Soul Plane (Unrated Mile High Edition) |  | Director: Jessy Terrero
Actors: Dwayne Adway, Snoop Dogg, Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  94 reviews
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1007028D
UPC: 027616911698
EAN: 0027616911698
Theatrical Release Date: May 28, 2004
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Product Description
Things are hilariously disorganized on the maiden voyage of a black-owned airline.
Genre: Feature Film Urban Comedy
Rating: UN
Release Date: 8-FEB-2005
Media Type: DVD
The raunchy slapstick comedy Soul Plane touches down on DVD in an unrated "Mile High Edition" that adds five minutes of more outrageous material that should appeal to fans who queued up for this urban take on Airplane! Kevin Hart stars a young man who becomes the head of the first all-black airline after winning a major lawsuit. Complications arise during the maiden voyage courtesy of a chemically impeded pilot (Snoop Dogg), a misplaced white family (led by Tom Arnold), and Hart's scheming cousin (Method Man). Snoop, Method, Arnold, and Missi Pyle are the most amusing in the game cast, but too frequently, any attempt to pull Soul Plane out of a scatological tailspin is undone by music-video helmer Jessy Torero's unfocused direction. Still, the gags come fast and furious, so for there's undoubtedly something to laugh at amidst the bathroom and ethnic jibes. --Paul Gaita
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 Mile-High Disaster July 17, 2010
Del Keyes (In the middle of the Sunshine)
Just by the beginning of the film did it bother me. It had Kevin Hart's character, an 'entrepreneur', going on a plane filled with ineptitude, prejudice people. He had a dog with him, which he should've caged in the first place, but it was poorly handled by the crewmen, and while on flight, the turbulence and stewardess goof-offs had the caged dog flown out of the baggage hatch and into a crappy green-screen effect; from there, the dog got sucked into a jet engine. He took this to court, and he won the airplane misconduct case for $100,000,000; okay, I don't know how much you actual receive in these airplane-related settlements, but it sure isn't a hundred mil. But that entire bit is just a simple contrivance, it's only when the guy invested in his own airline service has "Soul Plane" gone terribly, horribly, no good, very badly messed up.
It's easy to describe the many negative constructs about this urban flight of comedy (gross, idiotic, offensive), but there's something about the actual soul plane itself that's begging to be deconstructed. By the simple concept of design and functionality, this plane is unethical, not to mention illogical; they way it works broke all the rules of safety and conduct. It has an hydraulic suspension system, which is impractical to use since it won't work on a large vehicle, and even if does work, the landing gears would've been destroyed; not even the shock absorbers can handle the sudden shift in pressure and gravity once the plane's lifted from the ground. Interior-wise, it has dance clubs, casinos, luxury suites, all that use an incredible amount of electricity to power them, such electrical current would've interfered with the radar, gauges, and navigational switches. And using so much of this power would easily stall the jet engine; forget the cell phone scene, everything inside the plane would've shut this plane down. I know there are planes that have excessive electrical devices for entertainment, but they're usually small private jets that hold 20 or so people, not commercial aircrafts that carry hundreds! And with such large amount of rooms and equipment, they would exceed the weight limit of this jet, making it too heavy to liftoff, let alone fly; if it does fly, it would suddenly drop down and crash into the ground, killing its passengers.
There are other nitpicks about the plane deserved mentioned. If the plane isn't a hazard for passengers, it certainly inconveniences them, and people thought Southwest Airlines mistreats its customers. They have to pay to use the lockers, their only selection of food is chicken (what, no grits or collard greens?) and they only serve malt liquor; why not include grape soda, it may be a racist drink, but it's non-alcoholic. Family-friendly plane, my butt. And to go off subject, there's that one scene where the couple were making love in a landing gear OUTSIDE when the plane's about to land. Why didn't the heavy wind from the accelerated plane push the couple from the landing gear and fall to their death? This whole plane is impossible! Who in their right mind let Method Man design the plane? Nothing about this flight is feasible! This is movie is so ridiculous, there's too much disbelief to suspend; it makes "Airplane" seem logical.
The plot doesn't seem to exist once the plane takes off, it's just one insipid moment after another. The plane got Snoop Dogg to fly a plane but he's afraid of heights, it has a Destiny's Child-knockoff music video as a safety instruction guide with no actual on-screen facts, an african co-pilot named 'Gayman', a Latina harlot who showed the crew how the flight controls by imitating her 'time' with a previous pilot, and it ends with a pointless dance party which has an Arab yelling 'it's da bomb'...and everyone overreacts. Do I really have to explain how stupid "Soul Plane" is? The only thing remotely plot-related is a sub-plot with Kevin Harp trying to get back with his former woman...and despite being boring and predictable, I would rather watch that than a series of lowbrow wisecracks.
It's getting redundant for me to criticize another toilet and gay joke, so I'll just explain why I have a problem with them in this film. There's two occasions in the bathroom where a guy is squatting, shaking around and making farts; hey, I took a dookie and there's nothing funny about that; it's embarrassing. Movies like this don't bother to take flatulence humor to any creative degree, instead hoping that if it's loud enough, it would be funny; that's now how it works. Think of the "Family Guy" clip where Peter Griffin made a symphony from his farts, or the slow-motion scene "Dave Chapelle Show" where Dave farted so slowly in the toilet, the pressure of the gas propelled him away from the screen; those were funny fart jokes, they don't just make them vulgar, they make them ingenious. And while I already discussed about the gay jokes in "Boat Trip", it seems as though movies like this think a gay character is funny just because he's gay. Not because he has weird tastes in things, having ironic opinions, or has a peculiar personality that is unlike him, but because of the way he acts and dresses that defines his orientation. I mean, dang, there's that one scene where the pilot mistakenly asked for homosexuals, and the village people and priests were running against the area; there's nothing relevant in that scene, it's just one obnoxious callout. You can't just make a gay character blatant for laughs, there has to be other factions about him to be amusing; Mr. Garrison and that dude from "True Blood" aren't amusing because of their taste for men.
Not only is "Soul Plane" awful, I'm just ashamed of it. It really set the bar low for comedy in general, nothing is tasteful or dignified. The stereotypical nature of this film goes too far, it actually insults its own audience. Why should anyone want to give this movie a shot? It's not worth it.
 great item April 27, 2010
Aracei P. Peralta (azusa, CA.)
This product is great. I bought it without a problem and the shipping was really fast. I would definitely buy again. =)
 Soul Plane (R-Rated Edition) January 19, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why just fly when you can soar with soul? After a humiliating experience on an airplane, Nashawn Wade sues the airline and is awarded a huge settlement. Determined to make good with the money, Nashawn creates the full service airline of his dreams, complete with sexy stewardesses, funky music, a hot onboard dance club, and a bathroom attendant. Departing from all-new Terminal X in Los Angeles, Soul Plane gives "fly" a whole new meaning taking its passengers on a maiden voyage full of comedy. This movie should not be taken seriously. It contains tons of jokes, it's a comedy. This movie wasn't too funny. It wasn't too horrible either. Just see for yourself.
How sad October 28, 2009
Simon (Dallas, TX)
This is low, way too low. I remember watching this in Iraq with the rest of my unit. This movie made my skin crawl and was aggravating me. This was supposed to be a comedy and all it did was piss me off. I remember trying to laugh but my consciousness would not let me get away with it. I can't wait till this negative portrayl of black culture and the complete idiots who support this garbage crawls underneath a rock and disappear forever.
Too Funny! July 18, 2009
Cricket J. (Kuwait)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a funny movie, I really enjoyed it! And I LOVED the safety briefing on the plane!
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