Entertaining enough...

Rating: 6/10 (21 October 1999)

I think it's unfair to lump this movie right in with the other "brainless action movies" that have come out within the last few years. Unlike Independance Day, Armageddon, and The Phantom Menace, which are all decent enough, Con Air manages to communicate a strong sense of personality, which most movies since Pulp Fiction have really lacked.
Con Air rises above that "junk food for the eyes" feeling, while it does have special effects all over, gives convincing performances by Cage, Cusack, Malkovich, Buscemi, and Ticotin. I'd recommend this movie based on the final 15 minutes alone.