Reviews by Matt

Never have I gone to see a movie purely for the novelty of the title. So, going to see “Snakes on a Plane” was a different movie going experience. For those who don’t know, “Snakes on a Plane” is about… well, snakes on a plane. There is more to the story, but not much. Samuel L. Jackson plays Agent Neville Flynn. He is escorting Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) back to California to testify against Chen Leong (Terry Chen,) a mobster in Hawaii who Flynn has been trying to get for a long time. Chen is known for doing all sorts of horrible things to those who are going to testify against him. So in order to get to Sean before he can get back to California, guess what Chen does? That’s right he puts snakes on a plane.

“Snakes on a Plane is, at heart, a B movie. It has everything that made the other movies like “Evil Dead” so great. Sure it’s got the “cheese factor” and there are times the plot is kind of far-fetched, but that's what makes it enjoyable. How can you not enjoy the poetic justice when the man who feeds a small dog to a boa constrictor, gets eaten just moments later. It’s a change from other movies that try so hard to be good and fail. This movie knows it’s cheesy and it embraces that. It never takes itself seriously. This is a refreshing new take that allows the viewer to enjoy it for what it is because it doesn’t try to be anything more.


Never has a movie generated so much hype purely based on the title. The producers wanted to call the movie Pacific Air 121, but Sam Jackson’s agent insisted that it be changed back to the original. Once the title was announced, the mania started. All over the Internet, videos started popping up parodying the idea of snakes on a plane. All the hype lead the studio to not show the movie to critics, they said they wanted to let the fans see it first.

There was just something about this movie. As soon as I heard about it I knew I had to see it. I was not expecting anything and I left pleasantly surprised. Sure, it was cheesy, but it was also very creative. At one point they use the life raft to close off first class from the rest of the plane. There are not many ways to kill a snake, but they do come up with a few interesting ideas, like taping a lighter to an aerosol can and using it as a home…plane-made flamethrower. So the movie is not going to win any Oscars, and it sure isn’t trying to. It is just a fun movie and chances are you will leave satisfied with it.




6 out of 10
Rated R for language, a scene of sexuality and drug use, and intense sequences of terror and violence.
Runtime:105 min