Con Air

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Con Air

R,

1997,

1h 55m,

Action

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Just-paroled army ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is headed back to his wife (Monica Potter), but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" with some of the worst criminals living. Along with Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames) and Baby-O (Mykelti Williamson), genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich) unleashes a violent escape plot in mid-flight. Secretly working with U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin (John Cusack), Poe tries to foil Grissom's plan.

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Critics Consensus

Con Air won't win any awards for believability - and all involved seem cheerfully aware of it, making some of this blockbuster action outing's biggest flaws fairly easy to forgive.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Feb 28, 2018

The saving grace of Con Air is its sense of its own absurdity. Rosenberg and director Simon West seem to know just how preposterous their story is.

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Carol Buckland

CNN.com

Jan 5, 2018

It's exhausting rather than exhilarating.

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Duane Byrge

The Hollywood Reporter

Jun 6, 2017

Packed high with explosive action and loaded with high-stakes jeopardy, Con Air charts a generally sound narrative course, although it hits some story turbulence before it hits its climactic jackpot.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Nov 7, 2022

3.5/5

Writer Scott Rosenberg throws in plenty of conundrums, curveballs and extra characters...

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Sep 1, 2022

C

The bunny is a good indication that the script, by Scott Rosenberg, was intended as a deadpan goof on stupid action flicks.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 16, 2022

4/5

“Con Air” never takes itself too seriously. It knows how preposterous it is and doesn’t try to be anything other than wild raucous popcorn entertainment. And sometimes that’s all I’m in the mood for.

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Theodore S

Apr 18, 2019

Very bad film that doesn't make much sense logically, but is so bad its actually worth buying and watching more than once. One of my favorite bad films, always worth a re-watch.

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Ron R

Mar 1, 2019

it's one of those movies that when it's on TNT, USA, and (formally) Spike TV that you just gotta watch.

Jan 7, 2019

John Malkovich and Nick Cage are amazing in this action thriller!!!

Jan 1, 2019

Not the typical action movies where story is too predictable that the main actors always gets caught by the villain.

Theodore S

Dec 25, 2018

A decent action movie.

George G

Nov 2, 2018

While its easy to poke fun at the story's flaws and stupidity, Con Air is still the perfect action/comedy film for anyone who wants to see goofy, explosion filled, testosterone fueled fun.

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Simon West

Director

Nicolas Cage

Cameron Poe

John Cusack

U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin

John Malkovich

Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom

Steve Buscemi

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Ving Rhames

Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones

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Synopsis

Just-paroled army ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is headed back to his wife (Monica Potter), but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" with some of the worst criminals living. Along with Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames) and Baby-O (Mykelti Williamson), genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich) unleashes a violent escape plot in mid-flight. Secretly working with U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin (John Cusack), Poe tries to foil Grissom's plan.

Director: Simon West
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter: Scott Rosenberg
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Runway Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Kouf/Bigelow Productions, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Hiett Designs of Las Vegas
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 6, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $101.1M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Surround, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)

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