eric262003 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.

U.N. Owen When I think back to what happened in the early- mid part of the 20th century (in terms of civil rights), when I think of those images of people - at counters, being sprayed with hoses, beaten... and what they were fighting - and then I jump to...the present, and I get violently ill.For years, blacks were saying how when they WERE in films and TV shows, it was in a stereotypical manner.Within 10 minutes of this films start, it's quite obvious that the ones doing the stereotypes are the ones who once complained. It's very, very sad.Please - don't get me wrong (nor say I'm a racist - I hate people who use that as some sort of end-all excuse), I've a very good sense of humour. Yeah - four letter words, and all that goes CAN be funny, but JUST for SAYING these words is pointless.A few years ago, the model Iman (now, 'Mrs. David Bowie') - was asked about her role in modelling, and being a very successful black one at a time when there were not many. She said (I'm paraphrasing) that she wanted to embody what a black woman COULD be, COULD strive for, rather than the cheap, easy, sleazy images that HAD been used.I think about that idea of Iman's, along with the POINT of what civil rights struggle was about, when I see what is EASILY the most stereotyped (EVERY stereo type; whites, gays, Asians,women etc.), I've ever seen. There's NOTHING redeeming about this, and there ARE GOOD actors in this hunk of garbage.Some of you are gonna say; 'see, it offends everyone equally, so it's NOT racist.' That doesn't mean anything. It means that the 'creators' of this have not one drop of talent. They don't know how to write a script, craft a punch-line, draw characters - NOTHING. They lucked in to getting this filmed, and they are the real ones laughing - to the bank.I'm NOT some tree-hugging liberal. I DO have a brain, and more of you should get one, if you really think this is the 'best' thing ever. It saddens me, but doesn't shock me that in the first few reviews of this tripe, there were 'people' who found this...'hysterical,' etc., because that's the way this country's entertainment's been going - nothing to 'strive' for - just the (REAL) cheap.Have any of you ever seen Richard Pryor on stage, or Redd Foxx? They could get filthy on stage - and hysterical. For that matter Anyone ever see film of Lenny Bruce? These men (and there were/are others) got in LOADS of trouble for crossing boundaries, for saying four letter words - NOT just as words in a sentence! But for COMEDY.That any studio gave this moron money to make this, and that it was approved - only goes to show how far and fast this society's slipping (by the way; the director hasn't made any films of equal budget since. Wonder why?).I'd have given this ZERO, but IMDb insists on at least one-star as a minimum. It's ony there for that reason.

BPStPaul I'm watching it for the second time as I type. And I thought it was so perfect that I went online to check out the reviews to see how much other people loved it. But I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out how lowly it was regarded. Essentially the movie is a cruder Chappelle's Show set on a purple airplane. Who cares what the plot is. It' a series of sketches and sight gags set on a tricked out aircraft. I hope I'm the last thing from prejudiced (A northern, liberal, gay, white, urban male) but you'll hate it if you're too politically correct. They're jokes people. We're laughing AT the stereotypes in the movie, not subscribing to them

ayboday I gave Soul Plane the benefit of the doubt and thought there would actually be something of comedic value in it. Im not black, but that does not mean I cant appreciate black comedy. I know that because I happen to enjoy watching the Wayans Bros, Good Times and other series. I've seen crap movies and Im not easily repulsed. As for Soul Plane, I didn't even bother finishing it. Don't know if they managed to land the plane and I couldn't care less. It would be unfair to say I didn't find some parts funny as I did laugh, but I also laugh at Youtube videos of skateboarders falling on their nuts so that doesn't say much. The men in the movie were like a bunch of howling horny hyenas in mating season looking to "get some" whenever and where ever possible. And we wonder why all those stereotypes don't seem to disappear. To summarize: Soul Plane makes the Harold and Kumar series look like The Godfather.