# Snakes on a Plane (2006)

> An FBI agent must protect a key witness and a plane full of passengers when a mobster turns a red-eye flight into a writhing airborne survival gauntlet.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/276

## Facts

- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
- Director: David R. Ellis
- Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Kenan Thompson, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Alexander, Keith Dallas, Sunny Mabrey
- TMDB rating: 5.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417148/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: campy, irreverent, tense, bad movie night, group watch

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