Showing posts with label Samuel L. Jackson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel L. Jackson. Show all posts

Thursday, May 21, 2009

An Unexpected Twist

So Netflix sent me a movie the other day.

I start reading the sleeve, and it turns out this movie has a plot.

Needless to say, I was disappointed. It was my understanding that the whole point of this movie was that there was no plot. Just a single, awsome, undeniable premise.

A premise so awsomely undeniable, that no plot was necessary.

A premise so undeniably awsome, that any attempt at narrative justification would just chump it up.

That was my understanding. As it turns out, however, there's a plot:
FBI agents Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) and Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) are tasked with escorting a witness, ex-mobster John Saunders (Mark Houghton), to a high-profile trial and to keep him safe from those who would do him harm. As the film's title suggests, however, an onboard assassin determined to rid the G-men of their precious cargo unleashes a crate full of venomous snakes in this taut airborne thriller.
That's right. A plot.

Who knew? And why bother?