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Snakes on a Plane (2006) -- 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.
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User Rating:
6.1/10   62,798 votes
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Writers (WGA):
John Heffernan (screenplay) and
Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 August 2006 (USA) more
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Don't get high on the hype. more (1004 total)

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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)
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Rated R for language, a scene of sexuality and drug use, and intense sequences of terror and violence.
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105 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
This film's title originated at an after-work happy hour among Hollywood colleagues to see who could come up with the most awful pitch for a movie. Producer 'Craig Berenson (III)', who worked for DreamWorks at the time, gave his pitch for this movie based on a script called "Venom." more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Flynn tells the passengers to hold their breaths before he shoots the windows, thereby depressurising the interior of the plane. In reality, if a person holds their breath during depressurisation, a 'lung over-expansion injury' can occur. This is why scuba divers are taught "Never hold your breath". more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Daniel Hayes: [to Sean] Go, get outta here. Go!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Snakes On A Plane (Bring It) more

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301 out of 417 people found the following review useful.
Don't get high on the hype., 19 August 2006
6/10
Author: agent17 from United States

A lot of people on IMDb have given Snakes on a Plane a 10/10 rating and left comments like "omg this is best movie ever lol." Unfortunately, most of these people had come to this conclusion before seeing the movie, and are still high on the Internet hype that built the movie up to be something it's not.

I guess there's no real point to writing a review of Snakes On A Plane. With a title like that, you've already made up your mind about if you want to see it. But keep this in mind...

Snakes On A Plane isn't a comedy movie. It isn't a horribly cheesy or bad (intentionally or not) movie, either, or one that's "so bad it's good," which is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in SOAP discussions. Also, the movie's not all about Samuel L. Jackson being a badass or swearing a lot, although it happens. Snakes On A Plane is a entertaining mid-grade thriller movie that pretty much delivers what you'd expect from a Hollywood movie about snakes on an airplane. No more, no less.

Don't see this movie if you're expecting to constantly laugh at Samuel L. Jackson showing off how cool he is. There are plenty of moments where Sam kicks ass and gives some great one-liners and does amusing things, but he is offscreen just as often as he is on it.

Snakes On A Plane isn't the best movie of the year. It's not the funniest movie of the year or the scariest, but it is a good movie if you're looking for mindless fun involving a lot of snakes on an airplane, some gratuitous gore and nudity, and a few great Samuel L. Jackson moments, check it out.

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