Rotten
Intentional low camp always seems wrong unless it's very funny; in trash, one wants clumsiness, even a certain tackiness, and this movie has the production values and the high-tech fluency of a much bigger movie.
David Denby, New Yorker
Snakes on a Plane
Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright.
2006 · 1h 45m · R
Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
David R. Ellis
Overview
FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A triumph of high-concept but low-ambition filmmaking.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Fresh
There's a certain knee-jerk impulse to bash Snakes, just because of all the ridiculous buildup, but the film delivers on its promise of reptilian fun, with a camp mix of comedy, horror and suspense.
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh
The plot is ridiculous and the characters are cardboard, but none of that really matters once the snakes get into the fuselage and start zapping people, the very definition of entertainment.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
This Internet-promoted lark about a Hawaii-to-L.A. flight besieged by a frenzied tangle of snakes is hilariously funny, full of fang-popping scares, and guaranteed to increase travel by train.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
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