And there's also snake-o-vision! You too can see the horrified faces of the scrambling passengers through a snakes' eyes, just before the fangs sink deep and the venom spits out. Brought to you in fuzzy greenish color. Sheer genius. The makeup and special effects are well done, too.
The snakes knock out the avionics on the plane, and with the plane flying into a storm, things are quickly moving from bad to worse. Thank the lord the writers of this film didn't watch Airport, otherwise they would have taken out the pilots, too. Damn, I spoke to soon.
Just about every airplane disaster movie cliche comes into play as the passengers fight to survive. And yes, there's a snake in microwave interlude also. What's so amazing is that it all works well, and the story keeps moving. You'll be on the edge of your seat, and waiting breathlessly for Mr. Jackson to say those words only he can deliver. When the time came, the audience said it with him.
"Enough is enough. I had it with the mother-f**king snakes on this mother-f**king plane!"
Agent Flynn and the passengers do a rousing version of the A-Team and fight to take back the cockpit from the venomous horde, and its up to the guy who logged 2000 hours of flight time — playing a fight-simulator game — to save the day.
Snakes on a Plane is a terrific summer movie, and Samuel L. Jackson is the only actor possible to make it work so well. I dare you to tell him otherwise.
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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?