Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid [WS]

Director: Dwight H. Little, Dwight Little Dwight H. Little

Overview

"Directed by Dwight H. Little, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid is the sequel to 1997's tongue-in-cheek Anaconda, though none of the original cast have returned. The film chronicles a fateful mission ordered by a pharmaceutical giant: to travel deep in to the jungles of Borneo, where a rare black orchid -- one that can be used to attain immortality -- has bloomed for hundreds of years, unbeknownst to man. The eager horticulturists sent have no idea that an indigenous population of bloodthirsty anacondas has been privy to the orchid's properties for years. Not only have the orchids augmented their already phenomenal size, strength, and vitality, they've substantially increased the snakes' appetites for flesh. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid features Peter Curtis, Johnny Messner, Morris Chestnut, and Eugene Byrd."

Product Details

Release Date:	12/21/2004
UPC:	0043396032552
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	31,182

Special Features

Closed Caption;Deleted Scenes; Making-of Featurette; Bonus Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Matthew Marsden	Dr. Jack Byron
Johnny Messner	Bill Johnson
KaDee Strickland	Sam Rogers
Nicholas Gonzalez	Dr. Ben Douglas
Morris Chestnut	Gordon Mitchell
Eugene Byrd	Cole Burris
Karl Yune	Tran,Tran
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	Gail Stern
Andy Anderson	John Livingston
Nicholas Hope	Christina Van Dyke
Peter Curtin	Lawyer
Denis Arndt	CEO
Dwight H. Little	Actor
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Khoa Do	Lead Lopak Hunter
Andre Tandjung	Bartender
Aireti	Lopak Hunter
Salli Richardson	Actor
Nerida Tyson-Chew	Composer

Technical Credits

John Claflin

Daniel Zelman

MIchael Miner

Edward Neumeier

Hans Bauer

Jim Cash

Jack Epps Jr.

Dwight H. Little	Director,Director
Bruce Bright	Special Effects
Dale Duguid	Special Effects
Verna Harrah	Producer
Jacobus Rose	Executive Producer,Producer
John Claflin	Screenwriter
Daniel Zelman	Screenwriter
MIchael Miner	Screenwriter
Edward Neumeier	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Hans Bauer	Screenwriter
Jim Cash	Screenwriter
Jack Epps Jr.	Screenwriter
Andrew Butler	Special Effects
James Howe	Special Effects
Jim Leng	Special Effects
Dean Manderson	Special Effects
Stewart Riach	Special Effects,Special Effects
Julian Summers	Special Effects
Taj Trengove	Special Effects
Tim Whiteley	Special Effects
Justine Baddeley	Casting
Gary Wilkins	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

First things first, there's nothing in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid as beautifully outlandish as Jon Voight winking at the camera in the first one -- that said, this cheeseball sequel is still a fun and incredibly stupid time at the movies. Basically an exact rehash of the original, complete with a bootleg J. Lo actress and countless major plot points stolen from the first film, Anacondas isn't trying to change the big snake genre as much as it's having fun with the rules. Playing the hunky male lead role and appropriately named Bill Johnson (that's right, Bill Johnson, folks!), Johnny Messner leads a ragtag group of severely accented C-actors through the jungle as they plow through a delicious script in which mere humans win wrestling matches with giant crocodiles and the best performance award goes to a monkey. The CG anacondas themselves look no better than most made-for-cable fare, though they do now have huge rows of teeth that make them look like evil serpents in a fantasy flick, if that counts for anything. With hilarious jive-talking dialogue that will bruise your belly and an end song called "Chapow!" that's sure to damage your skull with its assault of lame pop-punk-rap-rock, most viewers will end up brutalized by the time the credits roll. The Hunt for the Blood Orchid is a good kind of hurt, though, one that's harmless in the long run and pretty swift with its 96-minute running time. To put it this way, if you "got" the original and enjoy that kind of unabashed schlock, then put on your swimsuit and dive in to this piece of charming junk -- otherwise, stay far away.