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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 113 Fresh: 30  Rotten:83 Average Rating: 4.2/10
 
Consensus: A cheesy monster B-movie. A cheesy monster B-movie. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
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 expedition is formed but it's the rainy season and the only boat they can charter is a leaky barge... [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

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

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

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 6, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Note: This release is in the UMD format for Sony PSP players only.
  • Anamorphic - 1.78

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Korean - Optional

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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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The character development is as thin as shed snakeskin.

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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 07:39 AM
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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 09:03 PM
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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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12/19/04 10:15 PM
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 11:44 AM
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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 09:48 PM
Anthony Del Valle
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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 10:16 PM
Anton Bitel
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Funny how with each film the snakes get bigger yet the thrills get smaller.

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10/11/04 08:27 PM
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Not especially tedious, the snakes were OK, and I understood most of the conclusion. The only surprise, though, was that I made it to the end.

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09/17/04 04:34 PM
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Despite a script that borders on banality ... and Strickland's sometimes distracting emoting, director Little and director of photography Stephen F. Windon do an exceptional job of creating tension.

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09/15/04 04:13 PM
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Se vou perder uma hora e meia de minha vida vendo uma cobra comer pessoas, quero, no mínimo, que a refeição seja composta por caras conhecidas.

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Pablo Villaca
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Some people say nature is a good thing, something that ought to be encouraged. These people are stupid and should shut up.

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