Anaconda Movie
Storyline
TAGLINES
You can't scream if you can't breathe.
It will take your breath away
When You Can't Breathe You Can't Scream
It's a SCREAM!
A "National Geographic" crew heads down the Amazon in a jungle boat to make a documentary on a long-lost tribe of natives. En route, they rescue a hunter from his sinking boat and take him on board. After the ship's captain is attacked by a poisonous insect and goes comatose, the hunter commandeers the boat, takes the crew hostage, and drags them along on his insane quest to capture a giant anaconda.
| Jennifer Lopez | Terri Flores |
| Ice Cube | Danny Rich |
| Jon Voight | Paul Sarone |
| Eric Stoltz | Dr. Steven Cale |
| Jonathan Hyde | Warren Westridge |
| Owen Wilson | Gary Dixon |
| Kari Wuhrer | Denise Kalberg |
| Vincent Castellanos | Mateo |
| Danny Trejo | Poacher |
| Frank Welker | Voice of Anaconda |
| Luis Llosa |
4.10 out of 10 (18529 votes)
Visitor Reviews
And THIS got the green light...how?
posted on 07 Aug 2009To put it short, ANACONDA is bad. Absolutely mind-numbingly bad. It's not even worthy of being a ripoff of JAWS, because the mention of that would insult the much better movie. The sad part? Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, and Bill Paxton are all good actors. It's not even worth of being called a guilty pleasure. The only pleasure I feel is the pleasure that it's over, and the "guilty" part? I'm guilty of actually watching this. Movie Police, lock me up.
Could have been really great, but it is verrrryyy boring...
posted on 28 Jul 2009**Probably includes spelling mistakes**Anaconda has a great plan for making a good scary actionmovie. In the hands of movie-masters it would have been a masterpiece.
The movie starts off good and smooth but gets to be very boring. A TV-team gets out in the Amazonas to make a documentary of some spectacular Indian-people. Instead they run into a big anaconda. They also run in to their last hope, a slimy hunter (Voight). Unfortunately he seems to be a complete psycho and soon you find yourself wondering ''who's the bad guy in here?''. The main factor of the fact that the movie is boring is the fact (that was a funny line) that the Anaconda itself looks so incredibly silly and extremly unreal. Yes, I would like to say that this is the worst special effects I've ever seen. The 3D is so bad that... I don't know what but it is, you have my word on it!
A good horror movie on a great DVD:
posted on 20 Jul 2009I think this is a good movie. It's a horror movie, not an action/adventure film. Don't listen to the bad reviews. This movie is rated PG-13 for terror and violence brief strong language and some sensuality. It's about this crew played by lopez, ice cube, owen wilson, and more. They are in search for a tribe that they are filming. This guy who is bad and is played by voight, lures them into thinking that he is stranded and he gets onto their boat and takes over. He then leads then into something so terryifing that it will litterally take their breath away. I don't wanna tell anymore. See it for yourself. This DVD has some great features. It also has a cool keep case and crisp sound and picture. It also has a widescreen and fullscreen version of the movie. Buy it.
Z-Grade
posted on 28 Jun 2009Anaconda for the most part is a really bad movie. I tuned in expecting some mindless fun, but it was just plain awful. The sad thing about it is, with the possible exception of John Voight, it was actually taking itself seriously.This film was obviously trying to be Jaws with a snake. Unfortunately it resembles Jaws 3 more than the original masterpiece. I think it was supposed to be scary, but it most definitely was not. The main reason for this was that not for one second did the Anaconda look remotely real. We were either presented with some really lame looking animatronics sort of thing, or an even more lame CGI version. And it was always completely obvious which one. Neither of these snakes moved anything like any snake I've ever seen. And how many big snakes were there? One snake, even of that size, surely couldn't have digested all those people that quickly. The only remotely chilling part in the film is when their boat gets covered in 'real' snakes. Not nearly enough is made of this moment though.Well enough of the SFX, let's trash the acting. Bland, Bland, Bland, Bland. It really is one of the worst ensembles you could come across. It wasn't really their fault though, De Niro would have had trouble with that script. Only Jennifer Lopez escapes with any dignity with an earnest performance despite the ludicrous situations. Luckily for Eric Stolz he's unconscious for most of the film. Voight must have been paid a hefty sum for this role, because his character is just plain stupid.Reading what I just put down, I'm wondering why I watched the whole film. Basically it was because of Lopez's outfits. But because I made it to the end I did witness the film change from bad to merely mediocre. This happened in the finale when it stopped trying to be scary and turned into an action movie, with explosions and so forth.3/10 - Skip the first 80min and watch the finale.
man vs. nature
posted on 19 Jun 2009A group of reseachers explore the wild life in the swamps. They are sidetrack by a snake hunter played by Jon Voight. In this movie which I like the most is Ice Cube does a lot of stunts like jumping off a boat and into the water,escaping the jaws of death,and saving Jennifer Lopez. Which she also does various stunts in the movie. That year (1997) was the breakthrough for J-Lo who became as rising star. It's about time there are minority survivors in a thriller movie.
Better or worse than you might think.
posted on 08 Jun 2009Anaconda is a creature feature, plain and simple. It doesn't have any pretensions of being anything more than that and the movie has some true B-movie cliches. The special effects are mostly decent, the setting is beautiful and simultaneously dark and mysterious, and the acting is surprisingly not bad. It all makes for an entertaining 90 minutes, which moves at a pace so quickly it'll feel even shorter than that. Sure, it's dumb, but decent trashy B-movies are hard to come by, and that's what makes Anaconda worth a rental for fans of this genre.
Snakes are a pain!
posted on 20 May 2009It's not in every movie that John Voight gets to impress us with the size of his snake. And it's not often I make bad jokes like that. I apologize. In fact, when I saw this in the cinema, the audience was in fits of laughter at the very first sight of said beast.A National Geographic film crew travel down river to the deepest depths of the Amazon jungle in search of a mythical tribe of large-breasted naked women, or something. On the way, they pick up a hitchhiker whose boat has been wrecked in a storm. Big mistake! The hitchhiker is Paul Sarone (John Voight, hamming it up so heavy he's almost sponsored by Danish), hell-bent on capturing a 60-foot snake that's lurking in the water.The rest of the crew tries to stand up against him, but his sneer is obviously too scary to fight against. Ice Cube plays the typical homebody from South Central; Jonathan Hyde is the typical English gent; Jennifer Lopez is the typical tough babe; Owen Wilson is a dufus, as always, and Kari Wuhrer - infinitely prettier than Lopez - provides a decent distraction from the hungry reptile.In the tradition of horror-in-the-jungle movies, the victims get knocked off, one by one. Sometimes the anaconda looks real and when it doesn't, the effects are iffy, indeed. The plot works up to a predictable climax, with a big bang, to satisfy the audience.It's hard to believe this film went straight to No. 1 at the US box office. It's simply awful, but has such a hey-ho charm and a who-gives-a-damn attitude that it makes for decent popcorn fare. The script is chockablock full of clichés and most of the laughs are unintentional. But entertainment is entertainment, nevertheless, and Anaconda provides enough of it. How can you refuse a movie that offers a POV shot of inside a snake's belly? How on earth the producer managed to assemble the actors he did, when the characters are no more than snake fodder, is unreal. They're all capable of better things, that's for sure.If giant fakes - I mean, snakes - turn you on, then go for it. Otherwise, beware. This is a Z-movie with a B-movie cast.
One of the funniest B-Movies ever!
posted on 12 May 2009I love this movie! The first time I saw it, I expected a decent horror film and was very disappointed with the lousy acting, terrible script and cheap special effects. My wife, however, opened my eyes to the comic brilliance of the film, particularly Jon Voight's hilarious performance of the Ahab-like poacher determined to capture a giant snake. I now see the movie in a completely different light. Everyone in the movie is awful! Voight's accent is a Brazilian/Cajun mess (I swear it changes from scene to scene!), Jennifer Lopez looks clueless, Ice Cube just grimaces the whole time and gives everyone dirty looks and Eric Stolz is just along for a paycheck. The snake looks like a cheap rubber novelty toy and the ending is so cliched it could've been written by a grade schooler. But thanks to the ineptitude of the cast and crew, Anaconda is one seriously funny movie. BUY IT!
Do not, under any circumstances, see this movie!!
posted on 29 Apr 2009In Anaconda, you're forced to sit through an hour and a half of awful acting by 'Ice Cube' and Jennifer Lopez, a snake hunter with such a fake accent you can't understand him, and unintelligently laced together boat footage. This movie, well, is perfectly awful. A total waste. It crashed and burned and fell to Earth in a ball of flaming wreckage. I think it cost around 20 bucks to make. The snake is as fake as the apes in Congo, and throughout its big onscreen appearances, makes really strange (and very unsnakelike!) noises, which is distracting, cheap, and fake.
snakes off of a plane
posted on 08 Apr 2009OK, so in retrospect, "Anaconda" looks pretty ridiculous: Ice Cube talks like a rapper wannabe, Jennifer Lopez always looks like she's getting made up (despite the fact that they're out in the jungle), and the title serpent only attacks obnoxious people. If we accept the movie as just a cheap action flick, it doesn't seem all that bad. The main question is how Oscar winner Jon Voight ended up in something so silly (and the major goof of having Brazilians speak Spanish).Oh well, Owen Wilson had to start somewhere; he should thank his lucky stars that he didn't have to start out in "Dante's Peak". Also starring Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Trejo, and the voice of Frank Welker.As for snakes in movies, we'll have to see how "Snakes on a Plane" turns out.
Snake lovers beware
posted on 27 Mar 2009Erik Stolz must have owed someone a favor. But he was lucky; he was unconscious for most of the movie. I wish I was! The scene that made me cringe the most was the "snake fishing" scene where Jon Voigt has the "Jaws" moment. I know it was put in on purpose but it just comes off stupid.And it doesn't matter too much that there was a lot of snake fact errors (like the speedy snake chase - you can walk faster than any anaconda can slither). Jaws had it share if inaccuracies but it was still a gripping movie.This movie just fell into the big monster is chased by the hunter. Throw in a little J-Lo to spice it up.Note to IMDb - the sequel took place in Borneo not the first one. And the cat in the opening scene was a black jaguar, not a tiger.
A great B-movie
posted on 16 Mar 2009Yes, I know Anaconda isn't one of the best movies ever made, but it wasn't supposed to be. It was basically a homage to creature features of days gone by like Abominable Snowman and Alligator. You can wax poetic about the terrible acting, screenplay, and special effects, but you simply can't deny how much fun it is to watch. Among the cast, Eric Stoltz is an anthropologist who spends most of the movie comatose due to a wasp, except when he is needed. Owen Wilson is the sound man who takes every oppurtinity to make out with the production manager (some ex-porn star, I forget her name). However, the ones that seem to be having the most fun are Jonathan Hyde as the snotty and very British narrator, and Jon Voight, who really slices the ham extra thick as a semi-psychotic snake hunter. All this adds up to one hell of a good time if you're not expecting something on the level of King Kong. Enjoy!
Not very good
posted on 09 Mar 2009Somehow this movie, although I know it's crap, I still find myself watching it if it comes on TV. The giant snake looks like crap to be honest and yet again the movie goes under 90 minutes which makes it hard to really lay back and enjoy the film. And JLO might be a good singer but she struggles to act. Avoid borrowing this.50%
Simply dumb fun, as only 1997 could have delivered.
posted on 09 Mar 2009Before there was "Snakes on a Plane," there was "Anaconda," a Hollywood B-movie from the late 90's that is as notorious for its mixed bag of actors as it is for the gruesome snakes that populate its plot. In the film, a group of documentary film-makers traveling through the Amazon jungle picks up a mysterious man who inadvertently becomes their tour-guide on an unexpected detour. It seems the man is totally crazy and intends to capture one of the Amazon's most notorious and deadliest inhabitants: The Anaconda.Despite some bad looking CGI-snakes (not bad in a good way) and a horribly mis-matched cast (J-Lo and Eric Stolz? Really?) "Anaconda" is simply a good, dumb time. Without a doubt, it's an utterly ridiculous film that can be insulting to your intelligence, but thankfully it knows not to overstay its welcome and the 90 minutes it takes up makes for a harmless and amusing ride. Ice Cube plays Ice Cube as he always does, while J-Lo turns in one of her more likable roles. You'll also catch Owen Wilson in one of his earliest roles, and John Voight is a pleasure to watch as he eats up the scenery. But face it, this movie is about snakes, and the titular character is the true star here. Surely, the actors on hand have done much worse, and as far as horror/b-movies about snakes, you could pick up much worse yourself. If you enjoy watching giant snakes (who inexplicably scream) stalk rappers, pop-stars and Angelina Jolie's dad, this is the flick for you. Those seeking genuine thrills, however, may find the film coming up a bit short.
Really bad movie
posted on 28 Feb 2009I first saw Anaconda on a plane two years ago and because I had heard mixed reviews about it - I thought I would watch it. Hey, it had Eric Stolz and Ice Cube in it so of course it could not be bad. Well I was wrong. The Anacondas were so fake that the supposedly scary scenes were more like a comedy. It was funny seeing the reactions of the people on the plane. The older people took their headphones off and the younger people were laughing all the way through it.Eric Stolz probably was the better performer in this movie even though he was out of action most of the film and Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez gave good performances and it is good to see that this movie did not ruin their careers.Jon Voight was the worst performer in this film I could not understand a word he was saying and it was so obvious how he managed to get on board.This is one movie that you only need to see once and never again.
A direct-to-video action movie that was released in the theaters
posted on 10 Feb 2009After seeing Anaconda, I was amazed that this movie was released in theaters
and that so many people paid theater prices to see it. This movie looks
like it cost $5 to make. Anaconda does provide some VERY cheap thrills, but
that is about all. The major problem is that you can tell the snake is
fake, making it hard to believe that any of the characters are in danger.
Anaconda does not try to present itself as anything but an action thriller,
which is perfectly fine. However they should have spent more money of the
effects.
Entertainment value and repeated viewing.
posted on 21 Aug 2009I had this movie for a while. This is one of the movies that I have watched again and again. And I cannot say that for some other movies that have been rated much higher. I like the entertainment. I like the characters and the way they are played. The pressure and manipulations used by the main character add to the plot. Watching the crew of the boat get eaten one by one, that part is done well. The film is OK for the family to view. However, I did not care much for the ending, I found it boring. I also thing the ending should be a little less violent. Some of the characters did fit there parts well. Some times they almost seemed to be natural, not acting in a way.