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Soul Plane

Soul Plane (2004)

May. 28,2004
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4.5
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R
| Comedy Romance

Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar settlement. Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, one that caters to an African-American clientele. Going into business with a tricked-out plane piloted by the smooth Capt. Mack, the airline hits a snag when it has to deal with the family of Elvis Hunkee.

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Rijndri
2004/05/28

Load of rubbish!!

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Salubfoto
2004/05/29

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

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Paynbob
2004/05/30

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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Zlatica
2004/05/31

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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eric262003
2004/06/01

While putting in the efforts of spoofing the 1970 film classic "Airport", "Soul Plane" freely utilizes stereotypical jive lingo as an homage to 1970's blaxploitation films has its share of slightly amusing moments, but the final product falls flat and is quite tedious in terms of detail. The story tells the tale of sadly unlucky airplane passenger Nashawn Wade (Kevin Hart) who's had the worst airplane flight of his lifetime. His dog was regarded as checkout baggage, the food on the flight was gross, plus his behind was stuck in the crapper during turbulence and if that's not enough, his dog gets sucked into the jet engine due to a stewardesses carelessness. Nashawn sues the the airline with a whopping amount of money of close to $100 million and it was granted to him. With that amount of restitution, he establishes his own airline company, the NWA (Nashawn Wade Airlines). The abbreviations have a certain wink to something straight out of Compton. The airline caters to African-Americans and the hip-hop lifestyle. Even the terminal is named Malcolm X and the airlines come complete with hydraulics, spinners and a dance club. Surely Nashawn shouldn't have another troubled airplane ride. Right? And don't call him Shirley.In the spoof of disaster film "Airport", "Airplane!" went all in in lampooning all the seriousness that "Airport" possessed. They showed no apologies to its audience who felt offended by saying you can't be serious all the time. Fun should play an important role in life and I couldn't agree more. What made "Soul Plane" irksome was that it was lampooning a a film that' already a parody of another film which makes everything seem odd and really out of place. The sentiments in this film is handled with a superficial texture in the script that is only manifested by its insensitive approach which seems very accepted in its delivery.The gratingly long scene in "Soul Plane" deals with Nashawn's awkward moment while he's stuck on the toilet and the loss of his dog plus the overlong court case settlement. At first glance, screenwriters Chuck Wilson and Bo Zenga seem to be aiming towards a human emotional comedy where we do take pity for Nashawn and his misfortunes. But this scene is only just a small detour for "Soul Plane" to fall into an array of politically incorrect humour and scenes that truly generate laugh out loud moments. Even though Nashawn's misfortunes tend to go on for too long, it's easily one of the funniest scenes in the movie. Once the NWA gets under fruition, everything is just over-the-top and tedious.What differs "Soul Plane" from "Airplane!" is that the focal characters are around the passengers as opposed to the crew. The only exception is around NWA flight Captain Antoine Mack (Snoop Dogg) as he's trying to overcome his fear of heights. A stewardess named Blanca (Sofia Vergara) get into the melee where one of the more famous tropes to the disaster film has to have a civilian to eventually save the day. Most of the film's plot seems to veer vaguely into the lives of the other people on the plane. The only Caucasian family on the flight are the Hunkees (racist humour right?). Any film that stars are more calmer Tom Arnold character (who plays Elvis Hunkee) does get some credit for doing a very good deed.Though he he has starred in bigger and better things in his career, Kevin Hart has claimed that "Soul Plane" was pivotal in the jump-start of his career and to his credit he does deliver a serviceable acting job. Sadly the film was just poorly submitted that it just wastes the talent here who poured their heart out in making the film work. This is one film that wasn't ready for takeoff.

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chriszpa
2004/06/02

WARNING :::: WARNING::: WARNING::::: WARNING::::WARNING:::WARNING:::WARNING. YOU MUST HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR TO ENJOY THIS FILM :::: 1ST / if you don't have a sense of humor I feel sorry for you and think maybe reviewing a COMEDY is not the best thing you could do .2ND / if you get offended easily by raunchy comedy cause you have led a sheltered life , DO NOT watch and then review this film . ALL other non-nerds and normal people with a sense of humor please watch and enjoy this funny from start to end movie ... LAUGHED MY ASS OFF !!!! This is a spoof movie with lots of sight gags and should be watched as such . BLACK and WHITE people alike should take the humor for what it is ... HUMOR !!!! There are to many funny parts in this movie to talk about all of them ( the part with the blind black man fingering the backed potato was HILARIOUS) but here a few / the young whit kid that played Tom Arnold's son was funny as hell portraying a wigger & Terry Crews was funny as the security guy who checked if you were or were not on the " LIST " to get in the club ! In short , all normal people with a sense of humor should enjoy this movie , all others stay away please ... Liked it so much after I rented it I bought it !

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Gino Cox
2004/06/03

"Soul Plane" takes aim at racial, ethnic and sexual stereotypes and ridicules them adroitly. Some will doubtlessly find some of the humor offensive. Some may find nearly all the humor offensive. Much is based on racial and ethnic stereotypes, homosexuals and various sexual practices and fixations, but the humor is not mean spirited or vicious. Considering that, for example, the inciting incident occurs in an airplane restroom, but avoids both gratuitous nudity and scatological sight gags, one might even argue that the humor is more restrained than many R-rated comedies. Even if one were to excise all the racial, ethnic and sexual humor, there would be still be a lot of jokes about airline service and other topics. One cannot fault the film for any lack of comedic material. The filmmakers employ a broad range of comic devices, including sight gags, 1-2-3 punches, slapstick, pratfalls, ridicule, absurdities and comic irony. Some is actually very subtle, particularly some of the jibes at poor airline service. I particularly appreciated a sight gag about overhead bins. While much of the content is outrageous and decidedly shy of politically correct, the jokes never seem forced, which is a credit to both the writers and the ensemble cast who are committed to their roles and never step out of character or wink at the audience or seem uncomfortable with the material.The cast is much larger than currently credited on IMDb, with a lot of talented performers such as Terry Crews. Production values are adequate. The B story is effective. A subplot concerning the brother is serviceable. The film is not for those who are easily offended or whose preferences are limited to family-oriented fare. But those who enjoy broad humor will find ample sources of amusement.

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lexj10-24-70284
2004/06/04

one of the best comedies i have seen.the acting is good and the plot is very funny.those who didn't like this movie do not know the definition of comedy.a good comedy should make you laugh and this movie definitely made me laugh all the way from start to end.the acting was good though the story line is silly but i think that what makes a good comedy.i have seen a lot of comedies with good story lines but came out of the movie without laughing even once because the jokes were just not funny.but with this movie you get what you expect from a comedy more laughs and less boring story lines.the plot its self was funny and though i have seen some reviews slamming this movie i don't think these people know the definition of comedy.

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