Some movies beg for a sequel, others seem like a natural for a franchise. However, the original Anaconda (with Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube) didn't seem like it needed to be revisited. But it was. For those who think Hollywood is devoid of new ideas, here is another case in point: Anacondas: Hunt for the Blood Orchid.

This time around there's a new crew led by pharmaceutical executive Gordon Mitchell (the delectable Morris Chestnut) along with: skeptical scientist/executive, Gail Stern (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), ambitious botanist Dr. Jack Byron (Matthew Marsden), his blonde assistant, Sam Rogers (KaDee Strickland), comic relief Cole Burris (Eugene Byrd) and Dr. Ben Douglas (Nicolas Gonzalez) are off to Borneo to search for the elusive Blood Orchid. The rare flower blooms for just several weeks every seven years and may hold the key to immortality. Once in Borneo, they enlist the services of renegade boat captain/guide, Bill Johnson (Johnny Messner)  and his friend Tran (Karl Yune) who will take them up the river for a very high price during the rainy season.

Anacondas is a formulaic, functional scary snake movie. To it's credit, the snakes were pretty good as far as computer-generated effects go. Despite the presence of Morris Chestnut (and I'll forgive that man almost anything) the performance of the evening belonged to Kong, the monkey. He had the best chase scene and his reactions were priceless. If they had only listened to the monkey, maybe a few lives could have been spared.

Really, there isn't much else to say. If you want to pay $10 to watch a monkey steal the show, that's up to you. But if the Kong were writing this review, I'm sure he'd screech a few times and do that cute little hands covering his eyes move. The characters in Anacondas, didn't listen to the monkey and some of them didn't live to regret it. Listen to the monkey now. He's trying to tell you something.