Snakes on a Plane

Plot synopsis:
After witnessing gangster Eddie Kim (Byron Lawson) brutally beat U.S. Prosecutor Daniel Hayes (Scott Nicholson) to death in Hawaii, Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) is escorted by FBI agents Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) and John Sanders (Mark Houghton) on a Boeing 747-400 to testify at the trial in Los Angeles.Despite increased security for the flight, Kim arranges for a time-release crate full of venomous and constrictor snakes to be placed in the cargo hold, in an attempt to bring down the plane before it reaches Los Angeles. To ensure the snakes attack the passengers, he has one of his henchmen, disguised as an airport ground employee, spray the passengers' leis with a special pheromone, which will cause the snakes to aggressively attack without being provoked.The crate pops open midway through the flight and the snakes start making their way into various areas of the plane. A cat in the cargo bay, a young couple having sex in the lavatory, and a man using the bathroom, are the first killed. One of the snakes causes a short in the plane's electronics, so the plane's captain, Sam McKeon (Tom Butler) investigates by climbing down into the hold underneath the cockpit and resets the breakers. Before he can climb back up the ladder, he is struck and killed by a viper.Co-pilot Rick (David Koechner) is alerted that the captain is down by Flight Attendant Claire Miller (Julianna Margulies). Rick believes the captain has suffered a heart attack. The stewardess goes to get Flynn and Sanders, who help move the captain's body.Later, some coral snakes enter the cockpit and Rick uses his clipboard to hit them, accidentally releasing the oxygen masks throughout the plane. The snakes are then able to enter the cabin through the holes where the oxygen masks had been and they begin wreaking havoc among the passengers.Numerous passengers, including Agent Sanders, are killed. Agent Flynn enters the cabin and uses a stun gun to ward off the snakes as he makes his way back. He realizes he has to turn around, as there are too many snakes and too much confusion among the passengers, so he yells to the passengers to make their way to the front of the plane.Those who are able to get to the front of the plane follow the instructions of Flynn and begin putting up a blockade of luggage. The one male and two female flight attendants are doing their best to help the passengers. One stewardess rescues a woman's baby but in the process is fatally struck by one of the snakes.Two little boys, sons of a Navy captain stationed in Hawaii, are traveling to Los Angeles alone. The youngest boy is bitten on the wrist and his wrist and hand swell dramatically. A young woman incises the swollen area and sucks some of the poison out.Agent Flynn contacts FBI Special Agent Hank Harris (Bobby Cannavale), on the ground, who orders his men to find him the nearest snake expert. That would be ophiologist, Dr. Steven Price (Todd Louiso). Dr. Price gets on a phone and speaks directly with Flynn. Price tells Flynn him that something must be provoking the snakes for them to be acting so aggressively. After thinking about it, Price suspects a pheromone may be responsible.Flynn tells Price that he will gather as many of the dead snakes as possible, so descriptions can be provided to Dr. Price and anti-venoms readied. First, he has to quell a potential insurrection by the passengers, who blame him and Jones for putting them in such a predicament.As some of the passengers start gathering dead snakes, a large snake in the cockpit attacks and temporarily disables the co-pilot. The plane starts to dip downwards, causing a food trolley to crash through the luggage blockade. The passengers flee to the upstairs first class cabin, exceeding the capacity of the stair railing and causing it to collapse. A huge boa constrictor simultaneously crashes through the overhead and falls into the aisle.A male passenger grabs a woman's small dog and throws it to the snake. The dog's owner is furious and starts hitting the man, but she falls back when the constrictor takes the man into it's coils and begins crushing him to death.The passengers are able to get upstairs and block the stairwell with an inflatable life raft.With pictures of the reptiles emailed to him, via a mobile phone, Price at first believes there will not be enough time to collect all the anti-venom that will be required. Price ultimately determines that it must have been a snake dealer living in the desert outside Los Angeles who was responsible for providing all those different snakes. He would also have anti-venoms.Three G's (Flex Alexander) is traveling with two large bodyguards. Up to this point, he's been dealing as best he can with the snake situation, but now he begins freaking out, saying it's too hot and he can't breathe. He becomes aggressive and Flynn has to physically confront him. As they wrestle, Three G's grabs Flynn's gun. When Three G's is distracted by Troy (Kenan Thompson), one of the bodyguards, Flynn is able to get his gun back and orders Three G's back to his seat.After Flight Attendant Claire Miller (Julianna Margulies) kills the snake in the cockpit with a fire ax, she and Flynn are able to mostly regain control of the jet. Rick then recovers consciousness and retakes the controls.The plane's interior starts getting too hot. Claire helps Flynn get down into the cargo hold to try and restore the air conditioning/ventilation system. He kills two snakes in the small elevator, then goes on down. Once inside the cargo hold, Flynn has to use a homemade flamethrower that Claire had made up for him to kill two more snakes. Finally, he's able to force the power for the air conditioning back on.One of Three G's bodyguards, Big Leroy (Keith Dallas), was bitten early in the attack, in the left butt cheek, so he has been suffering throughout.The police find the snake dealer at his property in the desert. There's a shootout and, as the dealer is trying to get away, he is bitten by one of his snakes. Special Agent Harris threatens to withhold the anti-venom that the dealer needs unless he provides information about the snakes on the plane. The dealer reveals that Kim hired him to obtain the snakes. He also tells them that pheromones were sprayed on the flower leis so they would circulate throughout the plane and stimulate the snakes to behave aggressively. The dealer then receives a dose of anti-venom and the rest of his supply of anti-venom is commandeered for the plane's victims.Harris gives orders to have Eddie Kim arrested. Harris then contacts Flynn, telling him that anti-venom will be ready for the passengers when they land.Flynn has to force the door to the cockpit open. Rick falls out dead and Flynn sees that there are multiple snakes inside the cockpit. He slams the door shut.When Claire goes to the passengers and asks if anyone knows how to fly a plane, Three G's volunteers Troy. Troy looks at him like he's crazy, but after thinking about it, he acknowledges that he has over 2,000 hours experience and could do it.Flynn says that he's had it with the snakes and decides he's going to get rid of them. All the passengers are told to tie themselves into their seats. When they are all ready, Flynn draws his pistol and shoots out two cabin windows, causing the plane to depressurize. He then flings open the cockpit door. All loose gear, including the snakes, are sucked from the plane.Flynn helps Troy get into the cockpit, where he takes the controls. Troy is surprised at how familiar the controls appear to be. He brings the plane level at an altitude where the pressure is no longer working at extracting everything from inside the plane. When contact is made with air traffic control, Troy is asked if he has flight experience. Troy confirms that he's flown military aircraft of several types. It's soon evident that Troy is speaking about his experience with video game flight simulators.Troy is the best option available, so the plane is his to land or crash. Troy bounces the plane hard a couple of times, but manages to bring it down. He needs a little harsh encouragement from Flynn to get the plane turned left and braked, but he gets that done too, with the jet coming to rest just short of a hangar.The passengers deplane, via an emergency slide, as the emergency vehicles, Dr. Price, and the anti-venom arrive.Just as Flynn and Sean are about to disembark, a remaining snake jumps out and bites Sean in the chest. Flynn draws his gun and shoots the snake, and Sean, knocking him out of the plane and down the chute. Police rush to Sean and lift him off the chute and check him out. He is alive and unharmed, due to the fact that he was wearing a bulletproof vest.Flynn offers to take Claire to dinner in return for her saving his life. She tells him to call her. The young flight attendant who was working first class, and took an immediate liking to Sean, writes her phone number on Sean's palm, so Sean and Flynn have their romantic bases covered in the near term.Sean then reminds Flynn of the time they first met. It was on the balcony of his apartment, when some of Kim's henchmen were breaking in to kill him, and the first thing Flynn said to Sean was, "do exactly as I say and you'll live." So, now, Sean tells Flynn that he needs to do as he says. He is referring to surfing. Sean takes Flynn to Bali and teaches him how to surf. They'd discussed it on the plane, prior to the snakes attacking, and Flynn admitted that he'd tried surfing, but couldn't stay on his board.

Tags: absurd, cult, suspenseful, murder, violence

Review:
A lot of people on IMDb have given Snakes on a Plane a 10/10 rating and left comments like "omg this is best movie ever lol." Unfortunately, most of these people had come to this conclusion before seeing the movie, and are still high on the Internet hype that built the movie up to be something it's not.I guess there's no real point to writing a review of Snakes On A Plane.
There are plenty of moments where Sam kicks ass and gives some great one-liners and does amusing things, but he is offscreen just as often as he is on it.Snakes On A Plane isn't the best movie of the year.
It's not the funniest movie of the year or the scariest, but it is a good movie if you're looking for mindless fun involving a lot of snakes on an airplane, some gratuitous gore and nudity, and a few great Samuel L.
I'm confident that "Snakes on a Plane" will prove once and for all that Internet culture and mainstream culture are not one and the same.Because, my friends, the Internet will tell you that SOAP (as those in the know call it) is a classic film - the best "bad movie" ever made.
It's hip to like terrible garage bands and lame movies because people are either too impatient, or too unsophisticated, to take the time to absorb entertainment that's actually artistic.
So go, sit back, have fun, and see some snakes (on a plane).The plot on this bad-boy is razor thin with a pathetic, throw-away villain.
Try to think of other films Jackson has been in with reptiles.The special effects were PRETTY good; it was obvious when you were looking at a CGI snake or a real snake, that much I can tell you.
I can't think of another instance where a film drew this kind of buzz on its title alone, and where everyone who went to see it completely knew it was going to be "so bad it's good." And it really is.
It doesn't stand out above other movies, but it always keeps your attention.Thirdly, Although the novelty of Snakes of a Plane doesn't wear off, but you'll leave the cinema thinking "what was all the fuss about".I know this movie has a high rating, but it doesn't add up.
when discussing a movie titled 'snakes on a plane', we should point out early that the snakes are pretty darn important to the plot.what we have here are very bad cgi snakes that neither look nor move like real snakes.
and if you're expecting to see a black comedy with tonnes of great looking snakes, and some bad ass cool dialogue coming from samuel l jacksons lips.
I was expecting the cheesy lines, and the predictable actions (and re-actions) of the characters, but knowing I was going into a movie that was hyped as "so bad, it's good!" made it easier to ignore logic and just enjoy myself.
"Snakes on a Plane"- I don't know if I'd label it a "Best Worst" movie (it's no Deathrace 2000); I think I honestly liked it too much for that.
(In a nod to the movie writers, I expected one character to die for being a complete jerk, and they surprised me by having that character survive.) And, as could be expected, when SLJ delivers his much-discussed line towards the end of the film, the audience cheered throughout its entire delivery.
it looks like Samuel desperately needed money, it's it not his acting which spoiled the movie, because I think he's a good actor but the rest of the cast just blew it.
If you what spend money to watch a movie in the company of the same people who bought William Hung's CD, still live in their mommies basement, and stink of plastic chair sweat from days on the computer playing online games and looking at porn, then rush to the theater and ask for one (since I doubt you have a girlfriend) ticket for Snakes on a stupid-butt Plane.
Although I did not leave the theater wanting my time back (as I don't actually pay for movies anymore) I didn't really find any redeeming qualities.There were a few lines and such that made me chuckle, but mostly the film seemed to consist of rampant fan service to the younger (in mind more than age as this film is rated R) male audience.
evil; the dearth of acting talent; the unusually awful special effects; the bad miking; the racist use of blaxploition; almost all and everything a greedy but infertile mind could bring together to cause a blighted society to spend money on a movie comes together in this piece of garbage.
His final scene alone represents everything SOAP tried and failed to do as a "so-ludicrous-it's-fun" movie.In the end, Snakes on a Plane is definitive proof that studio execs and fanboys make the worst collaborators possible.
When you go to a movie like Snakes on a Plane, you know what to expect...until the rare occasions when your expectations are blown out of the water.
Thriller?) Movie, maybe he thought that with all these ridiculous snake-attacks (yes, the movie is about snakes on a plane, I hope I didn't reveal anything here which is not given by the title already) ,which reminded me on the vampires in "From dusk till dawn", it might have the same effect: Being so exaggerated it already becomes funny again.
The first few kills are crass and exploitative and it spoils the mood for the rest of the film.I know I am being ridiculous criticising a no-brainer film such as this in such a way but even low-grade B-movies like Anaconda and it's sequel managed to be more scary and exciting than this.
The only good thing about the film was the special effects, but the fact that they involved unbelievable killer snakes took away any enjoyment of this.
To top it all off, the pathetic attempt at shock factor (the snakes attacking rude or bizarre body parts) was laughable and I honestly couldn't care a less whether anyone survived.I would appreciate it if someone could explain why this was given such a high score - I imagine it must be the same people who voted for the film Gerry!.
What I got was glimpses of the movie I expected interspersed with, unfortunately, what looked like real attempts at plot and character development.
I thought he'd be cursing and killing snakes left and right, but by the time he finally said his "mother *beep* snakes" line, the audience's cheering where I watched it was half-hearted as though to say "well, that was good, but where were all the other parts I came here to cheer for?" Most of the "extreme" scenes felt forced (just think about the line from the guy who pees on the snake), while all it would have taken to make this movie awesome was to not hold back or strive for "acting" or "plot".
It's really rather sad to see so many lemmings that are just determined to enjoy this over-hyped, overlong snoozefest It takes forever to get rolling and watching snakes attack people on a plane actually has little visceral satisfaction, and is not terribly compelling visually.Don't waste your time or money.
"Snake on a plane" has the same wrong paced effects like in "Deep Blue Sea" (get real people, sharks and snakes are not ninjas, they don't move so fast, you may want to check out "Discovery Channel" from time to time), a childish scenario (how stupid can a mobster be to gather a zillion of snakes, to put them on a plane, to hope they will create chaos on board and the plane will crash, all of this to make sure one specific passenger will die?!).
Snakes on a Plane is definitely one of my most favourite movies and the best film of 2006.
I don't know which the best scene is because it was good right from start to end and it is the kind of film that can be watched again & again.
Jackson on as a guest, but Samantha Bee interviewed a man and asked "Could there be mother***king snakes on a mother***king plane?" Anyway, it's the sort of absurd movie that's just a total pleasure to watch.
I'd like to think myself as a fairly open minded guy and it takes a lot(!) for me to dislike a movie but this one is without a doubt one of the suckiest, crappiest movie I've ever seen!I have no idea what's wrong with the people who gave it such a good rating here (imdb is usually pretty reliable when it comes to ratings)...
The characters were stereotypes, the dialogue was juvenile, the drama was contrived.Questionif a bad guy has the ability to put poison snakes on a plane, have an automated system for releasing them at a certain time, and use a special method to make them want to attack peoplewhy couldn't he just plant a bomb?
The plot has no realism to it, it's only based upon man's fear of snakes, take all of the campfire-stories you've ever heard and put them into a movie, add a plane, and then your almost done.
All of these have too few lines and too little screen time.Snake bites to all body parts, a ridiculous-but-not-funny story line, lousy action and bad CGI make for a bad, not funny film.
Wievers with even a remote interest in aviation would be able to do much better.On the up side this movie is so stupid that it actually becomes quite comical at times, and I did have a few good laughs, but I am sure that it was not at the intended points.Not even Samuel L Jackson can save this one.*********AVOID AT ALL COST*********.
The huge hype around this film originated when all that was known about it was the title and the involvement of Samuel L Jackson, and the hype grew because of the exact same reason the movie originated in the first place, because "Snakes on a Plane" is an appallingly bad idea for a movie.
We wanted to see this film because it sound hilariously awful.Sadly, the film makers don't seem to have got the irony, they thought people genuinely wanted to see an 'action-triller' about a plane full of killer snakes and played the whole thing straight and serious.
This was a sensible move because, aside the fan boys maintaining it is the greatest "bad" movie ever made, the film is actually not as bad, good, fun or scary as it really should have been.
It started out with an opening that made you think maybe this would be a movie worth watching, but progressed to a silly, childish middle with people acting in ways that are very unrealistic.
If you like me were one of those people who said this movie sounds so ridiculous that there's no way i cant see it but secretly knew it would be awful then i think you'll be quite surprised.At first i thought that it would be terrible cause it was a silly idea then i thought it would be terrible cause it had garnered so much unexpected publicity that the studio would make the film more serious then it could pull off but i must say after coming from a staff show of it that i felt it was quite tactfully pulled off considering the story they had to work with.Sam Jackson, excellent as usual, always bringing colour to a part that otherwise would have be dull and i would like to say he carried the film but he really didn't the ensemble cast were all excellent in the roles with not one bad, token or in any way unnecessary character springing to mind, the script is well written and the direction while not the best, quite admirable in its small confines.
My only problems with this movie is first and foremost the snakes are a bit.....well bad, they're cgi and not good cgi at that but it didn't in any way hinder my enjoyment I'm just not finding a lot of flaws worth pointing out.
I'm beginning to wonder about the validity of the star rating system here on the IMDb. I just saw "Snakes on a Plane." It was average at best, or would have been were it not for all the unpleasantness that took whatever there was to like about this movie and negated it.
There really is no reason to give a summary of the plot - but here goes: it felt like someone had been thinking: "Wouldn't it be cool to make a movie where there were snakes on a plane?
The snakes are bad CGI (but it makes sense to cut corners on a movie that no one in their right mind will recommend to anyone!).
I am amazed to see the rating for this movie on IMDb, it is very rare to see such ratings for a crappy movie like this on IMDb.the plot is totally baseless, how did the snakes even manage their way into the flight, the story generates no interest, no horror and does not keep you guessing.does the script writer even know, what happens if they shoot out windows on a plane when it is coasting at 10000 ft.insane buggers, whoever made the movie, total waste of time, i am not saying that even movies should have a logic, but movies which don't base themselves on logic, are made for people who want to watch a nice laugh away movie, but this one, holy god, it is a drivel..
SNAKES ON A PLANE is a bad film.
Yea entertaining and Samuel Jackson is cool but god he needs a better agent to pick his career choices and for the love of god i think the 10 and 11 year old vote on the IMDb website and love this movie...
I want all this because I am spoiled and with all these good actors doing there own part I would think that it would eclipse Samuel Jackson making such a bad movie..
I can't stress to real film lovers around the world as to how bad this film really is.O.K, I wasn't expecting a classic piece of cinema but the film makers should be ashamed of this pile of garbage.The effects were awful, the characters devoid of any interest and the action looked like it was staged by a group of infant school kids making their first play.I admit that I got caught up in all of the pre-release hype as I found it fun and interesting, unlike the actual movie.
after 30 minutes i couldn't believe that i was actually paying to watch this movie...every character in it is a walking clichè, the screenplay is dull, a 5 years old kid could have directed it better, the music is awful, the cg snakes are all but scary...but after a while i realized there's is a pro in watching such a bad film: i actually had a new winner in my own worst-things-ever top fives...worst movie, worst actors, worst script, worst music...
"Snakes on a Plane" finally made me sign up here and tell the world that this movie sucks worse than anything I've ever seen so far.
But Snakes is so obnoxiously bad, and I am sorry to say that it is one of the worst movies ever to be printed onto a reel of film, its to bad that this is what entertainment is coming to.
The commercials just show you snakes and you know Samuel Jackson is in it.It's so much more than that and I recommend every person who is hating on this movie to go see it and actually have a reason to hate it.This movie has its elements of horror, action, comedy, touch of romance, and even i guess you could say a dash of teen spirit due to a few small things.
I just wanted a fun, 90 minute, B-movie slice of summer fun with Sam Motherfucking Jackson beating off some snakes.But I have to agree with what others have been saying, it does feel like the filmmakers just went out to make a bad movie.
Just people sitting around enjoying getting bitten by snakes.Nearly every element of the film is bad.
The movie opened in Israel on the 17th, a full day before the rest of the world and I couldn't say no (moreover because the Hebrew title was mistranslated to 'Snakes on THE plane' - 'Nekhashim Al HaMatos') and took a few friends to watch it.I laughed so hard I was going to cry!
The script was so painfully played out by some of the actors that you would imagine it was because they couldn't keep themselves from bursting out in laughter at its absurdity.Samuel Jackson acted worse than pretty much any other role he's ever played, even though it looks like the part was written for him (or at least a few 'special' lines).The snakes look like they're CG during most of the times they really were, which is OK if your movie came out in the 90s.
The snakes looks like they have escaped from a cartoon-movie!
I think that yes Sam Jackson can look cool, planes are enclosed spaces so terrify some people, snakes can kill - But that's it.I never knew whether to fall asleep or just change the film.
The hype surrounding Snakes on a Plane was enormous; it didn't just catch Jackson's eye but half the internet seemed obsessed with the film, mostly based on just the title.
I think this is a one of the worst movie with Samuel Jackson.
Please show me a real snake though as almost every money-shot kill was so cartoonish you'd be looked at weird if you didn't laugh.I will give Sam Jackson some benefit of the doubt as he is the one person in this film that should be serious.