Big computer-generated snakes, cool rescue vehicles and a vast expanse of the Gene Roddenberry universe highlight today’s home video releases. Fans of science-fiction and visual effects in general can now pick up Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Star Trek: Voyager: The Complete Seventh Season and Thunderbirds.
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid has a scientific expedition set out for Borneo to seek a rare flower called the Blood Orchid, which may have revolutionary medicinal properties. Things turn deadly, however, when the search party unwittingly stumbles into a mating hot spot for oversized reptiles. Overgrown CG snakes by Australian effects house Photon are the stars of this sequel to the 1997 surprise hit, Anaconda, which starred Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight and Ice Cube. The Columbia TriStar release lists for $26.96.
Trekies can dock at their local video retailer and beam up Star Trek: Voyager: The Complete Seventh Season. This seven-disc set includes 26 episodes, as well as featurettes titled Braving the Unknown: Season 7, Voyager Time Capsule: The Doctor, Coming Home: The Final Episode, Real Science With Andre Bormanis, The Making of Borg Invasion 4-D, and Lost Transmissions. The Paramount Home Entertainment release carries a suggested retail price of $129.99.
Speaking of Star Trek, the Jonathan Frakes-directed, vfx-loaded Thunderbirds hits retail today as well. The live-action, big-screen adaptation of Gerry Anderson’s classic 1960s supermarionation series stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a family of rescuers out to foil the fiendish plans of The Hood, played by Ben Kingsley. Extras include commentary by Frakes, a music video by Busted and the featurettes Secrets of Tracy Island, Lady Penelope’s World, Creating The Ultimate Action Sequence, Lady P. & Parker Lose Their Cool: Fun & Stunts and FAB1: More Than Just a Car. Released by Universal Home Entertainment, the disc retails for $29.98.
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