the anti hero hitching a ride home gets caught up in a celebratory mid flight entertainment with the best of the criminally insane

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2016)

Con Air came out (1997) I gave it 8/10 it's a 1hr 55min | Action, Crime, Thriller from producer Jerry brucheimer and director Simon west brings an all star cast fasten your seat belts as Oscar winner nick cage takes you the most dangerous flight of your life in the smash hit high octane action thriller con air on an air craft carrying some of the most notorious criminals of all time the recently paroled Cameroon Poe (cage) is hitching a ride home to his wife and never seen and often wrote to daughter Casey but he suddenly finds himself embroiled in a mid air skyjacking masterminded by Cyrus the virus grissom(john malcovich) while grissom fight to keep the savage convicts from massacring ever one on board as they career towards the famed las Vegas strip a government agent on the ground (johncusack )battles to keep his overzealous superiors from blowing up the plane in to oblivion amazing stunts and visual effects add heart pounding suspense to this riveting action adventure along with a ground soundtrack of emotion with Leanne rimes how do i live to the emotional ending this is cage second las Vegas film. what a cast Nick cage Cameron Poe Colm Meaney Duncan Malloy, Mykelti Williamson Baby-O, Nick Chinlund Billy Bedlam, Renoly Santiago Ramon 'Sally-Can't Dance' Martinez (as Renoly), John Malkovich Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom, Ving Rhames Diamond DogDave Chappelle Pinball, Rachel Ticotin Guard Sally Bishop, Steve Eastin Guard Falzon, Steve Buscemi Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene, Danny Trejo Johnny-23 M.C. Gainey Swamp Thing, Landry Allbright Casey Poe, John Cusack Vince Larkin Monica Potter Tricia Poe Cameron Poe, a highly decorated United States Army Ranger, came home to Alabama to his wife, Tricia, only to run into a few drunken regulars where Tricia works. Cameron unknowingly kills one of the drunks and is sent to a federal penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter for seven years. Cameron becomes eligible for parole and can now go home to his wife and daughter and car flying outside of the plane as Poe says on any other day that wouldn't seam normal but this isn't any other day Macho's in a non-stop action movie with lot's of explosions. This is ladies and gentlemen; the ultimate guy movie. it made 100 mill at the box office
The movie is filled with crazy over the top characters such as Pinball, Johnny-23, The Marietta Mangler and Sally-can't-dance. It has some of the best casting in a movie I have ever seen. The actors are all simply perfect for their roles. Especially John Malkovich and Steve Buscemi are excellent as always and their characters are the best of the movie even though Buscemi's character wasn't really needed at all. The introduction of the prisoners at the beginning of the movie is completely over the top but I love it! It possibly is one of my favorite scene's in cinema history when we first meet Cyrus the Virus and Diamond Dog, the music really sets the mood in that scene.
Of course the story is not important, it's all about explosions, shootings, fist fights and everything in between. But dislike other action movies "Con Air" actually has a story that I like, even though it's completely over the top. Although I think that the movie might had been better of without the Poe's family scene's and story line, even though I still sort of like the emotional scene's between them. Also I think that Nicholas Cage is a bit too much of a good guy in the movie, not only does he help his friend on board, he even finds time to try and save all the cops their lives and that of the bunny present for his daughter.
A good thing is the excellent soundtrack by Trevor Rabin and Mark Mancina that gives the movie an extra 'cool' feeling.
One little point of critic is that the editing isn't always great. But I can live with that...
Perfect entertainment in a crazy over the top non-stop action movie! There are better action movies out there but not much. nominated for 2 Oscars