Soul Plane (2004) on Netflix
After a disastrous flight, Nashawn Wade takes the airline to court and wins a fortune. He launches his own hip hop airline with the acrophobic Captain Mack in the cockpit.
- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb4.6/1026,579 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes18%
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Plot summary
Nashawn Wade has loved planes since childhood, but a single flight on a regular airline turns into a nightmare: his dog Dre is sent to the cargo hold, the meal wrecks his stomach, and turbulence traps him in the bathroom. He sues and the jury awards him one hundred million dollars. He uses the money to build Nashawn Wade Airlines, a carrier aimed at African American passengers and hip hop culture, complete with an onboard dance club and a plane fitted with hydraulics and spinners. Its terminal is staffed by two agents, Jamiqua and Shaniece, who ignore the security line. On the maiden flight from Los Angeles, Nashawn faces an acrophobic captain, his cousin Muggsy's schemes, his ex-girlfriend Giselle, and the Hunkee family, the only white passengers on board.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Soul Plane (2004)
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- On the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, Hart said the poor box office turnout was partly due to bootlegging that had apparently begun three months before the film was released in theaters. "On the street, Soul Plane made 40 million dollars," he explained, adding that fans at a premiere asked him to sign copies of the bootleg.
- In late 2014 the film appeared at number 47 on Empire magazine's users-voted list of "The 50 Worst Movies Ever", the entry arguing that "parodies of a parody are on to a loser from the start" and that "crude racial stereotyping (of all races) and a fatal lack of funny" made it worse.
- Whatever the box office did, Hart credits Soul Plane with making him popular enough to start touring around the country.
- The film opened on 28 May 2004 in 1,566 theaters and took $5,648,486 in its first weekend, ranking fifth behind Shrek 2, The Day After Tomorrow, Troy and Raising Helen, and ended its run with $14,190,750 domestically and $14,822,346 worldwide.
