This is one of those sequels that is worse than the first.
You get a broader picture as to why these films simply don't deliver anything worth seeing. The Anacondas series is horrible, and with this sequel you can understand why. The film is just not fun to watch, while these films are supposed to be, this was just poorly made trash that simply didn't deliver. I've seen my fare share of these types of films, and this is one of the worst that I had the misfortune to see. This one didn't do it for me and I felt it was quite horrible with nothing really going for it and it just didn't deliver anything fun or memorable. This is very much like the first film where the filmmakers made a killer creature horror film, but they didn't care how it turned out. The film has a poorly written script, a bad cast and poor effects. You might want to watch this if it's shown of TV, but I wouldn't pay money to see it.This sequel to Anaconda looks strained, tiresome and overall it's a boring film that just misses the mark. As I said before, this isn't too bad a movie (I've seen worse) - there are some moments of tension, the actors do their jobs and the special effects are far from laughable. We may be surprised when the snake attacks but never truly shocked. Sure, it's pretty ugly, but it will never be truly terrifying as the director doesn't play on our sense of fear. However, the weakest character of all is the snake. They save his life but he is still unconscious and remains so throughout most of the movie. During a dive, he gets bitten and the crew manage to recover him.
Another interesting factor is Terri's boyfriend and his contribution to the story line. Story lines are attempted but never completed and so the audience will never gain true satisfaction from the film. We never really find out why this has happened - after all, there is still a lot of Jennifer Lopez to be shown - and this, I think, is one of the main problems with the film. Curiously, the customary "introduction shock" is not a snake death, but a suicide. Most of the killing happen in the second half of the film with the first half devoted to boring sub-plots. There are a few oddities in the consistency of the plot. They gradually get picked off one-by-one - although guessing the next "victim" is so easy, it takes the fun out of it all. There are all the usual characters here: beautiful girl, villain, posh English bloke (there's always one!), working-class hero, etc. A crew making a documentary set sail down a tropical river, on their way losing their fuel and, you guessed it, bumping into a big snake. Generally, it's pretty formulaic, but there are a few alterations on the monster movie format. This is not as bad as some people say it is.
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