drops the ball every time it catches it

Rating: 5/10 (10 January 2006)

i'm at a loss on what to say for con air... it's a popcorn movie, something you can appreciate on its comfortable, abysmal nature, but still...
i'd like to give this a 6 but every time i sort of got into it and was enjoying myself (even though it is laughably bad) they'd throw in a SUPER bad scene like cusack speaking to cage's wife... it was just too vomit inducing...
i don't know if the scenes of cage running in slow motion with flames behind him and his hair whipping in the wind made me want to laugh or cry...
and the ending just went on too long and demanded too many hurdles of disbelief to create a "let's top ourselves every 20 seconds" finale of tackiness and excess...
bottom line: it's a big dumb movie, and it's fun because it's utter garbage... but it could have been much better if it just moved along at a better pace and jettisoned SOME of the cheese... watch at your peril...