Anaconda 5: Rainforest Predator

Anaconda 5: Rainforest Predator (2025) slithers back onto the screen with a vengeance, delivering exactly what fans of the long-running franchise crave: giant snakes, jungle chaos, and over-the-top survival horror. Directed by horror-action veteran Adam Wingard (Godzilla vs. Kong, You're Next), this fifth installment embraces its B-movie roots while injecting new energy and slick visuals into the cult series.

Set deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the film follows a team of biotech researchers who venture into an uncharted region of the jungle in search of a rare plant said to cure aggressive forms of cancer. What they don't know is that the area is fiercely guarded—not by humans, but by an enormous, hyper-evolved anaconda unlike any seen before. This apex predator, enhanced by illegal genetic experimentation from a rogue pharmaceutical company, is faster, smarter, and far more brutal than its predecessors.

Leading the cast is Ana de Armas as Dr. Elena Reyes, a field biologist with a mysterious past and a personal stake in the mission. Her performance brings unexpected emotional weight to a film filled with deadly traps, collapsing rope bridges, and, of course, massive snake attacks. Opposite her is Dave Bautista as Mason Ridge, a no-nonsense ex-military survivalist hired to protect the team. His deadpan humor and sheer physicality offer the perfect counterbalance to the film’s mounting terror.

Visually, Anaconda 5 looks better than any of its predecessors. The rainforest is both breathtaking and claustrophobic, captured with lush cinematography that emphasizes nature’s beauty and menace. The CGI snake is a terrifying achievement—sleek, black-scaled, and nearly silent until it strikes. The kills are inventive, brutal, and at times surprisingly suspenseful.

The film doesn’t reinvent the genre, nor does it try to be subtle. It’s loaded with creature-feature clichés—shady corporations, jump scares, and characters who make very poor choices—but it executes them with a sense of fun and momentum that keeps things entertaining. There’s even a twist in the third act involving a second predator that turns the final 20 minutes into pure survival horror mayhem.

While critics may be split on its camp factor, audiences have embraced Anaconda 5: Rainforest Predator as a guilty pleasure done right. It's loud, it’s ridiculous, and it delivers exactly what it promises: jungle terror at its most slithering and savage.