Reel Horror

Snakes on a Plane (Widescreen New Line Platinum Series) asin: B000JBXHQY

When I first heard about a movie called "Snakes on a Plane" starring Samuel L. Jackson, my first thought was "Jackson will do any crap they throw his way." Soon after, the internet became a buzz with Snakes. Everyone was talking about it. Samuel L. himself came out and said how he agreed to the project upon seeing the title alone. Then the word spread about re-shoots just to get Sam to say Mother Fucker a few times. They came the blogs, the trailers and then probably one of the greatest marketing tools I have ever seen....Sam will call you himself and tell you to see his mother fucking movie. After all that, I began to soften to the idea of a slockfest in the sky.

So, when I heard my theater was going to have advanced screenings the night before it opened I rushed out (well, I just ordered them online) and got tickets.

I sat in awe as the most eclectic group of people came out to see what quite possibly could be a horrible movie. Mothers, fathers, senior citizens, punk kids, internet geeks and die hard fans waving stuffed and rubber snakes. The lights dim and the audience went nuts.

But how was the mother fucking movie already???

It's hard to tell if the film is so bad it's good or if it really was that self aware that it knew to make it as cheesy as possible. It had action, suspense, comedy, and some of the best/worst one liners and speeches by the man called Sam.

We all know the plot but if you really need details here goes....

Sam is an FBI Agent who must transport a murder witness from Hawaii to Los Angeles. When Eddie Kim (the over acting bad guy) tries in unsuccessfully to kill the witness he left with no other choice (his words, not mine) to put a hundred deadly snakes on the plane. The snakes get free and all hell breaks loose. That's the plot. I really could have said well the movie is about Snakes on a Plane!

In a movie like this it's pointless to delve into the script, the directing or even the acting. Everyone plays their role seriously for the most part. If they didn't it would have made a so good it's bad just bad.

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the movie completely. I thought it was a great two hours of senseless entertainment. But I can't help wondering if they set out to make a serious movie but realized at some point during filming they had a very bad serious movie or a very cool camp classic.

There are scenes that were written so perfectly bad that I can't believe someone wasn't really trying to make a serious action flick.

See it for yourselves but see it!