Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
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| Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | |
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 Movie poster for Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid |
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| Directed by | Dwight H. Little |
| Produced by | Acobus Rose Verna Harrah Susan Ruskin |
| Written by | Hans Bauer Jim Cash |
| Starring | Johnny Messner KaDee Strickland Matthew Marsden |
| Music by | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
| Cinematography | Stephen F. Windon |
| Editing by | Marcus D'Arcy Mark Warner |
| Distributed by | Screen Gems |
| Release date(s) | 2004 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
| Preceded by | Anaconda (1997) |
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004), the sequel to Anaconda (1997), is a Horror/thriller.
The film's tagline is: "The hunters will become the hunted".
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[edit] Cast
| Actor/Actress | Character |
| KaDee Strickland | Samantha Rogers |
| Johnny Messner | Bill Johnson |
| Matthew Marsden | Dr. Jack Byron |
| Nicholas Gonzalez | Dr. Ben Douglas |
| Eugene Byrd | Cole Burris |
| Karl Yune | Tran |
| Salli Richardson | 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 |
[edit] Plot
A team of researchers sets off into the jungle in Borneo to search for the fictional "blood orchid", which they believe could be important in life extension. Bill Johnson, their de facto guide has misgivings, but Dr. Jack Byron bribes him to stay on the river. The team is soon parted from their boat and find themselves wading through the river. Ben attempts to scare the others with the infamous Jaws theme and is soon pulled underwater. The group thinks that he is joking until a giant anaconda emerges from the water and devours him whole. The rest of the team makes it out of the river.
To the dismay of Dr. Byron, almost every member of the team wants to call off the expedition, in spite of Bill's reassurances that the snake was the largest he had ever seen and that it will take it weeks to digest their friend before it gets hungry again. The group decides to head back for the boat. However, even though anacondas usually are teritorrial, natures biological clock has struck midnight for them. It's mating season, and every anaconda for miles around will be coming in for a female. They find themselves in a small aboriginal village consisting of thatched huts with a dead and disembowelled anaconda prominently displayed. The team realizes that the snakes are unusually large in size because their lives have been extended by eating the orchids (Anacondas keep growing until they die). Dr. Byron decides that they are close to the Orchids and should press on with almost maniacal determination. The others contend that there is no evidence that the orchids will have the same effect on humans and start building an escape raft.
Meanwhile, Gordon discovered Dr. Byron's radio and gun. Dr. Bryon attempts to convince him not to use the radio, an act he claims will end the expedition, and paralyzes him with a spider when he cannot be dissuaded. As Dr. Byron joins the others by the raft, Sam discovers a paralyzed Gordon and notices the spider bite on his arm. Simultaneously, an anaconda drops down from the rafters and devours Gordon. The others appear and Bill sets the building on fire, presumably killing the snake. However, in the commotion, Dr. Bryon steals the raft to pursue the Orchid on his own.
As the others realize that their raft has been stolen, and the last of the raft building materials have burned down, they realize that the only way to get their raft back is to beat Dr. Byron to the orchid (a feat they can accomplish through the jungle because of the numerous twists and turns in the river). On the way they fall into a cave trying to escape an anaconda. In the cave Cole gets lost and his flashlight stops working. He manages to make it work again, only to discover there is a skeleton in front of him. He freaks out and runs into Tran. He and Tran try to make it back to the others, but Tran is pulled trough a hole in the ground that leads to an underwater area. He tries to find a way back up back is hit extremely hard in the stomach by an anaconda and is dragged to the depths. His flashlight, along with some blood, floats up to Cole and Cole freaks out. Cole runs to find the others; barely escaping. An anaconda follows Cole, and tries to make it out of the hole. It's head sticks out and Sam takes the knife she has and cuts his head off. Cole goes crazy about how great Sam is and gets grabbed by another anaconda and is dragged into the forest. They chase after him to find him being squeezed to death. Bill kills the anaconda with his knife, saving Cole's life.
The group discovers the raft, just as Dr. Byron finds the motherload of Blood Orchids, which happens to coincide with the anaconda mating pit. Dr. Byron senses their presence, shoots Bill in the arm, and forces the party to accompany him to the orchids. Dr. Byron commands Sam to fill a backpack with orchids, a task which requires a perilous crossing of the mating pit via a thin log. As the log starts to crack on her way back, Dr. Byron orders her to throw him the backpack, and Sam counters by threatening to drop the flowers into the pit unless he drops the gun. As the log breaks, Sam and the backpack end up in the pit. Sam begins to climb out with the assistance of the others and Dr. Byron attempts to reach in for the backpack. In an act of poetic justice, Dr. Byron is bitten by a spider and becomes paralyzed. Dr. Byron falls into the pit and is devoured as Sam escapes.
Just as the group think they are home free, the lone female anaconda notices their presence. Gail tricks it into biting their fuel container, and Bill tries to shoot it, realizing the gun is empty. Then, Cole shoots it with a flare, causing a chain reaction which kills all the anacondas and presumably destroying all the orchids.
The four surviving members of the team—Cole, Gail, Bill, and Sam—make it back to the raft.
[edit] Production
The movie is actually shot in Fiji, not in Borneo; it was also the first Hollywood movie to have its premiere in Fiji. Anacondas are found in South America, not Borneo. (Also, Howler Monkeys and Macaws are native to South America, not Borneo, but are shown numerous times in the film). Such blunt mistakes can be considered the trademark of this series(and to an extent the genre as a whole).
The film grossed $31,526,393 at the box office.[1]
[edit] Deaths
- Native-Pulled underwater by the anaconda
- Ben-Sucked under the water by Anaconda. When he reached the surface, his clothes were ripped and his body was bloody. Then, the Anaconda reached the surface and swallowed him.
- Livingston-Rammed in the back and sucked underwater by anaconda.
- Mitchell-Bitten and paralyzed by Stone Spider. Then, the Anaconda swallowed him whole.
- Tran-Anaconda rammed into him hard, then pulled him underwater.
- Jack-Bitten by the Stone Spider, fell into the Snake Pit, and then devoured.
