reviewed by Brian "The Naked Gun" Felts
& Benn "Where's the Humanity?" Farrell
This is a bad movie. The plot is ridiculous, everything is unbelievable and impossible and if this was any other movie, I would say burn it at all costs. However, I say watch this movie. Leave your brain at home and go and enjoy this cult classic in the making.
Sean, played by Nathan Phillips (Wolf Creek,) is out for a Sunday motorcycle ride when he witnesses the brutal slaying of a lawyer by ultra bad guy Eddie Kim, played by Byron Lawson (Romeo Must die.) To avoid death, Sean is taken by FBI Agent Neville Flynn, played by Samuel L. Jackson (Freedomland,) in plane from Hawaii to Los Angeles. Amazingly, Eddie finds out and somehow gets a crate full of poisonous snakes on the plane. The crate has a timer and releases the snakes exactly half way to LA. Agent Flynn and the rest of the remaining crew and passengers must find a way to survive the rest of the flight and land the plane.
Well, you can obviously see why this movie is bad. I will say that the producers of the movie did a great job of using the internet to create a buzz about the movie and get people to want to come see this movie. They will probably make more money opening weekend than they ever dreamed of when they decided to green light the movie.
Like I said, this movie is bad. But if you like brainless movies with naked breasts, gruesome deaths and funny lines, then this is your movie. Watch it, love it, and embrace one of the best, worst movies ever made.
Brian - the Naked Gun Brian is right AND wrong. Yes, it's one of the best worst movies ever. It excels at being a worst movie; however, there is no reason to watch it and doesn't deserve to have money wasted on it. "Snakes on a Plane" is an example of a couple of producers saying, "Let's make the dumbest movie ever. We'll cast Samuel Jackson and give him a catch phrase where he says f**k a lot. He's good at that. Then we'll make a lot of money. Make a lot of t-shirts." This picture gives nothing to the movie going public. There are no laughs. I think I laughed once at ONE line of dialogue. I don't even remember what the line was or who said it. That's how forgettable this writing is. There is only one reason to see this movie...there are snakes on a plane killing people. It's never been done before, so now I can say I've seen it. It's the only thing this movie promised and it certainly delivered. Even at that, much of the cinematography was shaky and poorly lit to really get a sense of the horrors that were going on. I'm begging you not to see this movie in the theater. Don't rent it on DVD and CERTAINLY don't buy it. Wait for Brian to buy it, then you can come over and watch it with him. Let Brian spend his money on it; you save yours for a movie that deserves it. Even someone registering NO brain activity would walk out of this movie saying, "Wow, that movie sucked!" Benn - Where's the Humanity?
Dir. David R. Ellis
Writ. John Heffernan, Sebastian Gutierrez, David Delessandro
Act. Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips