Film Review: Snakes On Plane Starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianna Margulies (Some of you will remember her as the actress who left the ENORMOUSLY successful T.V. show "ER" to pursue "other interests". Apparently "other interests" included a string of Lifetime movies and the film "Ghost Ship". Julianna, tell your agent I said to keep up whatever it is he's doing to help advance your career because it's really working.) Long story short, I was hoping this film would be campy fun but the fun seemed to be missing. The jokes fell flat for me in this one. I did become more engrossed in the film when the snakes arrived and it took a grim and suspenseful turn. The CGI is horrible (I've seen better special effects on a View Master) however they did manage to sneak in a few pop out scenes that made me jump. There are some very intense "Who's going to die next?" scenes and some of them are downright depressing. They include a sweet couple on their honeymoon that meet their untimely demise in a god awful manner, a little boy who survives a horrifying snake attack only to suffer in excruciating pain throughout the remainder of the film, and a baby in jeopardy. Though these scenes held my attention, I really wanted more laughs from this film. I wanted this to be a "great bad" film that would have made me bust a gut like "Manos: The Hands of Fate", "Blood Feast", "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "Steel Magnolias". I guess you could say that I was disappointed because though "Snakes On A Plane" was bad, it should have been so much worse.
Review of Snakes on a Plane
