Anaconda 3: Offspring

Anaconda 3: Offspring
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Written by	Nicholas Davidoff David Olson
Directed by	Don E. FauntLeRoy
Starring	David Hasselhoff Crystal Allen Ryan McCluskey Patrick Regis Anthony Green John Rhys-Davies
Theme music composer	Peter Meisner
Country of origin	United States Romania
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Alison Semenza
Cinematography	Don E. FauntLeRoy
Editor(s)	Scott Conrad
Running time	91 minutes
Production company(s)	Hollywood Media Bridge
Distributor	Stage 6 Films
Release
Original network	Sci-Fi Channel
Original release	July 26, 2008 (2008-07-26)

Anaconda 3: Offspring (also known as Anaconda III or Anaconda: Offspring) is a 2008 made-for-television horror film directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy. The film is a sequel to Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and the third installment in the Anaconda franchise. The film premiered on Sci-Fi Channel on July 26, 2008 and released on DVD on October 21, 2008. It stars David Hasselhoff, Crystal Allen and John Rhys-Davies.

Plot

Sometime after the events of the the previous film, in Romania, a female anaconda and a male anaconda captured, are being held in a genetic research facility, Wexel Hall for experimentation. The research project is led by Dr. Amanda Hayes (Crystal Allen) and funded by J.D. Murdoch (John Rhys-Davies), a well-known industrialist. While visiting the facility, Murdoch agitates the male anaconda with a large flashlight, and has it gassed to calm it down. However, as Murdoch, his assistant Pinkus (Ryan McCluskey) and a scientist leave, the anaconda breaks through his enclosure's wall. As it escapes, it kills many of the people working in the lab, though Cupboard escapes the destruction. In looking through the facility, Amanda and another researcher realize that the second (Queen) anaconda has also escaped. Murdoch calls in a team of animal hunters, led by Hammett (David Hasselhoff), to capture both snakes. Amanda and Pinkus go with them. At a small farm in the middle of the woods, the owner is eaten alive by one of the snakes.

The hunting party arrives later and begin formulating a plan of attack. During the first confrontation with the snake, two of the party are killed: Gronzy (Anthony Green) is stabbed by the genetically altered anaconda's very sharp-knifed tail and Dragosh gets his head bitten off by the snake. Hammett arrives and gives the team a lecture on how to kill the snake. As the group splits up, Amanda heads off in a car with two other team members, Victor (Toma Danilă) and Sofia (Mihaela Elena Oros). During the next confrontation with the snake, a car crash results, with the anaconda spitting acidic venom in Victor's face, burning it, injuring Sofia with a broken leg and leaving Amanda in the car. As Amanda is about to help her, the snake reappears and devours Sofia. Amanda is rescued by Hammett and both of them escape.

As they regroup, Amanda reluctantly reveals that the queen snake is pregnant and will give birth to more genetically "special" offspring in less than 24 hours. The teams wants to call in the military, but Hammett forbids it and threatens Amanda with jail for her role in creating it. In the morning, the party begins searching for the snake, but Pinkus has his hand bitten off by the anaconda and is killed. While Hammett searches for the snake on foot, Amanda and two of the three remaining hunters, Nick (Patrick Regis) and Amanda, spot the snakes going into an old factory, and follow them in to plant explosives around the building. Before they can finish, the male attacks. Nick helps Amanda escape but is wounded by the snake as it impales him with its tail, but Nick is able to discharge a grenade, killing both him and the snake. Hammett and his last remaining hunter, Andrei (Alin Olteanu), arrive and hear the grenade go off. As the two of them meet Amanda inside the factory, Andrei moves to set the charges, but Hammett kills him, causing Amanda to realize that Hammett is working for someone (Murdoch) wanting a live baby anaconda. Inside the building, the queen gives birth. After wounding Hammett, Amanda sets the timer on the explosives and escapes from the building, leaving Hammett to be attacked by the baby snakes while he tries to reach the bomb. Once she is at a safe distance, the explosives detonate. As she sits by a roadside burning all of her documentation on the snake research, one of Murdoch's men drives by, heading from the factory where he found one baby snake still alive, to deliver the snake to Murdoch.

Cast

• David Hasselhoff as Hammett
• Crystal Allen as Dr. Amanda Hayes
• Ryan McCluskey as Pinkus
• Patrick Regis as Nick
• Anthony Green as Grozny
• John Rhys-Davies as J.D. Murdoch
• Alin Olteanu as Andrei
• Toma Danilă as Victor
• Bogdan Uritescu as Dragosh
• Milhaela Elena Oros as Sofia
• Serban Celea as Professor Eric Kane
• Alin Constantinescu as Darryl
• Zoltan Butuc as Peter Reysner

Reception

Similar to many made-for-television sequels, the film received poor reviews for having little to nothing to do with the previous films, poor acting and terrible special effects. It currently holds 2.7 on IMDB.

Home media

Anaconda 3: Offsping was released on DVD on October 21, 2008 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

See also

• List of killer snake films

External links

• Anaconda 3: Offspring at IMDb
• Anaconda 3: Offspring at AllMovie