Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

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:

Snake Bite | Anaconda | Rattlesnake | Panic | Poisonous Snake Bite

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	...	Gail Stern (as Salli Richardson-Whitfield)
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) | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | 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 in geography: Kota Bharu is on Peninsular Malaysia and not on the island of Borneo and walking, rafting to Kota Bharu involves crossing the South China Sea which is impossible. What the writers may have been thinking of is Kota Kinabalu.

Quotes:

Gail Stern: [seeing Bill's boat for the first time] I've seen subway carts in better shape than this!

Movie Connections:

References Anaconda (1997)

Not bad at all

Along with "Catwoman", here's another summer movie that really wasn't bad at all. In fact, I think I liked it a little better than the first one. The plot had a few unexpected zigs and zags, some chills and quite a bit of genuine humor. Everyone's a little too pretty (even the guys) to be believed as a representative cross-section of humanity but that's Hollywood for you.

The fact that there are no anacondas in Borneo mildly detracts but I guess that's a minor squabble (someone really should have either done more research or simply placed the movie back in South America). If you're looking for a light summer entertainment, it's perfect.