In four words..."Why was it made?",

Rating: 1/10 (11 September 2006)

The storyline of this movie is anything but original. It must have plundered (if not exactly plagiarised) at least a dozen previous scripts, and is inferior to most of them, and I really can't savvy why Nicholas Cage, an actor of real ability, got involved in the movie at all (except perhaps for money). As the anti-hero he looked more anti than hero.
The decision taken to collectively transport some of the country's supposedly most dangerous convicts in one aircraft would surely never have been contemplated by the real U.S. authorities. One would hope not.
The action moves at quite a pace, which is probably just as well, as it doesn't give the viewer time to consider it's many faults, not least of which is the ludicrousness of the whole package. Personally I cannot understand the obsession of modern Amercan movie-makers to produce and glorify this type of violent pap, or for that matter of the American public in watching it.
Except for a re-vamping of the usual "good against evil" theme (or could it perhaps be for the enhancement of bad language?), this film (I hesitate to call it entertainment) seems to serve no purpose whatsoever. I can't see one valid point it's trying to make. Not that a justification is always necessary, but this garbage is just violence for the sake of violence, and there's no worse reason for a film to be made. "Why did you watch it?", you may well ask. Answer...It seemed to be a good idea at the time, but I wish I hadn't.