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This giant-man-eating-snake-in-the-jungle thriller definitely scores points as a guilty pleasure, especially with Jon Voight hamming it up as the monster-poacher. He makes life miserable for a team of documentary filmmakers on the Amazon river. Anaconda is one of those movies that exists for no other reason than to give computer animators a chance to strut their stuff with a new digital beastie, and they don't disappoint. It's a lot of fun to watch the mega-snake scarf down its victims and--in the case of Voight--regurgitate him right back up again, all covered in gooey digestive juices. You might wonder why Eric Stoltz, who plays Dr. Steven Cale, showed up for a role that requires him to be off-screen for most of the movie,but hey--when it comes to big snake movies, you might as well put your brain on hold and sitback for the slimy ride. --Jeff Shannon

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Most helpful customer reviews   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Snakes!... Why Did It Have to be Snakes?!, Jun 17 2004 By A Customer Not since the 1973's "SsssssS" (Strother Martin and Dirk Benedict) has a snake movie been so creepy. ANACONDA's plot is your garden variety monster movie. Each character is picked off one by one by the monster (in this case, a giant anaconda snake) and one or two survivors find a way to kill it. Thrown in the mix is always an antagonizer who goes against the grain. In this film, Jon Voight plays totally out of type as the mysterious big game hunter who latches on to a documentary film crew in the Amazon. He leads them on a wild goose trail looking for a lost indian tribe, unknown to his hosts that he's looking for a big game snake. The film is predictable and the CGI/animatronic snake is somewhat decent. Some of the giant anaconda CGI movements look unrealistic to the point of looking cartoony. It is easy to distinguish between the CGI and the mechanical snake. But once the snake shows up, the movie picks up. The creepy (but clever) sequence is when Voight becomes victim to the giant anaconda. A camera shot seems to come from inside the snake as the mouth opens and it begins to swallow him. Then a couple of scenes later when you think Voight is a goner, the snake regurgitates him covered with digestive juices. To make it even creepier, Voight is still alive and winks at Jennifer Lopez. Overall, a predictable B- horror/monster movie with an interesting cast which includes Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight and Ice Cube, but with cheap computer effects not up to par with JURASSIC PARK. Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: amazingf, Nov 22 2003 By A Customer truely superiour to the new snake movie crap made todasy this one has some of hollywoods biggest stars a giant snake good gory deaths and a satysfing ending Was this review helpful to you?