Anaconda (2025) Bites Back: Bigger, Meaner, and Deadlier Than Ever

Anaconda comes back with an all new innovative reboot that easily becomes the best out of the franchise. This return to the franchise instantly catches on to you, using comedy cranked up to the max to give you a blast of fun. This new entry may have some major changes in the franchise's direction, but director Tom Gormican showed why this movie is fun roller coaster for both old and new fans.

The film follows two childhood buddies that want to make it into Hollywood and decides to reboot the 1997 classic, Anaconda. While making their film they discover there's a much bigger problem hidden in the amazon.

Doug (Jack Black) and Griff (Paul Rudd) are the dynamic duo in this film where every interaction they have with each other feels like a comedy overhaul. Jack Black still stands as a comedy legend and gives the audience a sense of relatability throughout the film. There are points where scenes start becoming to much, with a sense of losing the direction of horror in a movie about a giant snake.

where this movie really shines is the subtle connections with the side characters. Ana(Thandiwe Newton) gives the audience a sensation of normality which is so rare to find everywhere else in this movie, but don't let that fool you as she gives us some funny gags early on. The same cannot be said for Kenny (Steve Zahn) as he is an absolute blast full of fun and the perfect amount of weirdness.

This movie feels like they injected tons of laughing gas on set that somehow spread throughout the screen having the audience tear up. There are scenes where my audience started yelling because of how this movie deals with comedy. Now Anaconda is a great comedy film, but I felt disappointed with the lack of horror and action here. Anaconda lacks the literal name of it's own film where you just forget that this group of friends are supposed to be escaping such a huge threat. There are also characters that feel like they are forced in only for comedic pleasure. Where this film really dims down from that shine is the second act where they introduce so much but explore so little.

Despite its flaws, Anaconda succeeds in what it clearly sets out to do, deliver a wildly entertaining, comedy first reboot that doesn’t take itself seriously. While longtime fans hoping for heart pounding horror and high-stakes action will feel let down. the film’s charm lies in its energetic performances, and nonstop laughs. Tom Gormican’s direction embraces laughs over fear, resulting in a movie that may not fully embrace the terror of its very own title, but still earns its place as the most fun entry in the franchise. Anaconda isn’t about surviving the snake it’s about enjoying the ride, and for most audiences, that ride is loud, ridiculous, and undeniably memorable.