Anaconda
1997 Directed by Luis Llosa
Synopsis
When You Can't Breathe You Can't Scream
A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
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As someone who has worked on documentaries, I dream of the job the characters have in this film. Apart from the jungle creatures trying to kill everyone, it's gotta be a pretty sweet assignment. You get to ride a pleasure barge through Brazil, drink expensive wine all day, drive some golf balls, play a few hands at cards, listen to gangsta rap, and chat up a half-naked Kari Wuhrer. The pay has to be pretty good for the company to afford to ship out an on-camera host and four times the necessary crew, and there was only about one and a half scenes where they actually did any work on the documentary. Talk about an easy gig!
PS: The film's saving grace is Jon Voight, who wonderfully hams it up. Here is a man who knows exactly what kind of movie he's in, and apparently loves the flavor of the cheese.
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I remember this movie being utterly terrifying as a child...
Now, without shame, I can admit its one of the most fun movies I've ever seen. Is it good? Hell no. Can anacondas get that big? Nah. Can they swallow food that fast? Nope. Can they eat multiple people and still come back for food the next scene? Haha. No. Do snakes scream? Yeah you get my point.
Is it atmospheric? Yes. Does it have good music? Yes. Do the actors have fun with their roles? Yes.
So there is at least a few things to like about it. I always watch it when it's on just for fun. And it sparked my interest in green anacondas in real life also. If a movie (albeit a bad one) sparks an outside interest with me, and it's fun, it's a winner in my book.
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Sadly the porn version is more entertaining.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Surprisingly captivating at some points but overall reasonably dull and wooden.
The idea of an anaconda is terrifying even for someone like me who loves snakes, but the serpant on this is far too comic to be taken seriously.
It's alright for a TV movie on a Sunday night, especially if you don't like Owen Wilson.
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So ridiculously bad. Almost makes you wonder if it was intentionally bad.
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I prefer my snakes on planes
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Jon Voight is a hoot. The rest of the film is unintentionally hilarious.
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Jon Voight getting swallowed by an Anaconda is how I would describe my sexual life.
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So bad it's almost good. Maybe.
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Also the worst thing ever. If this movie had a face, I would punch it until blood came out of it's nose and the cops came and made me stop.
And i'd say "But officer, It's 'Anacoda.'"
Then they'd free me and join me.
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This is one of my favorite bad movies.
It stars Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz and Owen Wilson - a very eclectic cast which just adds to the fun. They are a documentary film crew looking for an elusive tribe of natives. Instead, they find a giant Anaconda, which starts to hunt them, wrap them up, and eat them. They also find Jon Voight, who is supposed to be from Paraguay but has an accent that I've never heard on Earth before.
The acting is bad all around. Eric Stoltz does the best job, but he gets a wasp stuck in his scuba hose somehow and spends the last half of the movie in a coma. Owen Wilson tries…
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I'd watched this ages ago and revisited it cos of a FilmSack. I remember it being cheesy a hell, and I remembered rite. Bad all round but made me chuckle. 2/5 Tracheostomies
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Surprisingly captivating at some points but overall reasonably dull and wooden.
The idea of an anaconda is terrifying even for someone like me who loves snakes, but the serpant on this is far too comic to be taken seriously.
It's alright for a TV movie on a Sunday night, especially if you don't like Owen Wilson.