Anaconda 3: The Offspring
Year: | 2008 |
Studio: | The Sci Fi Channel |
Director: | Don E FauntLeRoy |
Cast: | David Hasselhoff, John Rhys Davies, Crystal Allen |
It was unalloyed trash, a story with not a shred of plausibility and special effects no better than you see on a first generation Playstation game.
The original Anaconda - starring such Hollywood luminaries as Jennifer Lopez and Jon Voight, was a half-serious attempt at a modern horror film, but studio Columbia realised it had a silly, kitschy, trashy delight on its hands. Given the $137m haul from a $45m budget, a franchise was inevitable, so what a shame (if you're a fan) to see the third instalment descend into the leaden dross of Boa vs Python territory, complete with bargain basement CGI effects that look like a dodgy cartoon overlaid on a real film.
This time it's the eeevil pharmaceutical industry breeding the bloodthirsty behemoth in pursuit of a miracle cure, and when it gets loose only one man can accompany the implausibly young and hot herpetologist in bringing it down - none other than the Hoff himself.
It's actually a bit of fun for gorehounds, the giant snake visiting injuries on its victims that a ride-on mower would have trouble replicating, and if it weren't for such cheap snake effects it would have been the late night video night riot you hope for.