I remember renting the first Anaconda movie and being thoroughly enjoyed by it. Unfortunately, this movie is not as good as the first because of bad script and poor character development. In the first movie, it had strong actors like Jon Voigt, who always display Oscar-winning performances and surprisingly, Ice Cube. Jennifer Lopez though, cannot act, no matter what movie you put her in.
Using the same formula as in the first movie, you have a group of people, going into a dense jungle with some greedy or crazy individual who will do anything to get what they want. The problem began with the passengers of this group.
*****possible spoilers*********** Story is about a group of pharmaceutical company representatives out to search for a rare blue orchid with promises of being a fountain of youth, but it only blooms every 7 years. They arrive in Borneo but it is the monsoon season and only one boat will take them to their destination but for a price. This captain of this boat is not your typical captain nor his first mate. Both look like they spent more time in the gym than in a seedy bar. He is a former US special forces who came to Borneo get it away from the killing. What cliché! They all meet in a bar where the captain is drinking alcohol but it surely does not show any effect on his body. They go on the river and you have the usual dumb banter between the passengers and the captain. The next thing you know, one of the passengers fall off the rickety boat and the captain goes after her but a huge crocodile tries to eat the girl. Captain America takes out his knife and kills the giant crocodile.
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That folks, did it for me. I was losing interest in this movie by this time but that scene was it. I could go on but you get the picture.
Wait for it to appear in your video store.
Using the same formula as in the first movie, you have a group of people, going into a dense jungle with some greedy or crazy individual who will do anything to get what they want. The problem began with the passengers of this group.
*****possible spoilers*********** Story is about a group of pharmaceutical company representatives out to search for a rare blue orchid with promises of being a fountain of youth, but it only blooms every 7 years. They arrive in Borneo but it is the monsoon season and only one boat will take them to their destination but for a price. This captain of this boat is not your typical captain nor his first mate. Both look like they spent more time in the gym than in a seedy bar. He is a former US special forces who came to Borneo get it away from the killing. What cliché! They all meet in a bar where the captain is drinking alcohol but it surely does not show any effect on his body. They go on the river and you have the usual dumb banter between the passengers and the captain. The next thing you know, one of the passengers fall off the rickety boat and the captain goes after her but a huge crocodile tries to eat the girl. Captain America takes out his knife and kills the giant crocodile.
************end spoiler***************8
That folks, did it for me. I was losing interest in this movie by this time but that scene was it. I could go on but you get the picture.
Wait for it to appear in your video store.