REVIEW - Snakes on a Plane

by Mr. Blunderson

written by Sheldon Turner, Sebastian Gutierrez, Jonathan Heffernan, David Dalessandro
directed by David R. Ellis
theatrical release - Aug 18, 2006
rated R - 105 Minutes

By now everyone knows the story of the "little premise that could." This is the film that blew up on the internet before anyone had even seen a trailer thanks to the name alone. Based on said buzz additional scenes were shot to garner the R rating and include Samuel L Jackson doing what he does best. Producers told the press that the fans deserved to see this movie first as the reason they didn't screen it for critics. Despite opening at number 1 (beating out Talladega Nights no less) Snakes on a Plane dropped off the radar at the US box office faster than David Koechner can say "Whammy!"

After finally seeing it for myself I can only think of one glaring problem with the movie. The first few minutes are a total waste of time and they don't match with the tone of the rest of the film. They develop a villain that isn't present for the rest of the movie and takes up time that would have been better spent doing absolutely anything else. 5 minutes of me tying my shoes in double knots would have been better. Does it really matter that much why we got the snakes on the plane? Of course not. It only matters that there are snakes on the plane. Other than that it's a great ride.

Keeping that in mind, there is little point trying to defend anything that transpires from fade out to fade in. There are snakes, a plane, mayhem, and most of all Sam Jackson kicking ass. It ain't Shakespeare, but it's a hell of a lot of fun. That's why I give Snakes on a Plane a "your loss if you hate it" on the Mr. Blunderson scale.