Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Dwight H. Little

Writers (WGA):

Hans Bauer (1997 screenplay) and
Jim Cash (1997 screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The hunters will become the hunted.

Plot:

A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Borneo | Orchid | Flower | Anaconda

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Johnny Messner	...	Bill Johnson
KaDee Strickland	...	Sam Rogers
Matthew Marsden	...	Dr. Jack Byron
Nicholas Gonzalez	...	Dr. Ben Douglas
Eugene Byrd	...	Cole Burris
Karl Yune	...	Tran
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	...	Gail Stern
Morris Chestnut	...	Gordon Mitchell
Andy Anderson	...	John Livingston
Nicholas Hope	...	Christina Van Dyke
Peter Curtin	...	Lawyer
Denis Arndt	...	CEO
Khoa Do	...	Lead Lopak Hunter
Aireti	...	Lopak Hunter
Andre Tandjung	...	Bartender

Also Known As:

Anaconda 2: The Black Orchid (USA) (working title)
Anacondas 2: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (Malaysia: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence, scary images and some language.

Runtime:

USA:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:TE | Czech Republic:U | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39545) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Deuba, Fiji

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

At one point in the movie, Cole Burris said "I had this friend, who had this friend who shot documentaries, and he and his whole crew went down to the Amazon, and they were all eaten by snakes." This was a reference to the first movie, in which most of the crew that was on an expedition similar to theirs were eaten by giant snakes.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After the boat sinks, a member of the crew says "Hard Drive's ruined". The device being held in his hand, dripping with water, is in fact an ASUS 52x CD-ROM drive. Clearly not a hard drive.

Quotes:

Gordon Mitchell: You mention "food" once more and I'm voting you off this island.

Movie Connections:

References "Survivor" (2000)

Critically underrated

This movie in my opinion is critically underrated and for that matter it is a superb movie.The first movie in the anacondas series was so pathetic that I hooped the second would be much better,and I was right.An orchid with a unique chemical that can transcend ones life is being protected by bloodthirsty anacondas and those that are looking for it are thrust into a battle for survival. The acting is great and the setting is even better.The reason this movie is so underrated is because it may be inaccurate but movies are made to entertain and are in a world of their own and unless they are based on true facts,they shouldn't be compared to real life situations and for that reason,I rank this movie as a superb adventure/thriller that will be enjoyed by many.