"When I say snakes, you say plane," yelled a giddy fellow in the front of the theatre.
"Snakes!"
"Plane!" everybody yelled back.
As we waited for the 11:59am showing of Snakes on a Plane, the audience was euphoric. Again and again, he yelled "Snakes!" and we - I mean they - yelled back "Plane!"
Another roar went up when the lights dimmed and the trailer for Black Snake Moan, which also stars Samuel L. Jackson, brought a rousing cheer. So what is it about Snakes on a Plane and the in-your-face mother-f**ker acting style of Mr. Jackson that has this audience so hyped?
The film opens innocuously enough with an easy-listening pop song playing as a lone biker - Jones is his name - zips through the lush forests of Hawaii, enjoying the scenery. Oh, wait a minute, someone's dangling from a rope. Bungee-jumping perhaps? No; definitely not. This guy is hurting and bleeding. He tells the biker to get away, just as Eddie Kim, the psycho who's going to take a bat to this guy's skull, pulls up. For the biker, it turns out to be the wrong place at the wrong time. Being an average, sporty kind of Joe, his luck isn't very good either.
Crazy boy Kim and his thugs catch a glimpse of him and the chase is on. He escapes, barely, and we next see him in his apartment, watching a news report about the killing he witnessed. Jones hears a buzz coming from the door, and as he peeks through the peephole, he sees those same nasty looking thugs he ran away from nonchalantly drilling his door lock out. He starts running again, but this time it's into the arms of FBI agent Nelville Flynn, who also tracked him down by lifting the fingerprints off the can of Red Bull energy drink he left at the scene of the crime. And here I thought that stuff was supposed to give you wings. Jones could have used a pair right about now.
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Article comments
1 - Tim
Ha ha very funny, but seriously dude, that movie was lame. Boring, predictable, unimaginative, recycled trash. I'm glad I got a warez of it, 'cause if I paid to see that stinker I'd be really sorry. Even on fast foward I couldn't get to the end of this yawn-fest quickly enough...
2 - Iloz Zoc
Hey Tim--no I really enjoyed it. I realize it's not to everyone's taste, especially if you've watched more hardcore horror. What's the last horror film you enjoyed?