. The movie’s internet popularity led the studio to go back and reshoot certain parts to knock the rating up to R, and while there’s certainly plenty of slapstick violence and language, Snakes on a Plane still doesn’t feel as wild as it should.
As with many internet hype campaigns in the modern age, Snakes on a Plane was always going to struggle to live up to expectations. Now you might ask: “What expectations do you give to a movie with a title as straightforwardly stupid as Snakes on a Plane?” And the answer is wild silly carnage. By the time the movie arrived, the infamous Samuel L. Jackson line about how fed up he was with the snakes was overplayed, and the trailers had left little in the way of surprises.
Far removed from the hysteria of the moment , Snakes on a Plane is a perfectly fine creature feature and arguably better than some recent attempts, but it will always carry the weight of what surrounded it. Now if you don’t mind, I think I’m going to annoy my family by playing that Cobra Starship song again.