. Fans of the original may miss Jon Voight, but pretty much everything else--a great mixture of fun, suspense, and both intentional and unintentional laughs--is here, including the healthy tweaking of racial and sexual horror-film stereotypes. Monster movie connoisseurs will find this a meal they can swallow whole and digest for days. [More]

Starring: Johnny Messner, Matthew Marsden, Morris Chestnut, Salli Richardson

Starring: Johnny Messner, Matthew Marsden, Morris Chestnut, Salli Richardson, Eugene Byrd, Nicholas Gonzalez, Karl Yune

Director: Dwight H. Little

Director: Dwight H. Little
Screenwriter: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman, Jim Cash, Jack Epps
Producer: Verna Harrah, Susan Ruskin
Composer: Nerida Tyson-Chew
Studio: Screen Gems

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Obviously the cast and crew don't care that this makes no sense--they got a great holiday in Fiji.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.
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...represents a significant improvement over its lackluster predecessor...

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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
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The character development is as thin as shed snakeskin.

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Uri Lessing
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So who is this movie for? Based on my experience at the theater, kids who just turned thirteen yesterday.

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06/17/05
Bill Clark
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This is a film that manages to take what should have been delirious camp fun and turn it into a struggle to keep any remote interest.

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12/20/04
David Cornelius
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Provides some unintentional laughs and genuine bursts of adrenalin, however hokey it gets and however Harry Potterish the snakes.

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12/20/04
James Plath
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12/19/04
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
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Picks up pretty terrifying momentum once the jungle snakes get an urge to chow down on these humans, even if everyone on the menu is on the lean side

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11/02/04
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

It's fun to see the characters get eaten up. It's the people who remain alive and talking that may disturb the viewer.

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11/01/04
Anthony Del Valle
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

these creatures attack strictly one at a time, so that Anacondas misses every opportunity to live up to its titular promise.

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10/30/04
Anton Bitel
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