The trailers were right, this film does have something the other blockbusters don't have and it's there in the title. Apparently Samuel L Jackson said he'd only be in it if it were named 'Snakes on a Plane'. Well all products should be labelled properly.

The concept is odd but simple. An uber villain is about to be sent down for life because a witness saw him kill someone. If he goes to trial it will be a slam dunk case - so he puts a crate load of exotic snakes on a plane, sprays ferimones on the floral garlands handed out to all the passengers and sets a time delay device to unleash them. You know, the usual.

Spoilers: The first to get it include a couple joining the mile high club, a man taking a wee and the pilot. However, when the air bags are accidentally deployed a large number of agitated snakes are literally dropped on everyone in coach.

The film is obviously not serious in nature, but neither is it as silly as pervious airline spoofs as Airplane. It's more or less on par with Eight Legged Freaks if anything. This is my kind of movie, and nearly qualified for 4.5 smilies.

This film does however qualify for the 15 rating because of some, albeit brief upper body nudity, though mainly for comedic effect.

If you're up for a laugh, you'll love Snakes on a Plane.

see also:
Hot Fuzz, Anchorman, Big Nothing, Zombieland

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