ANACONDAS-HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (UMD/PSP/WS 1.78 A/2.0/ENG-KO-SUB/FR-BO DVD

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Directed by Dwight H. Little, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid is the sequel to 1997's tongue-in-cheek Anaconda, though none of the original cast have returned. The film chronicles a fateful mission ordered by a pharmaceutical giant: to travel deep in to the jungles of Borneo, where a rare black orchid -- one that can be used to attain immortality -- has bloomed for hundreds of years, unbeknownst to man. The eager horticulturists sent have no idea that an indigenous population of bloodthirsty anacondas has been privy to the orchid's properties for years. Not only have the orchids augmented their already phenomenal size, strength, and vitality, they've substantially increased the snakes' appetites for flesh. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid features Peter Curtis, Johnny Messner, Morris Chestnut, and Eugene Byrd. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

Cast Johnny Messner as Bill Johnson KaDee Strickland as Sam Rogers Matthew Marsden as Dr. Jack Byron Nicholas Gonzalez as Dr. Ben Douglas Eugene Byrd as Cole Burris Carl Yune as Tran Morris Chestnut as Gordon Mitchell Andy Anderson as John Livingston Nicholas Hope as Christian Van Dyke

Crew Brian Edmonds - Art Director Justine Baddeley - Casting Kim Davis-Wagner - Casting Terry Ryan - Costume Designer Jamie Crooks - First Assistant Director Dwight H. Little - Director Mark Wareham - Second Unit Director Marcus D'Arcy - Editor Mark Warner - Editor Jacobus Rose - Executive Producer Nerida Tyson-Chew - Composer (Music Score) Nerida Tyson-Chew - Songwriter Bryce Perrin - Production Designer Stephen F. Windon - Cinematographer Verna Harrah - Producer Gary Wilkins - Sound/Sound Designer Hans Bauer - Screen Story Jim Cash - Screen Story Jack Epps, Jr. - Screen Story Daniel Zelman - Screenwriter Ed Neumeier - Screenwriter John Claflin - Screenwriter Michael Miner - Screenwriter Mark Wareham - Second Unit Camera Dale Duguid - Visual Effects Supervisor Andrew Plain - Supervising Sound Editor Pippa Anderson - Visual Effects Producer Photon VFX - Visual Effects Paul Booth - Visual Effects Editor

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
First things first, there's nothing in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid as beautifully outlandish as Jon Voight winking at the camera in the first one -- that said, this cheeseball sequel is still a fun and incredibly stupid time at the movies. Basically an exact rehash of the original, complete with a bootleg J. Lo actress and countless major plot points stolen from the first film, Anacondas isn't trying to change the big snake genre as much as it's having fun with the rules. Playing the hunky male lead role and appropriately named Bill Johnson (that's right, Bill Johnson, folks!), Johnny Messner leads a ragtag group of severely accented C-actors through the jungle as they plow through a delicious script in which mere humans win wrestling matches with giant crocodiles and the best performance award goes to a monkey. The CG anacondas themselves look no better than most made-for-cable fare, though they do now have huge rows of teeth that make them look like evil serpents in a fantasy flick, if that counts for anything. With hilarious jive-talking dialogue that will bruise your belly and an end song called "Chapow!" that's sure to damage your skull with its assault of lame pop-punk- ap-rock, most viewers will end up brutalized by the time the credits roll. The Hunt for the Blood Orchid is a good kind of hurt, though, one that's harmless in the long run and pretty swift with its 96-minute running time. To put it this way, if you "got" the original and enjoy that kind of unabashed schlock, then put on your swimsuit and dive in to this piece of charming junk -- otherwise, stay far away. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, Por, Spanish, KO, TH Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Full length movie Widescreen presentation DVD picture quality DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1: Alternate Wide Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 97 min