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Uncle Sam Reviews – Snakes On A Plane

August 19, 2006 By S. K. Sloan 2 Comments

An Uncle Sam Review:

snakesandplanes_1.jpgOK kids, I just got back from watching Samuel L. Jackson’s “Snakes On A Plane.” There has been a ton of hype about this movie. Much of it coming from us here at Slice of SciFi. We even went so far as to have the actual snake wranger from the movie, Jules Sylvester, and one of the biggest names in show business, Samuel L. Jackson on our show as guests, allowing them to talk all they wanted about the film. Just let me tell you this, everything we said, everything we talked about, all the hype we and others have given for this project were absolutely right on.

This film opens with action, is full of action in the middle and closes with action. Now, if you are looking for a cinematic experience that will cause you to spend countless hours wondering about the nature of life and the universe, then perhaps “Snakes On A Plane” is not the movie for you. However, if you want to sit for two hours being entertained, thrilled, scared to the edge of your seat and have the person sitting on either side of you grabbing you every twenty seconds (or you grabbing them), then this film is right up your alley.

Samuel L. Jackson is Samuel L. Jackson at his mutha-f**kin’ best as he kicks the living crap out of boa constrictors, rattlesnakes, cobras and more ravenous, poisonous, fang-snapping snakes in one confined space than is literally imaginable. And the great thing about this movie – it actually has a pretty decent story behind it as well. Oh, did I mention that these snakes are all hyped up on pheromones? Or, as Jackson said it in the movie, “Oh shit, snakes on crack!” If there was ever a film that screamed sequel, “Snakes On A Plane” is that movie.

I’m not going to give away any of the scenes because I don’t have to, the title naturally says it all – “SNAKES ON A PLANE!” You need not know anything else about it. Just go and see it because this baby is going to turn into the biggest cult-classic film of the 21st Century. What “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” did for 20th Century midnight madness, so SOAP is the new midnight madness marathon movie of this new Century of fanatical late night moviegoers. Expect this wonderfully crazy film to be around for a long, long time.

On the Uncle Sam scale of 0 to 5 *’s, I give it ****, just for the pure escapism that it is and the fun you will have watching it for two hours.

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About S. K. Sloan

Samuel K. Sloan's love of Star Trek brought him to Slice of SciFi, where he was Managing Editor from 2005-2011, and returned from 2013-2014 before retiring once again from scifi news gathering.

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  1. Mark in St. Louis says

    August 20, 2006 at 6:42 pm

    Man, this pisses me off. I wanted to be the first to see this movie: I even had tickets to see this Thursday night. I’d been promising my 13 year old I’d take him on opening night. (He loves snakes.) I’d been itching to scream (at the appropriate time) “I want these mother-f***ing snakes off this mother-f***ing plane.” What happens: “emergency” at work. Actually, even worse: I get to work and am told that the VIP I was to pick up at the airport at 11:45 p.m. had missed their flight and would be coming on an early flight the next morning. So, I’m still SoaP-less.

    Maybe tomorrow…

  2. Mark in St. Louis says

    August 22, 2006 at 12:05 pm

    OK, I’ve finally seen it, and here’s my opinion: it was awesome!! As long as you go in knowing what you’re getting (and what you’re not), you can’t help but like it. It is exactly as billed: Snakes on a Mother-F***ing Plane. That’s it. No Academy Award winning performances here. Just Snakes on a Mother-F***ing Plane. No deep plotlines, just Snakes on a Mother-F***ing Plane. However, if you want action, nail-biting suspense, and just a plausible enough story line to hold it all together, then this movie is for you.

    On a side note, I can’t believe that there’s an argument over which movie was number one at the box office. When any blockbuster movie opens early, they always count “extra” days in with the weekend totals.

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