Snakes on a Plane

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Snakes on a Plane

R

2006

1h 45m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Adventure

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FBI agent Neville 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

Sep 2, 2006

3/4

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.

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David Denby

The New Yorker

Aug 28, 2006

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.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Aug 26, 2006

3/5

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.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Apr 26, 2026

2/4

Even Samuel L. Jackson’s highly publicized quip about the "motherfuckin’ snakes" registers as much ado about nothing (besides, most of the truly classic movie lines arrive honestly rather than being carefully test-marketed, packaged, and pre-sold).

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Jan 20, 2026

3/5

Snakes on a Plane may not be what one classifies as a "good" film, despite giving the audience exactly what it promises with its direct title, but it still manages to provide a silly bit of fun and amusement as it executes its ludicrous premise.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Sep 20, 2022

B

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

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Eddie Z

@RT04687948 Oct 26, 2026

The title doesn't lie. Snakes is a fair movie with a lot of poisonous snakes on a plane. It's pretty far fetched, but If you don't expect too much, you won't be disappointed.

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Janav S

@TheCoolJ92781 Oct 20, 2026

Pretty terrible movie. Expected more from Sam L. Jackson.

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 13, 2026

Snakes on A Plane is a 2.5 star Movie!

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 5, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Dustin L.

@Jeffthekiller1 Sep 2, 2026

My parents told me this movie was absolutley TERRIBLE and...yeah they were right not good AT ALL

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Alex G

@RT15582241 Jul 19, 2026

I absolutely hate snakes but this was actually a good movie. It wasn't scary at all, delivered the premise well.

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Synopsis

FBI agent Neville 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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