Snakes on a Plane

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (171 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (438,140 ratings)

Forget terrorists or hijackers -- there's a handful of deadly assassins aboard a jet liner and they don't even have arms or legs in this airborne thriller. Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) is an FBI agent handling what seems like a routine assignment -- serving as bodyguard for Sean Jones… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
John Heffernan
Genres
Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Aug 18, 2006 Wide
New Line Cinema

Critic Reviews

  • David Denby, New Yorker

    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.

  • Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

    A triumph of high-concept but low-ambition filmmaking.

  • Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

    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.

  • J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

    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.

  • Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

    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.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Joshua W


    I love this film. It's a modern 'B-Film'. if films were still presented in double features this would be lower film but I have a strong belief that most B-Movies are way better than their feature. This film came in at the right time, it helped to bring Samuel L.… More

  • Directors C


    I cannot stress to anyone reading this review how hard it is for me to see why people didn't like this movie. Everyone I know loathes it! It's good ok. Simply because you get what you went to the cinema or popped the disc into your dvd player for. Snakes on a Plane. It makes… More

  • Tim S


    There's no possible way to defend Snakes on a Plane in any way, and I wouldn't try to. I have to admit that for the most part, I enjoyed it... at least for the garbage that it really is. It's hard to get into a movie about snakes without one real snake in the entire… More

  • Jim C


    A good old fashioned cheesy horror movie about snakes. I love this movie for 3 reasons, #1) its cheesy and the cast and director like it that way. #2) its funny and is very enjoyable. #3) it succeeds in bringing us a cheesy monster flick that we enjoy. I didnt like that the movie… More

  • Bentley L


    "Snakes on a Plane" is the movie Indiana Jones dosen't want you to see! Ha ha. Made a funny. This is a very odd movie. First of all, the title. A title like "Snakes on a Plane" isn't gonna attract many people unless you study reptiles. Despite the… More

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