Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Critic Reviews

The sequel might have the formula down, but it lacks everything that made "Anaconda'' fun.Read the full review

A programmer that once upon a time would have played on the bottom half of double bills, Anacondas has no pretensions and gets its little job done effectively, providing some small-scale laughs and chills for the late summer season. Read the full review

Still manages to one-up its predecessor, 1997's unintentionally campy "Anaconda." Read the full review

When the CGI snakes finally arrive, they look like they've just returned from a guest spot on "Charmed;" if the film had cut any more corners, it would have had to borrow graphics from an old Intellivision game.Read the full review

A highly entertaining movie assured of its genre-jumping potential. Read the full review

There's no enjoyably outlandish hiss to this variation on the formula, and no Ice Cube or Owen Wilson, either. This time, a ship of capitalist fools (and no movie stars, unless you count utility player Morris Chestnut as a headliner) steams along the river in Borneo.Read the full review

Sufficient cheap thrills and enough of the prevailing camp quality. Read the full review

At least director Dwight Little (Free Willy 2) gives us enough B-movie speed to keep Orchid from becoming a fountain of aging. Read the full review

Competent formula entertainment, but doesn't make that leap into pure barminess that inspired "Anaconda."Read the full review