Rent Con Air (1997)
3.6 of 5 from 205 ratings
1h 51min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- On an aircraft carrying some of the most notorious criminals of all time, the recently paroled Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is hitching a ride home to his wife and daughter. But he suddenly finds himself embroiled in a midair skyjacking masterminded by Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich). While Cameron fights to keep these savage convicts from massacring everyone on board as they career towards the famed Las Vegas Strip, a Government agent on the ground (John Cusack) battles to keep his overzealous superiors from blowing the plane into oblivion!
- Actors:
- Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Nick Chinlund, Renoly Santiago, Ving Rhames, Dave Chappelle, Rachel Ticotin, Steve Eastin, Steve Buscemi, Danny Trejo, M.C. Gainey, Landry Allbright, Monica Potter, Brendan Kelly, Jesse Borrego, Carl Ciarfalio, Mongo Brownlee
- Directors:
- Simon West
- Producers:
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Voiced By:
- Powers Boothe
- Writers:
- Scott Rosenberg
- Others:
- Diane Warren, Greg P. Russell, Kevin O?Connell, Arthur Rochester
- Studio:
- Buena Vista
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/07/2007
- Run Time:
- 115 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, French DTS 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Icelandic, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Movie Showcase
- A View from Above
- The Destruction of Las Vegas
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (3) of Con Air
fab movie - Con Air review by CP Customer
I rate this as cages second best movie to the rock. Good viewing.
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Top Action Film - Con Air review by GI
Pure adrenaline rush action and a film that is so preposterous it's brilliant. The whole thing is such great entertainment and it's the ultimate example of cinema where there's nothing pretentious or meaningful its simply there for you to sit back and have a great time. So if you've never seen this then it's one to check out because its a riot. Nicolas Cage, in arguably his best film, is former ex soldier Cameron Poe, who killed a man defending his wife and ends up in jail for manslaughter. Eight years later he is paroled and is looking forward to reuniting with his wife and daughter, who he has never seen. To get home he joins a prison transport plane on it's way to transfer dangerous prisoners to other parts of the country including some of the most dangerous. But led by Cyrus The Virus (John Malkovich) the prisoners have a clever plan to take over the plane and escape. Poe decides he has to foil their plans. With a great support cast that includes John Cusack, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi and Colm Meaney this film rollicks along at a great pace, has a thoroughly daft macho script ("Put the bunny back in the box"), plenty of humour, explosions, chases, gun battles and ends with a massive set piece chase in Las Vegas. You'll never have as much fun watching a film as this one.
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Not sophisticated just good - Con Air review by JD
The genre is feel-good escapist action. The acting is superb (especially Malkovich), the plot is complex enough to carry you through, though it is a bit super macho at times.There is the odd joke (bosses car tied to a plane), the romantic angle covers all target audiences. Pretty much an all round film (for all except sophisticated).
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