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Upgrade to PremiumTrailerFilmmaker Terri Flores is traveling deep in the Amazon jungle looking for a forgotten tribe. But her 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.Actors: Jennifer Lopez,Ice Cube,Jon Voight,Eric Stoltz,Jonathan Hyde,Owen Wilson,Kari Wuhrer,Vincent Castellanos,Danny Trejo,Frank WelkerCountry: United StatesQuality: HDIMDb: 4.7Keywords:- Played by: Jennifer LopezPlayed by: Ice CubePlayed by: Jon VoightPlayed by: Eric StoltzPlayed by: Jonathan HydePlayed by: Owen WilsonPlayed by: Kari WuhrerPlayed by: Vincent CastellanosPlayed by: Frank Welker
- Birthdate: 1951, Lima, Peru
- Birthdate: 17 January 1941, Boyne City, Michigan, USA
Anaconda, directed by Luis Llosa with all of the subtlety of a snake-oil salesman, is in the great tradition of cinematic cheese, as processed as Kraft Singles slices.
A silly and plodding Jaws rip-off about a 40-foot man-eating snake on the prowl in the Brazilian rain forest.
One never questions the realism of the remarkable animatronic and computer-generated effects, but it's hard to credit a snake that screams.
Games under 200mb for pc. Anaconda is about a snake that eats everybody. That about says it all.
Anaconda is such a classic combination of feckless dramaturgy and rampant excess that giving way to giggles is the only sane response.
A trashily entertaining reptilian version of Jaws set in the steaming heart of the Amazon rain forest.
An above average specimen hungering for tasty morsels.
Just to show, early on, how much danger these folks are in, we get to see the film's titular star squeeze a black panther so tight that one of its eyeballs pops out.
In its natural habitat, Anaconda can be appreciated for its campy pleasures, not the least of which is Jon Voight in a delirious, balls-out performance as creepy Paraguayan snake poacher Paul Serone. [Blu-ray]
..never quite lives up to the promise of its admittedly irresistible set-up..
Toad 12 download. lives better in the memory
Luis Llosa's Anaconda is great 'B' movie trash, complete with bad special effects and cheesy monsters.
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Upgrade to PremiumTrailerA genetically created Anaconda, cut in half, regenerates itself into two aggressive giant snakes, due to the Blood Orchid. Dr. Amanda Hayes must fight with henchmen sent by a dying billionaire while avoiding the gigantic anacondas.Actors: Crystal Allen,Linden Ashby,Danny Midwinter,Calin Stanciu,Ana Ularu,Claudiu Bleont,Anca Androne,Emil Hostina,Alexandru Potocean,John Rhys-Davies,Dan Badarau,..»Country: United StatesQuality: HDIMDb: 3Keywords:- Played by: Crystal AllenPlayed by: Linden AshbyPlayed by: John Rhys-Davies
- Birthdate: 5 May 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA
..a minor improvement over its nigh disastrous predecessor..
This trail leads to a dead end.
These insights into anaconda lore come mostly from a character named Sarone, played by Jon Voight as a slimy river rat with a dangerous gleam in his eye. 'This river can kill you in a thousand ways,' he intones, and we get the feeling that he can, too. The propeller of his boat is broken, and he's rescued by a small expedition that hopes to make a documentary about the People of the Mist--a legendary lost Amazon tribe. 'I know them,' Sarone says. 'They saved my life.' And are probably still regretting it.
The leader of the expedition is Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez, from 'Selena'), who will direct the documentary. Ice Cube plays Danny, her cinematographer. Eric Stoltz is Dr. Steven Cale, a scientist. The other members include Jonathan Hyde as their fastidious British narrator, Owen Wilson as the sound man ('Ever notice how the jungle makes you horny?'), Vincent Castellanos as the sinister boat pilot, and Kari Wuhrer as a production assistant. If the cast seems large, reflect that some, perhaps many, of these characters are required so that they can be eaten by snakes.
A movie like 'Anaconda' can easily be dumb and goofy (see 'Piranha'). Much depends on the skill of the filmmakers. Here one of the key players is the cinematographer, Bill Butler, who creates a seductive yet somehow sinister jungle atmosphere. The movie looks great, and the visuals and the convincing soundtrack and ominous music make the Amazon into a place with presence and personality: It's not a backdrop, it's an enveloping presence.
The acting is also crucial. Director Luis Llosa, whose 'Sniper' (1993) was another good thriller set in the jungle, finds the right notes. He gives the members of the expedition plausible backgrounds (Lopez and Ice Cube say they met in the USC film school), and he allows Jon Voight to take some chances with his performance. Voight's river rat is always on the delectable edge of overacting. He sneers, he frowns, he grimaces, he utters ominous pronouncements ('So young--and yet so lethal,' he says, as a baby snake sinks its teeth into a fingertip). This is a daring performance: Voight, a serious actor, isn't afraid to pull out the stops as a melodramatic villain, and his final scene, which he plays with a wink, will be remembered wherever great movie exits are treasured.
Now as for the snakes. Several kinds of snakes are used in the movie: Animated, animatronic and, for all I know, real. They are mostly convincing. There are a few moments when we know, if we bother to think about it, that special effects are being used (especially in a scene where a flaming snake attacks). But there are other moments that earn a gasp from the audience, including one where a giant snake captures its falling prey in mid-air. There are utterly convincing closeups of an anaconda's head, its bright eyes glistening, its mouth gaping open to reveal fangs, its skin gleaming with a terrible beauty. (Those shots are matched by a point-of-view shot from inside the snake, and by another in which we see the snake's belly skin stretched tautly over the body and face of one of its victims.) The screenplay has nice authentic touches. The Eric Stoltz character lectures on the dangers of going into the water. He's less afraid of the snakes than of 'the little catfish that swims up through your urethra, finds a nice warm spot, and spreads its thorny little spines.' A scuba diver finds a poisonous wasp in his mouthpiece. An emergency tracheotomy is performed with a pocket knife. There's a mysterious wall built across the river, which they blow up with dynamite that Voight happens to have with him ('Always good to be prepared'). And a protest that blowing up the wall will 'upset the ecological balance of the river.' Yeah, like the wall grew there.
'Anaconda' is an example of one of the hardest kinds of films to make well: a superior mass-audience entertainment. It has the effects and the thrills, but it also has big laughs, quirky dialogue and a gruesome imagination. You've got to like a film where a lustful couple sneaks out into the dangerous jungle at night and suddenly the guy whispers, 'Wait--did you hear that? Silence!'