Anaconda

    Anaconda
    1997

    Synopsis

    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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    Cast

    • Jennifer LopezTerri Flores
    • Jon VoightPaul Serone
    • Kari WuhrerDenise Kalberg
    • Ice CubeDanny Rich
    • Eric StoltzDr. Steven Cale
    • Jonathan HydeWarren Westridge
    • Danny TrejoPoacher
    • Vincent CastellanosMateo
    • Owen WilsonGary Dixon
    • Frank WelkerAnaconda (voice)

    Recommendations

    • 88

      Chicago Sun-Times

      A slick, scary, funny Creature Feature, beautifully photographed and splendidly acted in high adventure style.
    • 75

      USA Today

      An enjoyably cast, superbly shot, jolt-generating device...It isn't art, but it'll crush your bones.
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      Coil up with a tub of popcorn, get a stranglehold on your soda - this is a creepy, action-packed boat ride down a jungle river with lots of huge snakes dropping by for man-sized snacks.
    • 50

      TV Guide Magazine

      Voight's performance -- one of the film's pure, trashy delights -- is all leer, sneer and macho swagger, while the rest of the actors feel like the disposable snake-fodder they are.
    • 50

      Variety

      A silly and plodding "Jaws" rip-off about a 40-foot man-eating snake on the prowl in the Brazilian rain forest.
    • 40

      Washington Post

      Feels like "Alien" as directed by Jim Henson. And the suspense is restricted to mundane slasher-movie tactics, including the frequent use of a mobile camera (call it the ’condacam) that’s supposed to represent the snake’s point of view.
    • 40

      Chicago Reader

      Jon Voight, the all-purpose villain, does a pretty good job of imitating Marlon Brando imitating a Paraguayan snake expert, but the rest of the players--including Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, Vincent Castellanos, Jonathan Hyde, and Kari Wuhrer--seem to be in a hurry to pick up their checks.
    • 25

      San Francisco Chronicle

      So desperate and silly that here and there, it's a lot of fun.

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