Here's my review of CON AIR! #ConAir. "Con Air" is in the same vein, but with less of the dogged seriousness of many action pictures and more of the self-kidding humor of "The Rock.'' This is a movie that knows it is absurd, and does little to deny it. Malkovich has the charisma to hold the plot together, with another of his dry, intellectual villains. Con Air delivers the goods with good-natured jokes and oddly non-threatening psychopaths (Steve Bushemi plays a creepy serial killer who psychoanalyzes his fellow convicts and has a disturbing tea party with a little girl in a trailer. "Con Air" can best be described as "The Rock" in the sky.

It's got hammy and dialogue delivered through a cheesy lead performance. Besides being the kind of super-ballistic blockbuster we're accustomed to from the Jerry Bruckheimer stable, a cast rooted in independent cinema distinguishes "Con Air". The film stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich.

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Heat Vision Box Office Reviews Archives. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below: A dirty dozen wad of cons hijack a prison transport plane in Con Air, a high-flying actioner fueled by equal parts schmaltz and high explosives that is likely to pack. Con Air is obviously too awesome to do justice to in a 'proper' review. So I'm going to set myself a challenge. I was in the mood for a great action movie that just so happened to have a ton of heart.and low and behold "Con Air" was on TV as I was making dinner (pasta). "Con Air" is the story of parolee Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage), a former Army Ranger, who's placed into the middle of an extremely deadly situation when the prison In all of this, "Con Air" succeeds, which is why myself and numerous others still find the movie just as entertaining after all these years. In the case of Con Air, the director is Simon West.

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He's not as successful, stylish, or instantly recognizable as Michael Bay, and that may be why the film works so well; it turns out that no Michael Bay knockoff can screw it up quite like the real thing. I've seen this movie for many times. The leading actor Nicolas Cage is one of favorite.

In this story he was married to a lovely wife who is currently. I loved the story and I'd like to watch the movie again. Its a movie that a whole family must watch and learn something from it. His air transport, monitored from the ground by a U.