Snakes on a Plane (2006)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Directors:

David R. Ellis
Lex Halaby

Writers (WGA):

John Heffernan (screenplay) and
Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

On August 18th Summer Really Begins

Plot:

An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly and poisonous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss.

Plot Keywords:

Snake | Plane | Murder | Passenger | Testify

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 16

6:00 PM

FX

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson	...	Neville Flynn
Julianna Margulies	...	Claire Miller
Nathan Phillips	...	Sean Jones
Rachel Blanchard	...	Mercedes
Flex Alexander	...	Three G's
Kenan Thompson	...	Troy
Keith Dallas	...	Big Leroy (as Keith [Blackman] Dallas)
Lin Shaye	...	Grace
Bruce James	...	Ken
Sunny Mabrey	...	Tiffany
Casey Dubois	...	Curtis
Daniel Hogarth	...	Tommy
Gerard Plunkett	...	Paul
Terry Chen	...	Chen Leong
Elsa Pataky	...	Maria

Also Known As:

Anaconda 3 (USA) (fake working title)
Flight 121 (USA) (working title)
Pacific Air 121 (USA) (working title)
Pacific Air Flight 121 (USA) (working title)
Serpents à bord (Canada: French title)
SoaP (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Des serpents dans l'avion (France) [fr]
Hadi v letadle (Czech Republic) [cs]
Maod lennukis (Estonia) [et]
Serpentes a Bordo (Brazil) [pt]
Serpientes a bordo (Mexico) (original subtitled version) [es]
Serpientes en el avión (Spain) [es]
Snake Flight (Japan: English title) [en]
Snakes on a Plane (Greece) [el]
Terror a bordo (Argentina) [es]
Terror en el aire (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, a scene of sexuality and drug use, and intense sequences of terror and violence.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Germany | USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Ireland:15A | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R (certificate #42661) | Malaysia:18SG | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:U (cut) | Italy:VM14 | Romania:I.C.-14 | Portugal:M/16 | Brazil:16 | New Zealand:M | South Korea:18 | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

In March 2006 New Line Cinema, due to massive fan interest on the Internet, allowed for a 5 day re-shoot to film new scenes to take the movie from PG-13 to a R-rated film (originally the film wrapped principal photography in September 2005). Among these additions is the Samuel L. Jackson character's line, "I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane," a line that originated in an anticipatory Internet parody of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sean drew the picture of a man surfing, he too had a single #2 pencil, but the picture was in different colors.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Daniel Hayes: [to Sean] Go, get outta here. Go!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Snakes on a Blog (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Snakes on the Brain

It's actually good! If you like Lake Placid you'll love this.

Lake Placid might be a little less out there with it's self awareness but it's the same kinda vain.

Funny, good deaths, quickly paced and apart from a bit of an anti climatic ending it's all good and boy do those snakes ever get in everywhere. There is some nice little gory bits, a bit of sex and some swearing but not that much actually and yes Sam does actually say "get these motherf**kin' snakes off this motherf**kin' plane" to a big old cheer from the audience.

If you're on board with the whole Snakes vibe as a movie you will not be let down. Everyone who I watched it with who was excited going into the movie come out just as happy. Sure it's over the top and a bit silly at the times but its SNAKES ON A PLANE!

Hey go and enjoy those Snakes!