Jackson worked with Ellis on Snakes on a Plane, an airborne action thriller that generated a cult following solely on the basis of its title.

BBC: David R Ellis, director of Snakes on a Plane, dies

David R Ellis, the former stuntman who later enjoyed success as the director of 2006 release Snakes on a Plane, has died in South Africa at the age of 60.

BBC: David R Ellis, director of Snakes on a Plane, dies

For excitement it may not have matched the Samuel L Jackson film, Snakes On A Plane, but passengers on a Qantas flight watched with fascination as one snake fought out its own drama.

BBC: Snake clings to Qantas plane's wing during flight

From west to east in Vancouver proper, hit Eric Hamber Secondary School, the school featured in both Juno and 21 Jump Street, stop by Burnaby City Hall, shown in Snakes on a Plane, and visit Simon Fraser University, which made an appearance in the Robert Redford political thriller Spy Game.

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The film tells the tale of a businessman who travels to Thailand to find his boss and then finds himself embroiled in a series of bizarre capers involving kickboxing, snakes, gangsters and a pancake-maker he meets on a plane.

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