The best of Nicolas Cage

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2005)

Nicolas Cage plays Cameron Poe, a highly decorated Army Ranger who is coming home to his pregnant wife (Monica Potter). While he and his wife are about to go home, three bums attack Poe. Poe unintentionally kills one of the attackers and the other two get away. Poe is sent to prison where he remains for eight years. He makes friends with a fellow prisoner named Mike 'Baby-O' O'Dell (Mykelti Williamson). He is granted a parole and is put on a plane along with Baby-O and other convicts including Joe 'Pinball' Parker (David Chappelle), William 'Billy Bedlam' Bedford (Nick Chinlund), Johnny 'Johnny-23' Baca (Danny Trejo), Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones (Ving Rhames), and Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom (John Malkovich). Cyrus the Virus and Diamond Dog break out of their restraints and, with a little help from Pinball, take control of the plane.
On the ground, meanwhile, Cameron's wife and daughter (Landry Allbright) are waiting for Poe when they are requested to go to Carson City to answer a few questions for U.S. Marshall Vince Larkin (John Cusack), who is trying to get the plane down peacefully when his superior, DEA agent Duncan Malloy (Colm Meaney) is chasing the plane trying to shoot it down.
After a while, more convicts are loaded onto the plane including Ramon 'Sally-Can't-Dance' Martinez (Renoly Santiago), Swamp Thing (M.C. Gainey), Francisco Cindino (Jesse Borrego), and Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene (Steve Buscemi) The movie is full of action, drama, and quite a bit of comedy (Cyrus the Virus and Garland Greene are quite funny). As well as that, it's sad enough to draw tears at some parts. I thought so at least.
The casting is flawless. Cage, Cusack, and Malkovich, as well as all the other actors/actresses, were perfect in their roles.
If you're looking for a great movie with action, drama, comedy, and some tear-jerking moments, then see this. I also recommend buying it.
Final Score--10/10