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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

  • 20042004
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
32K
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POPULARITY
8,242
2,128
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
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A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
32K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,242
2,128
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    • Director
      • Dwight H. Little
    • Writers
      • Hans Bauer(story)
      • Jim Cash(story)
      • Jack Epps Jr.(story)
    • Stars
      • Morris Chestnut
      • KaDee Strickland
      • Eugene Byrd
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Dwight H. Little
    • Writers
      • Hans Bauer(story)
      • Jim Cash(story)
      • Jack Epps Jr.(story)
    • Stars
      • Morris Chestnut
      • KaDee Strickland
      • Eugene Byrd
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 173User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Johnny Messner in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
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    Johnny Messner in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
    Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, and Karl Yune in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
    Morris Chestnut, Nicholas Gonzalez, Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, and Karl Yune in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
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    Morris Chestnut in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
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    KaDee Strickland in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
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    Johnny Messner and KaDee Strickland in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

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    Morris Chestnut
    Morris Chestnut
    • Gordon Mitchell
    KaDee Strickland
    KaDee Strickland
    • Sam Rogers
    Eugene Byrd
    Eugene Byrd
    • Cole Burris
    Johnny Messner
    Johnny Messner
    • Bill Johnson
    Matthew Marsden
    Matthew Marsden
    • Dr. Jack Byron
    Nicholas Gonzalez
    Nicholas Gonzalez
    • Dr. Ben Douglas
    Karl Yune
    Karl Yune
    • Tran
    Salli Richardson-Whitfield
    Salli Richardson-Whitfield
    • Gail Stern
    Andy Anderson
    Andy Anderson
    • John Livingston
    Nicholas Hope
    Nicholas Hope
    • Christian Van Dyke
    Peter Curtin
    • Lawyer
    Denis Arndt
    Denis Arndt
    • CEO
    Khoa Do
    • Lead Lopak Hunter
    Aireti
    • Lopak Hunter
    Andre Tandjung
    • Bartender
    • Director
      • Dwight H. Little
    • Writers
      • Hans Bauer(story) (1997 screenplay)
      • Jim Cash(story) (1997 screenplay)
      • Jack Epps Jr.(story) (1997 screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The First Hollywood movie to have its premiere in Fiji.
    • Goofs
      After the boat sinks, a member of the crew says "Hard Drive's ruined". The device being held in his hand, dripping with water, is in fact an ASUS 52x CD-ROM drive. Clearly not a hard drive.
    • Quotes

      Bill Johnson: It's mating season.

      Cole Burris: What so you're tellin' me there's some snake orgy going on in the jungle?

      Bill Johnson: Yeah, something like that

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Vanity Fair/Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid/Hero/Suspect Zero/The Brown Bunny (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Nongkrong
      Written by Donce, De-Nee and Yacko

      Performed by Pumpkins Hardcore Crew

      Courtesy of PT Musica Studios

    User reviews173

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    Bad movie, but since I wasn't expecting much, I can't say I was disappointed.
    Rating: * 1/2 out of ****

    As if further proof that I am in serious need of better taste, I was actually looking forward to seeing this movie, not so much because I was expecting anything great but because I'm a sucker for big-studio, jungle-set adventures. The fact that it's got giant snakes can only help, and heck, this movie's own predecessor wasn't half-bad. All things considered, Anacondas was about on par with what I expected: cheese, but reasonably watchable cheese.

    In the hopes of becoming millionaires, a group of young, "attractive" researchers hire a boat, whose captain is expectedly hard-boiled and hunky, to take them into the jungles of Borneo in search of the rare Blood Orchid, a flower with the ability to prolong life but the catch is that it blooms for only a six month period every seven years, and they're approaching the last few weeks of that time span. The expedition's boat sinks in a mishap involving a waterfall, leaving the group stranded and easy prey for the freakishly large anacondas in the vicinity.

    The title Anacondas suggests probably a bit more than even the movie can deliver, with the first genuine snake attack (barring the opening credits) not even occurring until the forty-minute mark, and even then, it's not for another half-hour until someone from the same group is munched on by one of those slithery reptiles. There's a surprisingly bare minimum utilization of the titular creatures, though I suspect that has a lot to do with budgetary limitations.

    If there's anything I expected to be a vast improvement upon the original, it'd be the visual rendering of the anacondas, but they're actually a few steps backward from the already spotty work in the original. For cost-effective purposes, virtually all the effects are CGI, and they're only a tiny bit better than what one would expect from a Sci-Fi Pictures Original. Making the snakes larger also works against the effects, making them goofier and harder to take seriously as a genuine threat.

    Worse, the snakes themselves seem a lot wimpier despite those "advancements." The anacondas have been essentially mutated by the Blood Orchid, so they're understandably larger (at least twice so) than the snakes in the original and probably a lot longer as well. Unfortunately, they're also inexplicably much easier to kill this time around. One whack from a machete (used by someone who's never wielded one before in her life) is enough to hack off one of these monstrosities' heads clean off. One of the snakes even manages to explode after being set alight by gasoline and a flare. And correct me if I'm wrong, but when did anacondas actually have teeth?

    The movie's various roles and characters are as stereotypical and obvious as one can expect from the genre. There's the hunky male American with his haunting past and he's got a hunky Asian sidekick/first mate. There's the "serious" black guy and the comic relief black guy, the latter of whom is probably the most obnoxious character I've seen in film all year. There's also the serious chick with "depth" and the whiny chick. In performing these roles, the cast is almost all terrible (especially Johnny Messner as the lead), the only modicum of acting talent coming from Morris Chestnut and the promising Kadee Strickland.

    While I've done nothing but harp on the movie, the biggest praise I can shower it with is that it's rarely boring. From the lush jungle scenery to the splendid visuals of the snakes right under the surface of the water, Anacondas is at least a movie that's always nice to look at. Even if it's never genuinely exciting or suspenseful, there are a few cheap thrills and a fast pace that doesn't let up. I suspect very undemanding and forgiving genre fans might even like it and it's to them I would even consider recommending this movie. Everyone else should first set their expectations straight.
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    • Dec 22, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 27, 2004 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Australia
    • Official sites
      • Columbia TriStar (Germany)
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Indonesian
    • Also known as
      • Anaconda 2: The Black Orchid
    • Filming locations
      • New Zealand
    • Production companies
      • Screen Gems
      • Middle Fork Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $32,238,923
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,812,287
      • Aug 29, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $70,992,898
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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