Jack Black and Paul Rudd's 'Anaconda' Is Better Than You've Heard

Sony’s Anaconda, a “reimagining” of the 1997 creature feature starring Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez, is neither as bad as you’ve heard nor as good as it should be. It’s the second high-concept meta-comedy-action hybrid directed by Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) in three years, and it’s also the second that doesn’t follow through on the not-insignificant promise of its premise. Still, Anaconda is a perfectly pleasant, overall quite fun but equally empty-headed action-adventure...