Sunday night we resubscribed to the Hollywood Video MVP pass. $19.99 for 3 movies out at a time, unlimited rentals and, get this, the manager actually asked us if we wanted to cancel right away so we wouldn’t be charged automatically at renewal. How many times has that ever happened to you? Us? Never.

The first three movies we rented included Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrel. Didn’t work for my wife, but I thought it was an alright Ferrel vehicle. No laugh out loud funny moments like Talladega Nights. We also rented Sentinel starring Michael Douglas and Jack Bauer, er, I mean Kiefer Sutherland. I can’t help it with Sutherland, he’ll be forever typed as Bauer.

And finally the blatant Snakes on a Plane ripoff with Snakes on a Train. We watched this one last night and I’ve never heard of snakes that eat their way into people. Yes, I know about the Boa Constrictor and some other snakes that will devour rodents and smaller creatures, perhaps even small children in rare cases. I thought snakes primarily just bit people when startled? Maybe there are some snakes that are more aggressive and actually hunt people for food but I couldn’t get past that part of this movie with the premise that this woman has received a curse of “the snake” which means she has snakes inside her, trying to eat their way out … and back in.

There is some but not enough nakedness for a horror flick so somebody please call Mr. Skin. The acting is mostly bad. The ending of the movie, which I won’t ruin, is completely implausible. If you like snake movies, it’s barely worth a rental, but not recommended as a purchase. Like most movie knockoffs, it’s not in the same league. Grade: D+

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