Snakes on a Plane

Released in Theaters August 2006

Certainly one of the most anticipated titles to open this summer, Snakes On A Plane, is a pure keep your feet up on the chair as long as you can movie. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, being his bad ass self, plays FBI agent Nelville Flynn. And there is snakes on the plane. That's about the whole plot right there.

After a loose fifteen minute set up, the real fun begins with some of the most, "Hell yeah they really filmed that" snakes killing passengers montage, that wasn't a spoiler was it? The director David Ellis (Cellular) channels his most juvenile fantasy's working with naked bodies and toilet horror/humor. Yes men, he goes there.

Not a movie I would recommend for just about anyone squeamish about reptiles, myself included, but a late night screening full of the 17-30 demographic and you have yourself a great movie to laugh at and laugh at yourself.

I was actually surprised at some of supporting cast. Juilanna Margulies looks way better than she did a decade ago on ER. Personally I think she had some work done and the straight hair is a better look for her. Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) not at his comedic best here but you root for him. Sunny Mabrey (House M.D.) may play an uptight doctor on television but the minute you connect her television persona to the smoking hot stewardess in the micro-mini, your interest in her character jumps significantly. David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy) does yeomans work as the beleaguered co-pilot.

This is a movie made for the big screen and made for the crowds. Its a B-movie trying to be a B-movie and does a great job. I personally will not buy this on DVD or watch at home in the dark if I have any value for walking around barefoot ever again.