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Anaconda (1997) 4.5
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4.5/10 from 50,986 users
Metascore: 37/100
Reviews: 249 user | 106 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Luis Llosa |
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When a documentary crew traveling through the Amazon jungle, picks up a stranded man, they are unaware of the trouble that will occur. This stranger's hobby is to capture the giant Anaconda snake, and plans to continue targeting it on their boat, by any means necessary. Written by FilmFanUk
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When You Can't Breathe You Can't Scream See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for intense adventure violence, and for brief language and sensuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
11 April 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$45,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$16,620,887 (USA) (11 April 1997)Gross:
$65,557,989 (USA) (5 September 1997)Company Credits
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Cinema Line Film Corporation, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Iguana Producciones See more »
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Paul Serone: There's a devil inside everyone.
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Written by Stephen Marley
Performed by Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers
Courtesy of Elektra Entertaiment Group
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Strong language was dubbed with "freaking" in order to get a PG-13 rating. Not only do the ADR'd lines have a slightly different sound to the rest of the dialogue, but the actors' lips do not match the new dialogue. See more »Goofs
When Paul pours blood on Danny and Terri, they are already stained with it before it touches them. In addition, after the blood "pours" on them, it leaves no new traces. See more »Quotes
Denise Kalberg: How dare you! It was you, who brought that snake? You brought the devil!Paul Serone: There's a devil inside everyone.
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"Tipsy Dazy"Written by Stephen Marley
Performed by Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers
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It's a worrying sign that the first 60 seconds of a 90 minute film feels the need to 'serious up' the tone by running a lengthy blurb that effectively says 'big snakes are big and dangerous'.
Ummmmm. Duh. Now bring on the killer legless lizards! Featuring a cast that is not so much 'good' as 'recognisable' Anaconda thankfully then gets down to the business of being an enjoyably inane flick with B actors wrestling fake snakes and being thrown around by big CGI effects.
The threadbare plot has a doco crew traveling the largely unexplored tributaries of the Amazon searching for a long lost tribe of primitive South Americans who legend has it are protected by giant snakes.
And how.
After a few hiccups in the mission they pick up supposedly 'Paraguayan' snake hunter played by Jon Voight in a hammy performance to rival that of Tim Curry in Congo. He leads the boat on a snaky… ahem 'sneaky' shortcut that should save all involved time. Now the fun starts.
From this point on there is little for the cast to do but look alternately scared and suspicious in between running around like white mice. The talentless J Lo looks suitably lost and confused – no surprises there – and Eric Stoltz is laid up injured for half the film while Owen Wilson hones his shaggy locked surfer boy thing that has since made him a wealthy man.
Ice Cube gets the worst wardrobe and the best lines, and I dare you not to chuckle when they show introduce 'snake stomach' cam near the end of the film.
While you might be laughing or gasping about ½ the time with and the other ½ in spite of the goings on, I guess one way or the other at least you're laughing.
Final Rating – 5 / 10. Anaconda was released during a spate of creepy crawly based movies in the 90s, it won't blow you away but it was by no means the worst of the bunch and it spawned the usual sucky sequels.