Anacondas: Trail of Blood
Anacondas: Trail of Blood (also known as Anaconda 4) is a 2009 American horror thriller television film directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy and starring Crystal Allen, Linden Ashby, Danny Midwinter, and John Rhys-Davies. The film is a sequel to Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) and the fourth installment in the Anaconda film series. It premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel on February 28, 2009.
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| Written by | David Olson |
| Directed by | Don E. FauntLeRoy |
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| Music by | Peter Meisner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Producer | Alison Semenza |
| Cinematography | Don E. FauntLeRoy |
| Editor | Scott Conrad |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
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| Distributor | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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| Original network | Sci-Fi Channel |
| Original release | February 28, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Anaconda 3: Offspring |
| Followed by | Lake Placid vs. Anaconda |
It was followed by Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015), a crossover sequel with Lake Placid franchise.
Plot
A baby anaconda, which was captured at the end of the previous film, is being used for experiment by Peter Reysner, who creates a hybrid of the blood orchids from Borneo that enabled the anaconda to grow very large and live longer, and creates a serum for cell regeneration. After the test seemingly works for the baby anaconda to regenerate, Peter burns it. When he disappears, the long anaconda escapes from the cage and kills Peter in a mine filled with blood orchids. Peter "J.D." Murdoch, a billionaire suffering from bone cancer, sends his assassin Eugene and his team of henchmen mercenaries to find Peter and the serum Peter created so that it can cure him. He also tells them to be careful of Dr. Amanda Hayes, and to kill her if needed. Dr. Amanda Hayes, the sole survivor of the previous snake attack, and two officers also go in search of Peter, determined to destroy the serum and kill the snake.
On the way, they meet Alex, a trekker who appears lost in the Romanian Carpathians, while doing a pathology project. When they discover the blood orchids in the mine, Amanda sets the explosives to destroy the orchids, but she is attacked by the anaconda that kills two officers, but manages to evade it. As Amanda and Alex leaves the mine, Amanda is knocked unconscious and Alex escapes to get more help. Meanwhile, two groups encounter more people (Scott, Jackson, Patrick, Wendy and Heather) who are looking for the base camp of fellow scientists but get dragged into the search for the snake. Due to the serum, the anaconda can no longer die without significant damage to its internal organs. Heather falls ill due to a spider bite. The next day, most of the people are attacked and eaten by the snake. It first kills one of the hunters working for Murdoch. When Eugene and his henchmen find Hayes and Jackson's group, they capture them. Eugene shoots an already injured Patrick, and also shoots and kills Wendy for trying to escape.
The snake finds them and devours Leila and Hakeem. Amanda and Scott are forced to find the serum, and are accompanied by two henchmen of Eugene to find it. They put up at Peter's house. There the two find the serum but keep it hidden. The anaconda strikes the house and devours one gunman and, while the other is trying to fight it off, Amanda and Scott escape. Jackie corners them, but is taken by surprise by Scott. The snake attacks Jackie and he accidentally blows himself up with a grenade while trying to destroy the snake. It then chases Amanda and Scott. Scott sacrifices himself to the snake to buy time for Amanda to run. In an attempt to destroy the snake, Amanda throws a gasoline tank at the snake and blows it up, but the snake regenerates after she flees.
Back at the base camp, Murdoch appears, but is in for a rude shock when he sees that his arch enemy Vasile is also there, and that Eugene has joined ranks with the latter. Seeing the melee they are in, Jackson stabs Eugene, makes him shoot Murdoch's rival and then fights Armon, but Jackson gets shot and Amanda shoots Armon to death. Murdoch arrives, demanding that Amanda give him the serum. As they do that, he keeps his word and allows them to leave. As the remaining survivors leave in the jeep, Murdoch injects himself with the serum and discovers that it works, but the snake eats him. As Amanda finally destroy the orchids for good, she, Jackson, Alex and Heather try to escape in a jeep as the anaconda pursues them, but they are attacked by Eugene, who had clung on the back of the vehicle. Amanda kicks him out of the car with two grenades in hand. While the snake devours him, it is blown to bits. As Amanda, Jackson, Alex and Heather leave, the anaconda, who seems to have regenerated, slithers into the forest.
Cast
- Crystal Allen as Dr. Amanda Hayes
- John Rhys-Davies as Peter "J.D." Murdoch
- Linden Ashby as Jackson
- Ana Ularu as Heather
- Emil Hostina as Eugene
- Danny Midwinter as Scott
- Călin Stanciu as Alex
- Anca Androne as Wendy
- Alexandru Potoceanu as Roland / Patrick
- Claudiu Bleont as Armon
- Dan Badarau as Vasile
- Zoltan Butuc as Peter Reysner
- Cristina Teodorescu as Murdoch's Assistant
Production
The film was shot back-to-back with Anaconda 3: Offspring in Romania (Bucharest, Danube Delta, etc.). When the film was first announced, David Hasselhoff was slated to appear reprising his character of Stephen Hammett from the third film,[1] but he does not appear.
Reception
DVD Verdict rated it 58/100 and called it "hugely boring".[2]
See also
- List of killer snake films
References
- Giles, Jeff (2007-10-09). "Hasselhoff Starring in Anaconda Sequels". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- Johnson, David (30 May 2016). "Anacondas: Trail Of Blood". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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