movie review - anacondas: the hunt for the blood orchid
Kokubunji, 2025.10.17
Okay, look: sometimes you just want to unwind with a silly movie with some annoying people getting picked off by monsters. Such as today, when the physiotherapist told me I was in such rough shape that I shouldn't use my computer, and when for some reason both my teenage kids were home. And this movie, it turns out, is that type of movie plus it's not as entirely silly as you might expect. Made in the dying days of cinema -- the first decade of this new millennium -- it has actual characters, was shot in a real setting, has a real(ish) plot, and they keep the CGI to a minimum because it is terrible.
I enjoyed it. The kids enjoyed it. The Girl even said, "That was good. Why is everything new on Netflix so boring?"
Recommended.