Wow! Such a good movie.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This movie is one of those few that makes you jump out of the seat. Contrary to what many people say, this movie is big enough not to leave the seat with chills. This movie amazes you from start to finish. In addition, there is no shortage of Jumps-scare, to make matters worse, when the anaconda swallows, you feel the sweat and saliva on your body, emotion assaults and invades you. Your heart beats And see Jennifer Lopez running through the jungle, makes you fear the rivers This movie is contrary to what critics say. Although some effects are corny, such is the case when Jon Voight bathes in blood to Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube to attract the Anaconda. Continuing another bad effect is the Anaconda regurgitating poor Jon Voight. The emotional end reassures you of all the deaths seen. A great movie to watch with your family and friends ... if you dare to slide ...

Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Jonathan Hyde and Eric Stoltz star in this 1997 thriller. Lopez (Selena) plays Terri, a filmmaker who tries to make a documentary depicting the Amazon river and an ancient tribe that resides there. Soon, she and her crew find a mysterious man, Serone (Voight) who is stranded and help him. They discover he's a snake hunter who tries using them as bait to catch a giant, deadly snake that stalks them. Cube plays Terri's friend, Danny, Hyde (Richie Rich) plays professor, Westridge and Stoltz (Pulp Fiction) plays professor, Cale. This isn't great, but not bad, the cast is OK and the Anaconda is creepy. This is one of many creature features that followed in the footsteps of "Jaws" and I recommend it if you enjoy killer things in the water.

Anaconda (1997): Dir: Luis Llosa / Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Kari Wuhrer: Interesting camera angle transcends from the snake's mouth as it devours a victim whom will give a sadistic wink as he is regurgitation. Snakes are a common fear and that occurs to a group of researchers scouting for a lost tribe. After assisting Jon Voight from a boat wreckage Eric Stoltz is injured and laid up and in need of medical attention. Voight is out to capture the large reptile alive. Director Luis Llosa creates an ominous atmosphere. He previously made Sniper as well as the action flop The Specialist. Voight steals the film as the icy villain who at one point, breaks someone's neck using only his legs. He will come to learn that anacondas are a creature that is best left alone. The rest of the cast are introduced quickly and are mainly issued as menu items for the snake. Jennifer Lopez does display a smart and resourceful heroine. Ice Cube is featured in fine form among the crew. Stoltz is wasted in a role where he mainly catches up on sleep. Kari Wuhrer has a tense scene where Voight chokes her out using only his legs. The snake itself is effective but real anacondas cannot move that swift on land. Film argues the power of such creatures as the structure of a face is visible within its body as it swims past the camera. It is an often exciting thriller that puts the squeeze on the audience. Score: 8 ½ / 10

At one time Werner Herzog tried to bring opera/commerce to the jungles of the Amazon with his film Fitzcarraldo, which featured as its primary set piece a boat being dragged over a mountain side. Gone are those days; indeed fifteen years after that in 1997 audiences got just a quick scene of opera being blared in the jungle - this comes after Ice Cube's "hippity hop" has played, which actually isn't that bad - while Jon Voight hijacks a small boat of documentary filmmakers (through stealth) to hunt after giant snakes. So it goes.Anaconda was a movie I watched many times when it was on HBO. I probably recognized then it was trash, but it was highly watchable trash, with convincing performances (for what they're asked to do) and some high-grade cheesy lines and mannerisms. Seeing it again today, it holds up as a B-movie blow-out, and is dated mostly by its bad CGI of snakes and has one too many climaxes for comfort. It's one thing when Fatal Attraction does it, but this...It's highly mockable (i.e. Rifftrax took it on live this year), but perhaps the filmmakers knew it? The actors don't seem to, certainly not hapless Owen Wilson - or maybe Voight does, and in his way it's one of the few times, albeit in a total cartoonish performance where he has practically the same grimacing facial expression with Paraguaian accent from start to finish - and maybe that helps elevate it. It's still watchable... which is about the best to say about it, with some competent direction helping along the way - along with some befuddling choices like a Snake-POV camera.Maybe it's best today as a party movie: turn it on, have some brews, and laugh at how that snake just seems to keep coming back and back again (and if it's more than one giant snake, why is it such a big deal?) Oh well... sequels came of this as well.