FBI agent Flynn unloads a can of whoop ass on the thugs, and before you can say snakes on a plane, we're at the airport. It's at this point I realize this film is good. Damn good. The script is simple, direct, and filled with simple and direct dialog, which is sometimes witty, sometimes trite, but always spot-on. From the yellowish-brown tinting of the film, to the 1970s style of direction and characterization, this is a B-12 kind of B-movie.
And then there are the characters. As the plane is delayed, we meet the passengers waiting to board the ill-fated flight. There's the over-sexed young couple — you know they're going to get it but good; Mercedes, a young woman carrying her little dog named Mary Kate; two boys riding alone; a really obnoxious businessman — you just know he's going to get it especially good; the fat lady boozing it up, and the really nervous guy whose afraid to fly, along with his wife. There's also a mom and her baby, but no singing nuns, so that was a relief. Mom, baby, snakes? Yup, you know what's coming.
Agent Flynn and his partner, along with Jones, and a large crate of poisonous snakes in all sizes, hopped-up on pheromones to boot, are soon in the air. Seems crazy Kim wants to make sure Jones doesn't testify, even if it means bringing the entire plane down and killing everyone in it.
It's when the over-sexed young couple head to the bathroom that the horror movie kicks into high action gear. Lord, tell me they didn't just light a reefer in the bathroom? That's the foreshadowing for a really gruesome death in horror movies. And so it begins.
The audience counted down the seconds on the explosive timer as the digits dropped to zero. The crate breaks open and soon the little and big nasties are crawling everywhere and wreaking havoc. Using wicked closeups, we see the snakes in all their slithering and fangy glory as they bite passengers left and right, leaving bloody welts, swelling body-parts, and blackened dead bodies in their path.
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?