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{{quote|''People go up river, big snake is very hungry. Guess what happens.''|The '''NZ Listener's''' twelve-word review of '''''Anaconda'''''}}
Monster movie with an [[All-Star Cast]] ranging from Owen Wilson to Jon Voight to [[Jennifer Lopez]] to [[Ice Cube]] on the hunt (in their own various ways) for the eponymous giant snake. Largely notable for Jon Voight as [[Magnificent Bastard|Paul Sarone]], [[Large Ham|chewing up scenery]] with a far greater appetite than any serpent could muster.
There were three sequels which oddly enough [[Arc Welding|Arc Wielded]] itself across three movies:
* ''[[Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid]]'': Which had a company sending a team into the
* ''[[Anaconda 3: The Offspring]]'': In which one of the anacondas was captured and experimented on to find out its longevity. It escapes, breaks out its mate and goes on a rampage (made more deadly due to the fact that these anacondas have spear tails from the experiments...no we're not making that up) some mercenaries are sent to get it back. Notable for staring David Hassleholf.
* ''[[Anacondas: Trail of Blood]]'': Which continues where 3 left off. The offspring of the previous anaconda is found and used to help make the flower. The anaconda breaks out once again while the employer from the last movie sends more mercenaries after the scientist who took the anaconda for his own to get the fountain of youth serum. All the while a previous character from the last movie is looking to destroy it. Yeah its just as confusing and convoluted as it sounds. Oh the snake can regenerate in this one.
The latter two movies were direct-to-video, and all three sequels are considered worse than the original.
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On a side note - it's rather easy to miss this, but there are in fact ''two'' anacondas in the first film, not one. {{spoiler|The first is killed by a shot to the head that blows its brains out, but many viewers assume this to be the same one encountered in the factory later on because it sank into the water prior to dying and isn't seen afterwards. The second doesn't have any facial injuries, is a different color, and is clearly bigger, presumably a female}}.
* [[All-Star Cast]]: [[Jennifer Lopez]], Jon Voight, [[
▲=== ''Anaconda'' (1997) provides examples of: ===
* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: Oh so very much, all in the name of the [[Rule of Scary]]. Among other things:▼
▲* [[All-Star Cast]]: [[Jennifer Lopez]], Jon Voight, [[Ice Cube (Music)|Ice Cube]], Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, and Kari Wuhrer. Yeesh.
▲* [[Artistic License Biology]]: Oh so very much, all in the name of the [[Rule of Scary]]. Among other things:
▲** Anacondas don't grow that damn big.
** They don't move at the speed of a cheetah in chase.
** They don't predominantly prey on humans, especially after [[Super-Persistent Predator|encountering life-threatening resistance each time]].
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** They're ''constricters,'' they don't just grab their prey and swallow it. Even when they find a ''dead'' animal, they'll usually constrict it first just to be safe.
* [[The Amazon]]
* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Sarone.
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Danny Trejo's nameless poacher.
* [[Big Bad]]: The anacondas, Paul Sarone.
* [[Determinator]]: Sarone.
* [[Dwindling Party]]
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* [[Honey Trap]]: Jennifer Lopez tries one of these to get the crew out of their predicament. Works, if only as a temporary distraction.
* [[Impending Doom POV]]: Played with, as the looming creature coming after Owen Wilson and Kari Wuhrer {{spoiler|turns out to be a wild boar, not the snake. She'd turn up later.}}
* [[Instant Drama, Just Add Tracheotomy]]
* [[Kill It
* [[Large Ham]]: Jon Voight. Oh, god, Jon Voight. Let's just say, he's the main reason to watch this movie. By far.
* [[MacGuffin]]: The native tribe.
* [[Monster Vision]]
* [[Mouth Cam]]: {{spoiler|Sarone}} eventually meets his end to one of these.
* [[Murderous Thighs]]: Sarone provides one of the rare MALE examples of this trope.
* [[The Mutiny]]: The crew eventually figures out what Sarone's up to. Unfortunately, he swiftly gets out of it via being a [[Magnificent Bastard]].
* [[Not So Different]]: Sarone gives Kari Wuhrer's character some friendly advice on murder. {{spoiler|And then he promptly breaks her neck.}}
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: "You brought that snake... you brought the ''devil''!"
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* [[With My Hands Tied]]: The crew should have tied Sarone's feet as well. [[Phelous|His old man legs are killer.]]
* [[Your Mom]]: Said by [[Ice Cube]] to the British guy.
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