Runtime:
92 minutes
Release
Date: April 23, 2015
Rating:
NR
Director:
A.B. Stone
Jim
(Robert Englund) takes a group of scientists into the wilds of New
York to capture one of those infamous crocodiles. They want to breed
the crocodile with an anaconda. While this usually takes lot of time
and work, they take the easy way out and just inject blood from the
crocodile into the pregnant snack, and blamo! It's all good. Except
it's not all good at all. The crocodile wakes up from its sedative
snack and goes ape shit, which ends with most running away and the RV
they used exploding.
Reba
(Yancy Butler from the last two Lake Placid movies) is now in charge
of the police department in the same small town from one of the
earlier films. The mayor or some guy like the mayor, hears word that
the giant crocodiles might be back and orders her to take care of the
problem without ever letting anyone know that there's giant man
eating crocodiles nearby. She and her deputy Ferguson find evidence
of crocodiles, which leads her to call on Fish & Wildlife for
help.
Meanwhile,
Bethany is a college student pledging a sorority and winds up near
the lake with the other pledges and Tiffani, the president of the
sorority. Tiffani is a mega bitch who makes them jump in and out of
the lake on her command. Bethany also meets Margo, the stereotypical
Converse wearing, black eyeliner, roll her eyes every 30 seconds
college feminist. Turns out she's really only there to write a paper
for her psychology class. Because freshmen go undercover and write
detailed psychology papers? As a psychology BS holder, I say not.
Bethany
winds up calling her dad to check in, who is conveniently Tull (Corin
Nemec, who looks like he hasn't aged in 15 years), the head of Fish &
Wildlife. Tull eventually meets up with Reba and starts investigating
for signs of the crocodiles. When he learns that his daughter was on
the water that day and finds signs that crocodiles really did attack
the sorority girls, he tries to find a way to save his daughter while
helping Reba too.
I still
remember seeing the original Lake Placid in theaters and being
shocked at little old Betty White. I also remember seeing the
original Anacondas in theaters and being shocked at how awful
Jennifer Lopez was. While I stuck with the Lake Placid series, I
haven't seen a single of the Anacondas films until this one.
Is it
wrong of me to say that this is the best one? In a week where I
watched Lavalantulas, Sharknado 2, and Sharknado 3, Lake Placid vs.
Anaconda actually came out on top. There's the joy of watching and
waiting to see what happens to Englund, Reba constantly yelling at
Ferguson who is great for comedic relief, and the creepy incestuous
vibe between Tull and his daughter. Seriously, who calls their dad
just to say I love you and tease him about what he does when you
aren't there, and who calls his daughter baby when she's in college?
It doesn't help that with Nemec never aging that they kind of do look
like a couple.
Lake
Placid vs. Anaconda is just fun. You have to laugh every time
Ferguson does something stupid, and you have to root for Englund, who
clearly had fun making the movie. While it might not be Oscar worthy,
it's definitely fun!
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