Anaconda (1997) was undoubtedly a dumb creature feature, but for what it was it was ultimately harmless take your brain out entertainment.
All these years later the franchise has popped up on my watchlist so it's time to binge it's three sequels.
The Hunt for the Blood Orchid was certainly not the best of starts, but considering the subject matter it also could have been a lot worse.
When a corporation learns of an elusive orchid with potential fountain of youth like properties a party ventures into the jungles to harvest them while they're still in bloom. Of course while there they run foul of our giant anacondas.
It's highly cliched, very predictible but because they played it so safe they both sacrificed any chance of a decent film yet also prevented a bad one.
The lack of budget shows, the cgi in most places is pretty weak and the only notable cast member was the multi talented Morris Chestnut and he isn't even the movies lead.
For what it is it's relatively passable, it's dumb, it's flawed, but it's a movie about a giant anaconda so you bring it on yourself if you go in with high expectations I suppose.
The Good:
Some great shots
Morris Chestnut
The Bad:
SFX are more miss than hit
Comedic relief character is more annoying than funny
Very cliched stuff
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Capuchin monkeys just make everything better
The creators have never actually seen an anaconda before
All these years later the franchise has popped up on my watchlist so it's time to binge it's three sequels.
The Hunt for the Blood Orchid was certainly not the best of starts, but considering the subject matter it also could have been a lot worse.
When a corporation learns of an elusive orchid with potential fountain of youth like properties a party ventures into the jungles to harvest them while they're still in bloom. Of course while there they run foul of our giant anacondas.
It's highly cliched, very predictible but because they played it so safe they both sacrificed any chance of a decent film yet also prevented a bad one.
The lack of budget shows, the cgi in most places is pretty weak and the only notable cast member was the multi talented Morris Chestnut and he isn't even the movies lead.
For what it is it's relatively passable, it's dumb, it's flawed, but it's a movie about a giant anaconda so you bring it on yourself if you go in with high expectations I suppose.
The Good:
Some great shots
Morris Chestnut
The Bad:
SFX are more miss than hit
Comedic relief character is more annoying than funny
Very cliched stuff
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Capuchin monkeys just make everything better
The creators have never actually seen an anaconda before