Freddy Vs. Jason

Snakes on a Plane: Hit or Missssss?

• Aug 17, 2006 04:00 AM ET
• by Matt Webb Mitovich

In theaters Friday and not being screened in advance for critics — or even cast members, who will see it for the first time at a Thursday-night premiere — Snakes on a Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent escorting a mob snitch who gets targeted for a clever in-flight "assaspination" via the release of 400 poisonous slitherers, has been the subject of many questions. Such as: Is that really the title? If so, who on God's green earth approved it? Is Snakes on a Plane actually about snakes on a plane? And: Can a movie about snakes on a plane that's titled Snakes on a Plane be any good? Reporters greeting Jackson at the Snakes press junket ( read more