What were they thinking?

Rating: 1/10 (9 December 1998)

It never ceases to amaze me the kinds of movies that get made these days: ridiculous plot lines, HORRENDOUS dialogue...they somehow actually make it to the screen. There are so many things about this movie that bothered me I can't begin to describe them...And, trust me, it's not that I need to lighten up. I have never seen any movie with lines so bad they inspired a physical reaction...until Con Air!!! The script is amazingly bad, considering the cast was fantastic, and I can't really put down any of their performances(except Nicolas Cage, who I could only laugh at)...they were all great, and it sucked anyway! That really says something. I'd take the disturbing bloodletting of Reservoir Dogs over this pointless, overdone crap any day. John Cusack was probably the one redeeming feature of the whole movie...never giving in to the stupidity of the script...but he was the lucky one whose character allowed it. Possibly he's getting better...but there's that nagging voice in the back of my head and I think it's onto something: "Jerry Bruckheimer must be stopped."