Malkovich and Buscemi are worth watching it

Rating: Null/10 (20 August 2003)

This is typical fare from the Jerry Bruckheimer machine, which cranked out such razzberry-worthy mega-blockbusters as THE ROCK, ARMAGEDDON (my money back???), GONE IN 60 SECONDS, etc.
Nic Cage (whose SUTHIN' ACCENT needs a ton of practice) plays Cameron Poe, a parolee from Mobile, AL, who after serving an 8 year sentence for manslaughter, is finally going to meet his little girl and reunite with the wife. The plane he is boarding to go home in is about to be taken over by a bunch of career criminals like Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames), Cyrus Grissom (John Malkovich) and Pin-Ball (Dave Chapelle), who are planning to pick up a Columbian Drug Lord at Carson City, and fly off to a non-treatied country.

Malkovich is always a gleefully naughty villain. Chapelle is a good comic relief, although the whole movie really is a comic crime adventure. Mykelti Williamson as Poe's pal Baby-O is a good support. M.C. Gainey as Swamp Thing, the wacky con who pilots the fugitive plane is a hoot--- just the wacky insane look in his eyes will bust your guts!!! Steve Buscemi as the Marrietta Mangler a.k.a. Garland Greene, is right where he goes best, as a psycho who says a lot of things that disturbingly make sense!!!
Colm Meaney and John Cusack play federal agents who oppose each other's tactics as much as they oppose the actions of the convicts.

Not the greatest action/adventure of all time, but worth a few laughs.