Soul Plane

Infobox Film
name = Soul Plane


caption =
director = Jessy Terrero
writer = Bo Zenga,
Babygrande Guy Chuck Wilson
starring = Kevin Hart,
Method Man,
Tom Arnold,
Mo'Nique
D.L. Hughley
and Snoop Dogg
producer = David Rubin
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
budget = ~ US$16,000,000
released = 28 May 2004 (USA)
runtime = 85 min , 92 min uncut
language = English
imdb_id = 0367085
amg_id = 1:290200

"Soul Plane" is a comedy motion picture from MGM, released in the United States on May 28, 2004 (see 2004 in film). The film stars Kevin Hart, Method Man, Tom Arnold, Sommore, D.L. Hughley, Mo'Nique, K.D. Aubert, John Witherspoon, Loni Love, Ryan Pinkston, Godfrey, Ying Yang Twins, Francine Dee, Lil' Jon and Snoop Dogg.

"Soul Plane" deals with a man who starts an airline that caters to African Americans. However, the movie includes a white family, led by Tom Arnold, who also take a trip on the soul plane.

The story roughly follows that of the 1980 hit film "Airplane!", with an allusion to that film and the TV show "Soul Train" in the title.

Plot

After Nashawn Wade (Kevin Hart) gets stuck in an airline toilet, the plane suffers a minor disaster and, as a result, his dog is sucked through a jet engine. He then sues the airline. After getting a large settlement of $100,000,000 he decides to start his own airline, called NWA (Nashawn Wade Airlines), whose acronym and logo are a pop culture reference to rap group NWA. The airline specifically caters to African Americans and hip hop culture. The terminal at the airport is called the Malcolm X terminal, the plane is customized with low-rider hydraulics, spinners, and a dance club. The safety video is also a spoof of the Destiny's Child song "Survivor".

During the first flight of the fictional airline Nashawn is trying to deal with a multitude of problems. His pilot Captain Mack (Snoop Dogg) is afraid of heights. He has never left the ground because he learned to fly in prison. As Nashawn learns this, he asks him who his "flying buddies" are which Captain Mack told him were from the Air Force. Captain Mack then shows him a picture of him with Taliban members with arabian style music in the background. Meanwhile, Muggsey (Method Man), is setting up a miniature casino and strip joint in one of the areas on the plane (as seen in the workprint and unrated versions of the film), and Nashawn's ex-girlfriend is on board and less than happy to see him. The Hunkee family also appear to have problems in the movie; Elvis Hunkee's (Tom Arnold) daughter is turning eighteen and plans to allegedly use the newfound freedom by drinking and having sex, his son has transformed in a matter of seconds from an exact duplicate to acting like a stereotypical African American, and his girlfriend has found a new interest in black men after viewing pictures in a pornographic magazine.

The pilot seemingly dies, after eating mushrooms that the co-pilot uses to soothe his genital crabs. Nashawn then attempts to contact the co-pilot, who is incapacitated after slipping on the water located around the hot tub, forcing Nashawn to attempt to land the plane himself. Nashawn then lands the plane safely, using the airplane stewardess' flight knowledge learned while having sex in the cockpit with the pilot on another flight, in the middle of Central Park only to have the spinners stolen from the plane. He then gets back together with his ex girlfriend after earlier revealing to her that he only broke up with her so she wouldn't give up her college opportunities for him. The pilot soon after wakes up, and realizes that he is on the plane alone and was mugged while sleeping.

The movie then ends with the Nashawn telling the audience the fate of his crew. He claims that he and his ex girlfriend are back together taking their relationship slow this time around, his cousin Muggsey has started a strip club and gambling casino located in an airplane similar to the club in Nashawn's plane, Elvis Hunkee has begun a sexual relationship with one of the abrasive airline security guards (Mo'Nique), and Elvis Hunkee's son has become a major music video director but has disappeared shortly after filming a Michael Jackson video (this references the child molestation charges that had been filed against Michael Jackson in both 1993 and 2003).

Cast

External links

* [http://www.soulplane.com/ Official site]
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