This was not on the radar whatsoever. The infamous J-Lo vs Giant Snake vehicle from the late 90’s is getting the reboot treatment, but a weird jokey self-aware kind of reboot – minus the terrible and culturally insensitive accent from John Voight.
This time Jack Black and Paul Rudd star alongside Steve Zahn and Thandiwe Newton in a story about guerilla filmmaking in the jungle. In fact, Jack Black’s character has quite a lot in common with the one he played in Peter Jackson’s King Kong. And, of course, by the end of the movie they’ll find a giant creature of their own to contend with.
Maybe it’s the brand of weirdness on display here, maybe it’s the over-reliance on Nicki Minaj’s song Anaconda, but I’m not sold on this yet. Christmas Day might be the only day of the year I’d want to catch it on the big screen, so good thing that’s the release window.
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