Violent images of these fine folk being devoured have a definite B-movie feel to them, but for children this film will most likely be too intense. You may want to check with your seatmates and begin a friendly betting pool on: Who will be the first snake hors d’oeuvre? How long will it take to get the women into something skimpier likely white and wet? When will we discover which one isn’t acting in the group’s best interest? And for bonus points, who will still be breathing at the end? The upcoming predictable plot demands a little creativity from the viewer in order to keep things exciting. Now, with only days left before the petals fall, the gang is off to find the orchids. And just in case they haven’t captured the attention of the guys in the audience, two females join the ranks: Byron’s research assistant Sam Rogers (Kadee Strickland) and Wexell-Hall rep Gail Stern (Salli Richardson-Whitfield). To ensure a big enough cast of victims, Johnson’s passenger list expands to include his right-hand local guide Tran (Karl Yune), computer nerd Cole Burris (Eugene Byrd), and Dr. Enter Bill Johnson (Johnny Messner), a crusty white guy with a ramshackle craft, who looks good enough to give us hope he may survive the voyage. The inclement weather makes getting a boat difficult, because any captain with brains won’t take such a dangerous job. Somehow, the crack team of experts doesn’t figure out it’s Borneo’s rainy season, until they gather in Africa. As the founders of a research company, they’ve convinced the execs at pharmaceutical giant Wexell-Hall to fund their dangerous expedition into the Borneo jungle where the flower blooms for a few weeks, only once every seven years. Jack Byron (Matthew Marsden) and his partner Gordon Mitchell (Morris Chestnut) that the rare Blood Orchid offers the key to extending mortality. Providing justification for journeying into the dangerous world of man-snacking snakes this time, is the belief of Dr. They’ve moved upstream to better things, leaving a cast of lesser knowns to become bait for the monstrous reptiles. You also won’t find the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, or Jon Voight on this trip. Rather than build on the original Anaconda, this film takes the surprise moneymaker from 1997, and does the same story all over again only adding a few more snakes for good measure-thus the plural title. Calling Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid a “sequel” is a definite misnomer.
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