Con Air

    Con Air
    1997

    Synopsis

    Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.

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    Cast

    • Nicolas CageCameron Poe
    • John MalkovichCyrus "The Virus" Grissom
    • John CusackAgent Vince Larkin
    • Ving RhamesNathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
    • Mykelti Williamson"Baby-O" O'Dell
    • Dave Chappelle"Pinball" Parker
    • Colm MeaneyAgent Duncan Malloy
    • Monica PotterTricia Poe
    • Landry AllbrightCasey Poe
    • Rachel TicotinGuard Sally Bishop

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Washington Post

      Con Air, a summer blast of a movie, teaches us many things: Producer Jerry Bruckheimer never met an explosion, a car crash or 20 tough guys talking trash he didn't like. Nicolas Cage is one of our most enjoyable screen heroes. As long as you're funny, you can literally get away with murder in a movie.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      This is a movie that knows it is absurd, and does little to deny it.
    • 70

      Variety

      Apart from not knowing to quit while it's ahead, Con Air provides quite an exciting flight prior to its crash and burn.
    • 70

      The New York Times

      The colorfully written Con Air is a solid chip off "The Rock," pumped up and very well cast, with the prettiness and polish of advertising art.
    • 60

      L.A. Weekly

      Con Air is entertaining in an extravagantly decadent sort of way. It just isn't a movie.
    • 60

      Salon

      How's the movie? Big, loud, brutal and stupid, that's how it is. But then, you don't need a critic to tell you that -- anyone with a grade-school education who's seen the previews can figure that out.
    • 50

      Newsweek

      The saving grace of Con Air is its sense of its own absurdity.
    • 50

      ReelViews

      This movie is a perfect example of what's wrong with many big-budget films today: no characters, no intelligence, and, worst of all, little fun.

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