Snakes on a Plane

"Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright."

Aug 18 2006 R 1h 45m
Action, Adventure, Crime

FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

Plot

While practicing motocross in Hawaii, Sean Jones witnesses the brutal murder of an important American prosecutor by the powerful mobster Eddie Kim. FBI agent Neville Flynn persuades him to testify against Eddie in Los Angeles. They board the red-eye Flight 121 of Pacific Air, occupying the entire first-class section. However, Eddie dispatches hundred of different species of snakes airborne with a time-operated device in the luggage to release the snakes into the flight with the intent of crashing the plane. Neville and the passengers must struggle with the snakes to survive.

Written by

John Heffernan, Sebastian Gutierrez, David Dalessandro

Directed by

David R. Ellis

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Languages

English

Awards

4 wins & 8 nominations

Trailers
Snakes On A Plane (HQ) Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
146,830
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
58
Popularity
NA