Great action movie

Rating: Null/10 (20 April 2003)

First off, I want to say that "Con Air" isn't a bad movie. It has lots of great action and I thought all the actors did pretty good jobs. I will admit that Nicolas Cage's accent was hard to listen to but I liked him in this movie. John Cusack was about the same as he is in every movie that he's in but he was good. Steve Buscemi, we could've done without. I like him when he's funny and making people laugh. He's better at doing comedy. Dave Chappelle gave a short comical role and everyone else was pretty much mediocre. But the best performance was that of John Malkovich. He is so good at playing the bad guy. Although it does kinda get old seeing him as the bad guy in just about every movie he's in but he is a very talented actor. He was vicious in this movie! His character (Cyrus the Virus) made me cringe sometimes and he was just downright mean! But he did have some comical lines though. "Make a move and the bunny gets it!" I think this movie would've fell flat if he hadn't been cast. The only thing that made me wonder was, why did Cyrus and the other prisoners take the plane hostage? What was their motive? They probably explained it in the movie but I must've missed it. I just didn't understand that part. The scene at the end where Cameron Poe (Cage) meets his daughter for the first time and they start playing the song was sweet and I almost started crying. He was so happy to see his family. Well, all in all I thought "Con Air" was a great action movie and all the actors did fine jobs. (Especially Malkovich). But thanks for reading my review! Bye!