Brazil, Peru, United States of America

AdventureHorrorThriller

Human vs natureSnakePredatorMovie businessExpeditionAmazon rainforestJungleCreatureHuntingAnacondaKiller snakeRiverboatAmazon riverAnimal horrorKiller expeditionRainforest riverRiver ravine

Luis Llosa

Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Kari Wuhrer, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde

Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Hans Bauer

St. Tropez Films, Cinema Line Film Corporation, Middle Fork Productions, Skylight Cinema Foto Art, Columbia Pictures, Skylight Cinema Foto Art (US)

Taglines: When you can't breathe, you can't scream.

A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.

Reviews:

Author: Kamurai
Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This is a huge surprise that this holds up after 20+ years, which is great because there aren't enough giant snake movies out there. This was a bit before modern technology, but that's offset by taking place on the Amazon River, far away from where technology would work anyways. This was also back when Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube thought they were actors (and I honestly prefer them as actors), and I certainly don't think that they are the any of the bad parts of this movie. Jon Voight was by far the most confusing, if not "bad" part of this movie. I think he was doing an impression of a Spaniard, but maybe was supposed to be having a Portuguese accent as that's what they speak in Brazil, but it was never clear if he was supposed to be FROM there or not. Even the character itself is oddly motivated, fighting to stay alive against people, but clearly has no self preservation when comes to catching the snake alive....so he can.....what...mate with it? Owen Wilson, in typically form, plays the "let's ruin this" role and really is a catalyst for the movie spiraling out of control. This is a "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" of a movie, not good (even back then), but still lots of fun. With the bad CG and odd, but impressive practical effects, it certainly was never the impending threat of an unstoppable beast that was the problem.