Įmploying more than a little of the knowledge he learned while cranking out exploitation flicks for producer Roger Corman, Urguidi keeps things fast and focused as his audience is routinely amused by lousy dialogue and horrible accents while documentary filmmaker Terri Flores ( Jennifer Lopez) takes a rag-tag crew of semi-professionals along with her to the Amazon. And they are ALL in on the joke that is this fun-filled flick. While he is known for hitting the action hard with movies like The Specialist and Sniper, it is Anaconda where he did his best/worst work and still it stands tall thanks to a cast that includes Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Kari Wuhrer, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson, Vincent Castellanos, and a brief cameo from Danny Trejo. There are no special features, but the fact that the movie looks great on 1080p is enough for me to keep enjoying this beyond LAME flick.ĭirector Luis Llosa Urquidi, a Peruvian film director, can bring the B-movie hammer down like few others in the 1990s. I know Mill Creek didn’t go all out with its release. For me, that’s how my love for Anaconda, the flick that angered a nation, began.Īnd now Mill Creek re-releases this flick on a Blu-ray/DVD combo release! Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, the memories! The choking on the popcorn! The laughter! The relief that this movie, without a serious bone in its body, nailed its tone. For me, I was living in Los Angeles and it was there at the AMC in Santa Monica where I first saw this LEGENDARY B-movie. "There are no special features, but the fact that the movie looks great on 1080p is enough for me to keep enjoying this beyond LAME flick"Īnd in this corner, weighing close to 300lbs, is the movie that hangs around everyone’s neck who paid $10 to see it 1997.
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