Its been nearly two years since this film came out. We're probably not allowed to talk about it any more, so I'm just going to type out a quick review and forget all about it.
This is a movie about snakes. On a plane. With Samuel L Jackson being his awesome self. There's not much more to it. Just snakes and Sam Jackson, on a plane with a bunch of quirky characters thrown in to pad things along and add to the wack-factor. The snakes bite people. Sam kills the snakes. Good times to be had by all. Except for people with phobias. There's at least four different crippling fears being played on here.
To be honest,
SOAP disappointed me a bit. The first 40 minutes or so are awesome, but after that it starts to loose steam. During that first act, I was having so much fun watching the chaos unfold that I hardly noticed how fake the snakes looked. But as the film went on I found myself thinking "You know, that cobra looks a bit like something I saw in a video game once..."
The first while is filled with so much serpentine madness that true lovers of bad cinema will find it impossible not to have fun. But in the second half, there's no more people being bitten in private places, no more greatness like that; the most silly fun to be had during the last half-hour is Mr. Jackson shouting that now infamous quote:
I've had it with these mother____ing snakes on this mother____ing plane! The first time I heard that my ears just about exploded from the pure hilarity and coolness of it. Now I groan whenever it pops up.
Snakes on a Plane got a ridiculous amount of hype, which it only lived up to about 30% of. Its great fun for a while, but the novelty of having snakes slithering amok on a plane 30 000 feet in the air wears off after 50 minutes or so. Still, I halfheartedly reccommend it. Get some friends and some booze, pop it in, and enjoy.
SCORE:
out of five
