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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

August. 25,2004
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4.7
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PG-13
| Adventure Fantasy Horror Action

The blood orchid - a rare flower that could hold the secret of eternal life and be worth a fortune to the company that finds it first. Led by a pharmaceutical research team, a scientific expedition sets out to go and explore deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and bring back samples of the legendary plant. Battling through rainstorms to make their way upriver, the group encounters poisonous insects and a ferocious crocodile, only to discover they're being stalked by an even greater danger: a gathering of giant anacondas. Heat-sensing, fifty-foot-long flesh eaters that will go after anyone that crosses in their path.

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Wordiezett
2004/08/25

So much average

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Unlimitedia
2004/08/26

Sick Product of a Sick System

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BoardChiri
2004/08/27

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

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Roman Sampson
2004/08/28

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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Python Hyena
2004/08/29

Anacondas: The Hunt for Blood Orchid (2004): Dir: Dwight Little / Cast: Johnny Messner, Kadee Strickland, Morris Chestnut, Matthew Marsden, Karl Yune: Despite complaints, I found Anaconda somewhat enjoyable fast pace thriller. How unfortunate that it is followed up with this over expensive mess. This is not connected to the original film other than it has more than one snake. Setup is rushed with researchers needing a boat to head out into the middle of nowhere to find a rare flower that is only in bloom for another two weeks and will not be available again for many years. It apparently has some sort of youth formula. Puh-lease! Dwight Little directs half-heartedly using way too many close ups of a paranoid monkey. Perhaps it was embarrassed with the film it was caught in. Little previously made Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. Cast includes Johnny Messner, Kadee Strickland, Morris Chestnut, and Matthew Marsden and they are all there to be fast food for giant snakes. Did any of these hopefuls actually consider this a good career move or did they walk into this like brave job suicide? The first film received much criticism but its pacing and action allows it to be at least an entertaining watch. Pointless sequel with only its slithery effects to compliment otherwise forget Blood Orchid and hunt for the nearest toilet to dispatch this film into. Score: 1 / 10

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jessegehrig
2004/08/30

Where did the anacondas come from? A native snake species from South America, in the nation of Borneo, how did they get there? Back to the more important question, if ancient tribes people living in the region known as Borneo have passed on traditions and legends concerning anacondas for like generations, how in the f*ck did the snakes get there? The Amazon river basin is like thousands of miles away from Borneo. Do screen writers not understand how distance works? Is science not that important? Geography not important anymore? Do you not care about stuff having reasons for why stuff happens? What does anything mean anymore?

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OllieSuave-007
2004/08/31

Marketed as a sequel to the B-movie Anaconda, this picture is actually a movie with a completely different plot and story, where a scientific expedition goes on a quest to Borneo to find a flower called the Blood Orchid, which creates longevity. However, along the way, they became face to face with man-eating giant snakes.Unlike the previous film, there is a little more plot or story to the movie, which elaborates on the hunt for the red orchid and the expedition's journey through the jungle/swamp. But, like the first one, there is a lot of CGI/robotic snake action, the typical monster-chase-victim scenes, lots of screaming and people arguing and fighting one another. There's plenty of action to make the movie whisk by, followed by some campy acting and silly surprises to make the movie at least mildly entertaining. Watch this only if you have absolutely nothing else to do or nothing else to watch on TV.Grade C

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votesmall
2004/09/01

I honestly can't understand why so many people hate this movie. Sure, not very many people die, in Anacondas, all but three were left! But this film spaces out the deaths perfectly to build suspense. Another criticism is that anacondas and tigers aren't native to Borneo. But, if you were to take movies like independence day and Jurassic park for inaccuracies and plot holes, you would have much longer lists than anacondas. This film remains one of my favorite movie purchases, at 3 dollars, along with toy story 2, which I got for only a dollar, because it was missing the bonus disc. But the only reason I really wanted to see this movie was because I saw an ad for dish that advertised it. When I finally saw anaconda several years later, I remembered the ad and rented it. (Actually, it isn't an official sequel.) Although the cover was neat, the tagline and the title were cheesy. However, upon watching, I noticed that the director was Dwight h. Little, the man behind how awesome Halloween 4 was. He made it realistic, but other films, 5 and 6 for example, don't feel like the setting is Illinois. The acting was superb, with a cast playing cringing and squeamish executives, scientists and researchers. The special effects are awesome, and in my opinion, this film is better than anaconda because it is more believable and suspenseful. Okay, in my opinion, there are few creature features worth watching. Jaws, jaws 2, deep blue sea, python, anaconda, abominable, arachnophobia, the Jurassic park trilogy, red water and the carnosaur movies (guilty pleasures) and anacondas: the hunt for the blood orchid.

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