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Matt Dreher
Anaconda is an action-packed thriller starring JENNIFER LOPEZ (The Wedding Planner), rap superstar ICE CUBE (XXX: State of the Union), Academy Award-winner JON VOIGHT (1978 Best Actor, Coming Home) and ERIC STOLZ (Almost Famous).A documentary film crew, headed by anthropologist Steve Cale (Stoltz) and director Terri Flores (Lopez), ventures into the world's most isolated jungle - the Amazon - in search of a lost and forgotten civilization. Early in their journey, they come to the aid of Paul Serone, a Paraguayan guide (Voight), who joins their expedition. But Serone is actually a poacher on the trail of a legendary snake. When Serone hijacks the boat and its crew on his quest to track and kill the giant snake, he steers the expedition right into the path of the deadly monster. Ger ready for a wild, scare-a-minute thrill ride because ANACONDA will grab you and take your breath away.
"You can't scream if you can't breathe."
What do you get when director Luis Llosa thinks the "B" in "B-movie" stands for "blockbuster?" Why, you get his 1997 abomination 'Anaconda' of course. The man takes a typical Sci-Fi Channel movie-of-the-week screenplay and attempts to spray a can of Michael Bay all over it. The only problem is, in trying to make his run-of-the-mill creature-feature look like an epic extravaganza, he completely throws the laws of nature, physics, and even logic out the window. The result is a cheese-fest that ends up going a little too "big" for its own good.
On a quest to study an elusive tribe of natives known as the "People of the Mist," Dr. Steven Cale (Eric Stoltz) -- who pronounces every syllable in his sentences with extra em-pha-sis -- charters a boat on the Amazon to track down the lost civilization. Tagging along for the ride is his director girlfriend Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez)--hoping to document the entire expedition for National Geographic. Her crew consists of a bunch of stereotypical caricatures including streetwise cameraman Danny (Ice Cube), the snooty British host of the program Westridge (Jonathan Hyde), sexy production assistant Denise (Kari Whrer), and hunky sound mixer Gary (Owen Wilson).
The plot thickens, however, when the mysterious Paul Sarone (Jon Voight) joins the party after a mishap leaves him stranded and in need of assistance. The shady character creeps out the crew, but in exchange for the lift, the kooky hunter conveniently offers to guide them to the area where he claims to have seen the tribe. Except the group doesn't realize that there is a method to Sarone's madness -- as he is secretly hot on the trail of a monster anaconda, and he isn't about to let anything or anyone stand in the way of getting his prize.
Even with a cast full of familiar faces, the film is still unable to climb out of the ordinary. The characters are so one-dimensional that nobody (aside from Voight who seems to relish every minute of hamming it up) does anything worthwhile. If you've seen any Ice Cube movie, simply take that performance and you have Danny. Stoltz had it pretty easy by not doing much besides lay around unconscious with a sweaty Lopez dabbing a damp cloth on his forehead, although I can't fault him for that I suppose. Owen Wilson suffers the same fate he does in 'Armageddon' and 'The Haunting,' and Lopez herself isn't necessarily bad, but I can't remember her barking out a single order. I didn't get a director vibe from her at all, that's all I'm saying.
The biggest downfall of the movie is the snake itself. My beef isn't really with the use of an animatronic snake or the now severely dated CGI, but rather the overuse of this technology. Instead of keeping the snake mostly hidden from view and nabbing unsuspecting victims by surprise, the filmmakers chose to show off their stuff and brought everything out into the wide open during the third act of the film. The ambush predator somehow sheds its ambush predator skin, and now we have a massive anaconda zipping along at lightning fast speeds when that just isn't biologically possible. The bigger the snake, the more sluggish it gets -- that's a fact. Anybody who has watched a nature documentary would know this, but the presentation here feels like nobody bothered to do any research.
Even more ridiculous are the serpent's sound effects. I mean, this anaconda must be the snake world's Jones from 'Police Academy.' I don't know who exactly came up with this concept, but I'll tell you this -- I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during that roundtable discussion:
The picture is slightly on the soft side, and there's a mild amount of grain on the image that becomes more prominent in a few of the darker scenes. There's good depth and dimensionality, and even though there is a lot of nighttime footage, the black levels remain solid. Colors are nicely saturated and slightly muted, having a warm palette with the jungle greenery being particularly striking. Skin tones are accurate, although facial texturing isn't as sharp as it is on some discs. Fine detailing is pleasing, from the scales on the snakes' skin to the weathered wood on the boat. I guess it's also worth noting Jennifer Lopez isn't wearing a bra in the first shot we see of her, either, which is very apparent thanks to the wonders of Blu-ray. That being said, a glimpse of a J-nip still doesn't make the film any more enjoyable.
Dialogue is clear and recorded well, although there are a handful of instances where I thought it was a little on the quiet side. Surround use shines by bringing the jungle soundscape to the living room. Quieter scenes have a constant subtle background noise of insects buzzing, birds chirping, and monkeys chattering somewhere in the distance, while the more active sequences have great panning effects. The original music by Randy Edelman--although annoyingly over-the-top at times--still fills the room nicely. Bass is fairly active as well, delivering powerful rumbles for rolling thunder and even a few explosions. 'Anaconda' may stink like a constrictor's regurgitated last meal, but at least it sounds good.
Just like the previous DVD releases, supplements are practically nonexistent on this Blu-ray. All that's included are a bunch of high-definition trailers: 'The Da Vinci Code,' 'The Grudge,' 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and 'Hellboy.'
I don't think any movie gets more preposterous than 'Anaconda.' It's a clich-ridden, formulaic 'Jaws' copycat that tried to go the blockbuster route, but in doing so it just ended up becoming a laughable mess. The Blu-ray offers decent video and a solid audio mix, but with no supplements and the film being a complete joke -- there really isn't enough to warrant a look unless you're a diehard fan.
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My fondness for monster movies is no secret, and because of this I have found myself looking forward to each of the Anaconda movies as they have been announced. And every time I've ended up disappointed. Best of the bad bunch was easily the original, which was really only notable for two things - Jon Voight's scenery-devouring performance and the fact that Eric Stoltz appears to have been paid for lying on his back and sleeping his way through the entire film. As for Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, the only thing I can remember is that it starred some guy from Coronation Street. And that it was utter shite.
Which brings us neatly to this brand new Sci-Fi Channel production directed by Don E FauntLeRoy. If the latter name doesn't ring any bells, then you don't know your direct-to-DVD movies. Having served his time as camera operator and photographer on Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure, FauntLeRoy made the jump to directing. Since then he has carved out a niche for himself as one of the go-to-guys for Steven Seagal's DTV movies, helming Today You Die, Mercenary for Justice and Urban Justice. Sadly, Seagal doesn't star in Anaconda 3. Instead we get the legendary David Hasselhoff. But in case you're worried about a lack of fight scenes, don't worry, the Hoff does get his ass handed to him by a chick towards the end of the film.
Cheap and nasty
The plot this time around seems pick up some plot threads from its predecessor, as it uses genetic research into extracts from the mysterious blood orchid to justify the existence of a pair of 60-foot long anacondas - one a male, the other a pregnant 'queen' (did the scriptwriter confuse snakes with the xenomorphs from the Alien franchise at this point?). Anyway, it only takes 15 minutes or so for the two snakes to escape from a research facility in Eastern Europe into the surrounding woodland. Which is where the Hoff and a bunch of other mercenaries come is, as they attempt to track the snakes before they start eating the locals.
As bad as the earlier Anaconda films were, this new one is a hundred times worse. Okay, so it's gorier than the first two put together, but the script is unmitigated crap and the cheapness of the production shows through at all times. I'm not just talking about the lame CG snakes or the decision to set the action in a forest in Romania (as opposed to the more exotic rain forests offered up by its predecessors). Here's a movie with a scene where the film's heroine is trapped in an upturned car while the snake advances on her outside. But wait a minute, what's that we can see through the gap over her left shoulder? Why it's a man just casually walking past! It's not anybody from the film, so it is clearly a mistake. One so blindingly obvious that it had to have been spotted when the footage was being edited. So why wasn't he removed digitally? Presumably because it would have cost money that the production just couldn't afford to spend (especially as it was shooting a fourth Anaconda movie back-to-back with this one).
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