Lake
Placid Vs. Anaconda
(2015/Sony DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: D Film: C
Lake
Placid Vs. Anaconda
is a fun cable TV B-Movie that knows what it is and doesn't try to be
anything more. Starring Yancy Butler (TV's Witchblade)
who returns to the franchise after Lake
Placid 3
and a fun side role by Robert Englund (Freddy from Nightmare
on Elm Street)
who is also returning to the franchise after Lake
Placid: The Final Chapter,
the film centers around an epic battle between HUGE genetically
enhanced Gators and Snakes with them relentlessly devouring every
idiot that comes in contact with them along the way. Think Deep
Blue Sea
meets Anaconda
meets Lake
Placid.
Anacondas
large enough to crush an SUV. Crocodiles strong enough to leap onto
speedboats. When they're not hunting for human prey, they're more
than willing to take on each other. Get ready for a non-stop
bloodbath unlike anything you've seen before in this heart-pounding
battle between mutated crocodiles and genetically engineered
anacondas. Packed with hot sorority girls, big guns, and jaws
massive enough to swallow a human in one bite, this is one screaming
good time!
Though
the film premiered on the SyFy Network back in April, this version of
the film is Unrated and has extra scenes of nudity and gore as
originally intended. Of course, the computer general special effects
are extremely bad... especially the Anacondas themselves which at
some moments are so laughably bad you won't be able to stop yourself
from snickering. A lot of the characters are typical archetypes with
the Sorority Girls and the 'badass Cop chick' played by Butler.
Englund portrays a filthy hunter with a missing arm, leg, and eye and
basically hams it up the whole time. But seeing that the writer of
this also wrote Robocroc,
it's pretty expected to be a little lousy.
Presented
in standard definition with an anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio of
1.78:1 and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track, there's also a lossy
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 track and subtitles in English, French and
Spanish.
No
extras on the disc which is always a disappointment for me. At least
give us some interviews or a quick featurette, a trailer... or
something, Sony!
At
the end of the day, you know what you're in for when you pick up this
disc and thanks to this unrated version, the film gets to be a bit
more adult which is what it wanted to be in the first place. If you
like creature features give it a go! It's way better than Sharknado
3!
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James Harland Lockhart V
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