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Con Air

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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. Marshall Vince Larkin (John Cusack), Poe tries to foil Grissom's plan.
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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 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. Feb 28, 2018 Full Review Carol Buckland CNN.com It's exhausting rather than exhilarating. Jan 5, 2018 Full Review Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter 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. Jun 6, 2017 Full Review James Croot The Post NZ Writer Scott Rosenberg throws in plenty of conundrums, curveballs and extra characters... Rated: 3.5/5 Nov 7, 2022 Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault The bunny is a good indication that the script, by Scott Rosenberg, was intended as a deadpan goof on stupid action flicks. Rated: C Sep 1, 2022 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies “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. Rated: 4/5 Aug 16, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Es entretenida. Tiene buenos personajes y la acción es típica de la época Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/24/25 Full Review Larry K Great action movie with a star studded cast that kicks some ass Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Jonathan O You will have a blast with a big smile on your face and no Michael Bay didn't direct and produce but you can feel the vibe especially blowing stuffs up and Hans Zimmer did not score the music but you can also feel it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/25 Full Review Shaun R The last 10 minutes of this film seems to drag on and becomes a gushy mess. Ashame as the rest of the movie was half decent. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/25 Full Review Aleksander B Fantastic movie! Been watching it for years and can't get enough of it! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/07/25 Full Review Benjamin H Con Air is an over the top, exhilarating and well paced action flick that basks in its absurdities and the cast's tuned in performances, in spite of having some underwhelming dialogue, characters that mostly serve as plot devices (except for Nic Cage's character) and a few setpieces that are a bit slovenly put together. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Simon West

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Nicolas Cage

Cameron Poe

John Cusack

U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin

John Malkovich

Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom

Steve Buscemi

Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene

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. Marshall 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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