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I thought Soul Plane was funny. It reminded me of Airplane! Leslie Neilsen movies, which I also enjoy. The prop jokes were endless and it’s the kind of movie that you could watch again and still find funny (again, a lot like Airplane!). I particularly enjoyed the low class section of the plane. It’s called low class instead of coach. The overhead storage bins are like bus station lockers that you put a quarter in to get the key out. There are Colt 45 ads lining the wall just under the lockers. At the very back of the plane they don’t even have seats, just subway-style overhead hand holds.

A movie like this isn’t complete without dick and fart jokes. There are plenty of those. In fact, the key plot element that gets the movie going involves the protagonist getting his ass stuck in an airplane toilet.

This movie definitely has a target audience. People that enjoy slapstick will find this movie enjoyable. It’s too bad that it made it on the bottom 100 list. There are plenty of worse movies.

I give this movie 7/10 because it could do with a bit less sex humor and drug humor. But that’s just me. It’s still a funny movie.

The party is nonstop

Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some drug use.

Starring Snoop Dogg as the only rapper we all recognized.

Viewed 2005-04-26 by Mike Imamura, David Shea, and David Cantrell

Soul Plane is a rare gem on the Bottom 100 list, a small respite on the great journey. Soul Plane is something that is exactly what it set out to be. It’s a sort of modern blaxploitation version of Airplane, and it consists mostly of racial stereotypes and an unending string of dick and fart jokes. I don’t want to sound like that guy on IMdb who opens the discussion of a horrible movie with a “I don’t understand why no one likes this movie??!” comment, but I enjoyed it. I can see why people would hate the movie, since it’s raunchy and dumb, but it kept me laughing, which is exactly what a comedy is supposed to do. This movie is a fine thing amongst its company.