Snakes On A Plane
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Whatever your expectations were upon hearing about "Snakes on a
Plane", be prepared to be satisfied. It delivered on every front, and
to quote a friend of mine was "the best bad movie ever!!!" The hype
started as early as two years ago when screen writer Josh Friedman
wrote a blog about the movie. Snakes on a Plane has since spawned many
novelty items (Snakes + Plane + Snakes on a Plane T-shirts etc.) and
rip off movie plots (such as Snakes on a Train). Rather than fight it,
New Line Cinema partnered with CafePress.com to allow fans to become
official licensees of merchandise. Though I was not fortunate enough
to have seen the movie with an interactive audience, I heard of
audiences shouting things out in sync, throwing confetti and even
miniature snakes and planes in Rocky Horror fashion.
* * Spoiler Warning: major plot points and/or ending details follow * *The "plot" of the movie (because that's what really counts here, right?) was adequate. After a surfer witnesses a murder, the gangsters responsible want him dead. FBI agent Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson), who is assigned to protect him, convinces him to testify against the gangsters in Los Angeles and they of course board a plane to get there. What they don't know upon boarding is that the gangsters have put a time-release crate full of poisonous snakes aboard the plane. At the proper time, while the plane is in the air, the crate opens, and the snakes are released. Panic ensues and it is up to Samuel L. to save the day, which he of course does. The movie held nothing back and went for every possible gag. The snakes are first introduced while a couple is having sex in the bathroom of the plane (just what every bad action movie needs, a sex scene!) and when one proceeds to bite the poor woman's nipple off you have an idea of what you are in store for. The snakes go on to crawl up and obese woman's dress and bite a man's dick off. Classy stuff. There are many gruesome depictions of the snakes killing passengers and a plethora of scenes where we see close ups of bodies foaming at the mouth. There is a good amount of action, the highlight of which is when Samuel L. Jackson kills the snakes with a taser. Though many of the passengers die, the surviving ones barricade themselves in first class. When the captain and co pilot are killed, it is up to a guy skilled in flight simulator games (the most qualified person on the plane) to land it. To get the snakes out of the cockpit, Jackson shoots out the windows, but not before uttering the much-awaited "Enough is enough! I've had it with these muthafuckin' snakes on this muthafuckin' plane!!" The whole crowd cheered. The movie ends with the witness teaching Samuel L. Jackson to surf. The music video for Cobra Starship's "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" plays during the ending credits, and is worth staying for in that "can't look away from the train wreck" way. Overall, there are no words that truly, adequately sum up the beauty of "Snakes on a Plane". You can't help but come out of the theater smiling, waiting to tell your friends all about it.
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