Freud would have a field day
reviewed Tue, 02 Dec 1997 19:00:57 EST
Still on a monster-movie high from Alligator,
I rented ANACONDA, another self-consciously B-movie in
the
tradition of Alligator and
Tremors, only without any of
the
wit, creativity, or tension (and with bizarre vibes of Apocalypse
Now).
The most exciting thing you can do while watching this movie is to try
to guess the order in which the extraneous characters will be killed.
Will
the first victim be the snotty Brit? Or the horny young couple? Or the
greasy third-world boatman? I actually fast-forwarded through much of
this
movie, something I rarely do --- the only reason I stuck with it was
that
the opening blurb tells us that sometimes anacondas regurgitate their
prey
to "kill it a second time." Now, Luis Llosa is no Chekov, but you just
know that he ain't gonna show a gun like that without making sure it
goes
off. And sure enough, about an hour into the movie, you come to a scene
that makes it worth the price of rental: A GIANT SNAKE VOMITS UP JON
VOIGHT!!!
I cannot over-emphasize this: YOU GET TO SEE A GIANT SNAKE VOMIT UP AN
ACADEMY-AWARD-WINNING ACTOR. I don't believe any other movie at the
video
store can boast as much.
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