A review of Anaconda 2025

For those who can recall the original 1997 film Anaconda, they’ll appreciate how this became a cult movie on the strength of its absurd premise and campy, awful acting.

- BY PHILIP CU UNJIENG

It starred Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, with the stupidest accent that he kept forgetting he was putting on, a young Owen Wilson, and Eric Stoltz. The crazy thing is that it spawned several installments, as the film became a series shown in theaters and in made-for-television movies.

So fast forward to the present day, and writer-director Tom Gormican has co-written with Kevin Etten this newest iteration - one that can best be described as a meta-reboot. It follows a group of film nerds, who, as young children, made a monster home movie (a la Spielberg), and now are trying to film a remake of the original 1997 movie that they all loved so much.