Synopsis
The blood orchid - a rare flower that could hold the secret of eternal life and be worth a fortune to the company that finds it first. Led by a pharmaceutical research team, a scientific expedition sets out to go and explore deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and bring back samples of the legendary plant. Battling through rainstorms to make their way upriver, the group encounters poisonous insects and a ferocious crocodile, only to discover they're being stalked by an even greater danger: a gathering of giant anacondas. Heat-sensing, fifty-foot-long flesh eaters that will go after anyone that crosses in their path.
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Cast
- KaDee StricklandSam Rogers
- Johnny MessnerBill Johnson
- Nicholas HopeChristian Van Dyke
- Morris ChestnutGordon Mitchell
- Matthew MarsdenDr. Jack Byron
- Karl YuneTran
- Salli Richardson-WhitfieldGail Stern
- Eugene ByrdCole Burris
- Nicholas GonzalezDr. Ben Douglas
- Denis ArndtCEO
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Sufficient cheap thrills and enough of the prevailing camp quality. - 70
Variety
Sublimely trashy, this conceptual sequel to 1997's surprise hit, "Anaconda," doesn't expect to be taken any more seriously than its schlock predecessor, and keeps its tongue-in-cheek thrills flowing rapidly. - 50
Chicago Tribune
To be fair, it's little better or worse than the original. But, to be honest, the original--minus its nascent stars--wasn't very good. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
From its jungle forays to its waterfall tumbles to its deadly spider bites - is entirely, utterly unoriginal. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Supremely silly but undeniably fun sequel. - 50
The New York Times
A programmer that once upon a time would have played on the bottom half of double bills, Anacondas has no pretensions and gets its little job done effectively, providing some small-scale laughs and chills for the late summer season. - 40
Dallas Observer
Director Dwight Little, who has made many mediocre films as well as the gleefully gory Robert Englund version of "The Phantom of the Opera," gets at least one thing right -- he really does take time to establish the characters. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
There's no enjoyably outlandish hiss to this variation on the formula, and no Ice Cube or Owen Wilson, either. This time, a ship of capitalist fools (and no movie stars, unless you count utility player Morris Chestnut as a headliner) steams along the river in Borneo.
