especially if they look like they've just escaped from a maximum security prison for the criminally insane. Apparently, their mothers never told them not to pick up hitchhikers. They have scarcely gotten underway, however, when they're joined by slithery Paul Sarone (Jon Voight), whom they rescue from a sinking boat. Organized by an anthropologist (Eric Stoltz), the team includes a first-time director (Jennifer Lopez), wisecracking cameraman Danny Rich (Ice Cube) and a self-important British narrator (Jonathan Hyde).Īfter engaging an enigmatic local (Vincent Castellanos) to pilot their boat, the guileless group sets out for Shirishama country with high hopes of reaching its goal. The catch of the day: a documentary film crew in search of the Shirishama Indians, an elusive tribe allegedly living in the Brazilian rain forest. Basically, what we have here is 'Jaws' with fangs, the warmed-over story of a snake the length of the Jersey Turnpike in relentless pursuit of a river barge-load of eats. The price of a nice alligator bag is scarier than 'Anaconda,' a herpetological horror flick certain to draw more hisses than shrieks. It's a long way from Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home, although to be fair Voight didn't have to play opposite a giant snake in either of those movies.Children under 13 should be accompanied by a parent Whether leering at the delightful Lopez or speaking out of the side of his mouth, he gives a performance reminiscent of Brando's infamous turn in Apocalypse Now. Peruvian Llosa, one of the few South American directors to get a shot in Hollywood, employs a mix of animatronics and computer effects to capture this process, but only the most gullible viewers will be convinced.įar more entertainment is to be had observing Voight. Widely regarded as the most vicious snakes on the planet, anacondas like to swallow their victims whole before regurgitating them - still just alive - for a leisurely snack.

With his bizarre accent and extravagant facial tics, Sarone is clearly a beer or two short of the full six-pack, but before anyone can scream 'fruitcake', he's taken over the boat and Lopez et al are fighting a 40 foot anaconda.

Accompanied by a documentary film crew that includes Lopez, Ice Cube and Jonathan Hyde, he heads up river and swiftly encounters trouble in the shape of Paul Sarone (Voight). Stoltz plays an anthropologist scouring the Amazon for a lost tribe of Indians. For all that, the movie provides a fair number of laughs, even if you can't help wondering how many of them were actually intentional. Part return to '70s exploitation fodder like Piranha, part old-fashioned monster movie, Anaconda is as simplistic as its self-explanatory title.

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