All aboard!!

Rating: 6/10 (8 November 2019)

Con Air stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, and is what I like to call the second film in the Nick Cage summer trilogy. The film revolves around a former U.S. Ranger who has been released for serving a ten-year sentence for manslaughter. He's about to fly home to see his wife and daughter, but things take a turn for the worst when the passengers take control of the plane. I'll talk go into more detail about it in the first one, but the rundown is is that Nicolas Cage has starred in the Rock, Con Air, and three weeks after this movie he would later star in Face Off. And what's more ironic is that The Rock and Con Air are both produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Now that I have gotten that out of the way lets talk about this movie as a whole. While I enjoyed the concept of the film and how the film didn't take itself seriously it feels like this was split into two groups when it came to the script. Group A was responsible for creating a script that wasn't to be taken seriously, but stilled be enjoyed at the same time and Group B's responsibility was to provide us with some action. And while Group A succeeded in the first half Group B got drunk on testosterone and gave us out of control action that the entire time felt like a competition to see who was tough. And that's where I think the problem lies. Groups A and B couldn't settle on an agreement so they turned this film into a macho ego competition. The only thing that kept it from falling apart was the cast as they try their best to keep this movie on autopilot instead of letting it crash and burn. But the one person that soars above all is Cyrus the Virus played by John Malkovich. He's sadistic, funny, and terrifying all in one that in some strange way I found myself actually liking and cheering him at the same time. I liked John Malkovich in this movie so much that even if the movie did crash and burn I wouldn't stop watching because his performance is terrifyingly fantastic and nobody in the making of Con Air would question him. But the movie isn't that bad as Group A and B finally come together and bring this movie in for a sweet landing. So in the end, while this film may provide some turbulence, it's still a sweet ride to board.