Snakes on a Plane

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Snakes on a Plane

R

Released Aug 18, 2006

1h 45m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Adventure

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FBI agent Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) boards a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a witness to trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate of deadly serpents in an attempt to kill the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

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Critics Consensus

Snakes on a Plane lives up to its title, featuring snakes on a plane. It isn't perfect, but then again, it doesn't need to be.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

A solid little B-movie arriving cloaked in the dodgy garb of a fanboy phenomenon, Snakes on a Plane really ought to garner some sort of award for truth in advertising: It's exactly what it says it is and very little else.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 2, 2006

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David Denby

The 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.

Aug 28, 2006

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

All those CGI snakes can be quite shudder-inducing. But there is also something cheerfully ridiculous in the way the film switches to rubber snakes for hand-to-hand combat.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 26, 2006

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

A catchphrase, a marketing triumph, a hipster phenomenon. Fortunately, it’s also a slyly entertaining flick divorced from all that.

Rated: B

Sep 20, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

So as a thriller/comedy/horror/survival mashup, “Snakes on a Plane” squeaks by simply because it unashamedly embraces its cheesiness and absurdity.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

An unforgettable phenomenon, based on a forgettable movie (15th anniversary)

Rated: 2/5

Aug 27, 2021

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Korra N

Ridiculous, hilarious & unnecessarily violent, Snakes On A Plane is both so-bad-it's-good & yet pretty good in some regards, with the cast knowing exactly what they signed up for & a solid heaping of gnarly kills.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/13/25

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Dennis H

A fine piece of American cinema.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/26/25

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Tyrone C

Perfect, down to the last minut detail. It has SNAKES, it has PLANES. It's deliverying everything it said it would. Added bonus: Sam jackson and the most gnarly snakes you've ever laid eyes on. Also snakes on a plane? how novel. Truly the modern rosebud.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/02/25

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Donn A

Campy to the tea! 😅

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/10/25

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Alexis A

One of my favorite movies to rewatch on occasion, HOWEVER, are there any other snake people out there that noticed people being bit and supposedly “killed” by non venomous snakes LOL.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Esra Y

It's so bad as a thriller that it's great as a comedy. I praise Samuel Jackson for his professionalism.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/25

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Synopsis

FBI agent Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) boards a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a witness to trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate of deadly serpents in an attempt to kill the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

Director: David R. Ellis
Producer: Gary Levinsohn, Craig Berenson, Don Granger, Mark Allan Staubach, Cathy Pallo
Screenwriter: Sebastian Gutierrez, John Heffernan
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Patchwork Productions
Rating: R (A Scene of Sexuality|A Scene of Drug Use|Intense Terror and Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 18, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.0M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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