"Soul Plane" takes aim at racial, ethnic and sexual stereotypes and ridicules them adroitly. Some will doubtlessly find some of the humor offensive. Some may find nearly all the humor offensive. Much is based on racial and ethnic stereotypes, homosexuals and various sexual practices and fixations, but the humor is not mean spirited or vicious. Considering that, for example, the inciting incident occurs in an airplane restroom, but avoids both gratuitous nudity and scatological sight gags, one might even argue that the humor is more restrained than many R-rated comedies. Even if one were to excise all the racial, ethnic and sexual humor, there would be still be a lot of jokes about airline service and other topics. One cannot fault the film for any lack of comedic material. The filmmakers employ a broad range of comic devices, including sight gags, 1-2-3 punches, slapstick, pratfalls, ridicule, absurdities and comic irony. Some is actually very subtle, particularly some of the jibes at poor airline service. I particularly appreciated a sight gag about overhead bins. While much of the content is outrageous and decidedly shy of politically correct, the jokes never seem forced, which is a credit to both the writers and the ensemble cast who are committed to their roles and never step out of character or wink at the audience or seem uncomfortable with the material.The cast is much larger than currently credited on IMDb, with a lot of talented performers such as Terry Crews. Production values are adequate. The B story is effective. A subplot concerning the brother is serviceable. The film is not for those who are easily offended or whose preferences are limited to family-oriented fare. But those who enjoy broad humor will find ample sources of amusement.

"Soul Plane" is an incredibly unfunny, incredibly racist excuse for comedy with no plot and lazy gags. The conceit of the film is that if an African American man did own a plane, it'd would be the most coonish, irresponsibly run, "hip", and party-filled airline. That's really all there is to the movie. There's no real plot, just a quick origin story for the airline (which is most undignified) and a demonstration of what the flights are like. I could in theory have seen how this would have worked. A "hip" airline that really speaks to the black community, with a single white family bearing witness to their African American neighbours being finally able to let loose and say what they've been thinking about airplanes for years... there might be some material there. The fact is, the owner of the "Soul Plane" is not a responsible business man who has triumphed over adversity in an industry run by white people. He did not actually earn the money to buy his own plane, instead getting it when a toilet incident kills his dog (just go with it, the sequence where this happens is idiotic and trying to explain exactly what happened would be a waste of time). Even while managing the airline, the "lead" character is completely incompetent, hiring the worst possible pilots to fly his plane and nearly killing everyone on board. I say "lead" because there really is no actual main character to this film, the story jumps from gag to gag for the entire running time with some running jokes that resemble a plot giving you only a vague idea of who you should be cheering for The movie degrades women and shows them all as having no ambitions or desires besides having sex with black men (without even having the guts to show any male or female nudity in an R rated comedy aimed at teens) and depicts all men as stupid or incompetent. The film makers idea of a joke is constantly throwing stereotypes at the screen. What do they serve in the plane? well Popeye's fried chicken of course! What do they serve in the airport lobby? Fried chicken and waffles! I lost track as to whether they ended up with watermelon, grape soda, pickled pig's feet and chitlins. A special dishonorable mention to John Witherspoon that plays a blind character so stupid he confuses a baked potato with a woman in a really disgusting and rage inducing gag. The movie starts off bad, then irritating, then genuinely offensive over and over until you either become a seething pot of boiling rage, or you fall back into your chair in a semi-depressed state, wishing it would simply end so you can try to purge all memories of this abomination from your mind. Writing a review for this was incredibly difficult because it's genuinely hard to express how bad this film is. If I can put it simply, there is absolutely no reason to watch "Soul Plane", to recommend it or for this movie to have even been made. (On DVD, July 27, 2012)

I'm watching it for the second time as I type. And I thought it was so perfect that I went online to check out the reviews to see how much other people loved it. But I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out how lowly it was regarded. Essentially the movie is a cruder Chappelle's Show set on a purple airplane. Who cares what the plot is. It' a series of sketches and sight gags set on a tricked out aircraft. I hope I'm the last thing from prejudiced (A northern, liberal, gay, white, urban male) but you'll hate it if you're too politically correct. They're jokes people. We're laughing AT the stereotypes in the movie, not subscribing to them

Teacher: Well kids, today we are going to talk about American films. Can anyone tell me an American film you have watched recently? Johnny: Last week, I saw "Airplane" with some friends. Teacher: Ohh, that's interesting. What can you tell us about it? Johnny: Well, first of all we laugh our asses off. Teacher: Johnny, don't use that language here. Johnny: Sorry, Mr. Walker, but that is exactly what we did. See, the movie was so funny,with funny characters, dialogues, and acting; which made the movie a full of endless memorable scenes. At the end we laughed so hard that one of my friends peed himself. Teacher: All right. Is there anyone who have also watched a similar movie like "Airplane"?. (nobody replied. the teacher was becoming anxious. all of the sudden, a girl, with tears in her eyes, raised her hands). Teacher: OK, Sara. Sara: Last night I saw a movie called "Soul plane". Teacher: Soul plane?. OK, could you please tell us about it?. Sara: Well, first of all, it's a piece of crap. Teacher: Sara, behave yourself. Continue. Sara: The setting was similar as in "Airplane". However, the plot was utterly garbage. The actors were cheap,there was an abundance of negative afroamerican stereotypes, the comedy was as funny as my grandpa's terminal cancer and in addition, the pilot of the plane was Snoop Dogg and the co-pilot was Method Man. Teacher: Oh dear. Now I see why are you crying. You had a bad experience. It's all over now. Sara: But, that's is one of the reason why I'm crying. Teacher: OK. Which are the other reasons? Sara: I'm crying because after seeing the movie, I went back to my brother's room and I shoot him to death for having recommended the film. Then I went to my parents' room and I stabbed both to death, just for having given the soul plane DVD for my birthday. And now I have to kill all of you for making me speak about it.