That's a rock...

Rating: 6/10 (3 August 1999)

"Con Air" is great mindless entertainment. Great action, I laughed my ass off, cool effects, and I have never enjoyed that "Sweet Home Alabama" song more. And the cast... Steve Buscemi is just the best, Monica Potter was so darn cute, Nicolas Cage playing a badass cross between Bruce Willis (the heroics and dialogue) and Steven Seagal (he never gets hurt), John Malkovich stealing the show as the psychotic bad guy, Nick Chinlund with that stoned "Yeah...", John Cusack playing unwilling hero (I have to say this now: this guy kicks ass), Dave Chappelle with all those lame jokes, you get the idea. Film purists may balk at this flick, but, hey, it's FUN (something a lot of moviegoers don't look for in movies) and movies are made to entertain. Oh, yeah, one last thing: that fag guy cracked me up so darn bad...