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Assassins seem to have lost a little subtlety since the old days, though it’s hard to fault Kim’s love of the big gesture. Here’s a guy who could just as easily have put a bomb on board or smuggled a small amount of nerve agent in a carry-on, either of which would have provided the same result. Instead, he elects to go through the effort and expense involved in sneaking a metric assload of snakes onto a commercial jet. That’s the kind of dedication to your craft you just don’t see in America these days.
The film’s premise is utter simplicity, to wit: make a movie that combines two of the things human beings fear the most, in this case, flying and snakes. That’s more or less the whole enchilada. We don’t need to know about Flynn’s relationship with his partner, or that flight attendant Claire (Juliana Margulies) is –literally – one day from retirement…actually, that’s pretty relevant. In any event, you have snakes, you have plane. Sláinte. And if these “Snakes” have any box office legs beyond opening Thursday and Friday returns, expect to see the
+ formula replicated ad nauseum for the next couple of years.
Personally, I can’t wait for “Spiders on a Clown,” or “Public Speaking in Front of Sharks.”
I mentioned the “best/worst” dichotomy earlier, which demands the inclusion of some pros and cons. Pros: Snake-O-Vision, many varieties of serpents, and it’s a great movie to see with a (preferably drunken) crowd. Cons: shitty computer animation, the non-CG snakes are obviously non-venomous, and the whole film has the feel of a 1970s-era Irwin Allen flick. You half expect them to wheel George Kennedy out for a cameo.
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