Anaconda III (2008)
1/2 (out of 4)
Incredibly horrid film has some scientist giving serum to an anaconda, which causes it to grow 60-ft and gain fast speeds. The thing eventually breaks loose so it's up to some hunters (led by David Hasselhoff) to track it down and kill it. The first film in the series is one of the greatest "animal-attack" movies out there. The first sequel was mildly entertaining but this thing here is rather painful to watch. I'm really not sure where to start on this one but I guess we'll go with the horrid special effects. The CGI effects are so incredibly bad that you can't help but shake your head. Just take a look at one scene where a man gets his head bitten off and the blood just starts flowing into the air and it never comes down! Other crazy stuff includes this large snake going through weeds yet the weeds never move. The blood is constantly shooting out and it looks like maroon paint. Why they even messed up the color of blood is beyond me but there wasn't a single shot of anything CGI wise that looked real. I'm sure many will blame the small budget, which is probably fair but if you can't afford something half-way decent then why not just leave it out and try to be creative in terms of scares? No, we just get the really cheap and really bad gore effects. The story isn't much better as we're thrown into PREDATOR territory again but there's nothing exciting here. The performances aren't much better with Hasselhoff looking very bored and wanting to rush off to cash his check. None of the supporting players really add much but the screenplay doesn't exactly do them any favors. I love giant snake movies because I hate snakes and these type of films usually freak me out but not once did I get that feeling here. This is just a horrid movie from start to finish.
1/2 (out of 4)
Incredibly horrid film has some scientist giving serum to an anaconda, which causes it to grow 60-ft and gain fast speeds. The thing eventually breaks loose so it's up to some hunters (led by David Hasselhoff) to track it down and kill it. The first film in the series is one of the greatest "animal-attack" movies out there. The first sequel was mildly entertaining but this thing here is rather painful to watch. I'm really not sure where to start on this one but I guess we'll go with the horrid special effects. The CGI effects are so incredibly bad that you can't help but shake your head. Just take a look at one scene where a man gets his head bitten off and the blood just starts flowing into the air and it never comes down! Other crazy stuff includes this large snake going through weeds yet the weeds never move. The blood is constantly shooting out and it looks like maroon paint. Why they even messed up the color of blood is beyond me but there wasn't a single shot of anything CGI wise that looked real. I'm sure many will blame the small budget, which is probably fair but if you can't afford something half-way decent then why not just leave it out and try to be creative in terms of scares? No, we just get the really cheap and really bad gore effects. The story isn't much better as we're thrown into PREDATOR territory again but there's nothing exciting here. The performances aren't much better with Hasselhoff looking very bored and wanting to rush off to cash his check. None of the supporting players really add much but the screenplay doesn't exactly do them any favors. I love giant snake movies because I hate snakes and these type of films usually freak me out but not once did I get that feeling here. This is just a horrid movie from start to finish.