- Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson
- Directors: Simon West
- Writers: Scott Rosenberg
- Producers: Chad Oman, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jim Kouf, Jonathan Hensleigh, Kenny Bates
- Format: PAL
- Language English, French
- Subtitles: English, French, Dutch
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Buena Vista
- DVD Release Date: 2 July 2001
- Run Time: 115 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CXIE
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,226 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Con Air is proof that the slick, absurdly overblown action formula of Hollywood mega-producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Rock, Crimson Tide) lives on, even after Simpson's druggy death. (Read Charles Fleming's exposé, High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess, for more about that). Nicolas Cage, sporting a disconcerting mane of hair, is a wrongly convicted prisoner on a transport plane with a bunch of infamously psychopathic criminals, including head creep Cyrus the Virus (John Malkovich), black militant Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames), and serial killer Garland Greene (Steve Buscemi, making the most of his pallid, rodent-like qualities). Naturally, the convicts take over the plane; meanwhile, on the ground, a US marshal (John Cusack)and a DEA agent (Colm Meaney), try to figure out what to do. As is the postmodern way, the movie displays a self-consciously ironic awareness that its story and characters are really just excuses for a high-tech cinematic thrill ride. Best idea: the filmmakers persuaded the owners of the legendary Sands Hotel in Las Vegas to let them help out with the structure's demolition by crashing their plane into it.--Jim Emerson
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Con Air is proof that the slick, absurdly overblown action formula of Hollywood mega-producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Rock) lives on, even after Simpson's druggy death. (Read Charles Fleming's exposé, High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess, for more about that). Nicolas Cage, sporting a disconcerting mane of hair, is a wrongly convicted prisoner on a transport plane with a bunch of infamously psychopathic criminals, including head creep Cyrus the Virus (John Malkovich), black militant Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames), and serial killer Garland Greene (Steve Buscemi, making the most of his pallid, rodent-like qualities). Naturally, the convicts take over the plane; meanwhile, on the ground, a US marshal (John Cusack)and a DEA agent (Colm Meaney), try to figure out what to do. As is the postmodern way, the movie displays a self-consciously ironic awareness that its story and characters are really just excuses for a high-tech cinematic thrill ride. Best idea: the filmmakers persuaded the owners of the legendary Sands Hotel in Las Vegas to let them help out with the structure's demolition by crashing their plane into it. --Jim Emerson
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still great after all these years,
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This review is from: Con Air [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
After buying my Panasonic Blu Ray player I was eager to watch a movie giving me the full HD effect. I thought Con Air was maybe a bit too old to provide the best quality but I was rewarded with a fantastic and stunning sharpness and images. Con Air might be a movie for the devoted fan, it is defintely one of my favourites, but Blu Ray took it further and made the movie as exciting as fresh as when I first saw it all those years ago. Great action , great dialog and cliched, but worth every minute.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Put..the bunny...back...in the box.",
This review is from: Con Air [DVD] [1997] (DVD)
This is a truly superb film, and deserves easily 5 stars. Dont be put off if action movies are not your thing, there are many subtle differences that set it apart from the rest. It is full of fantastic oneliners, especially from Syrus "the Virus" Grisssom, (John Malkovich)the con you love to hate. It makes an interesting change to see the film from the bad guy's point of view, and there are truly awesome special effects in the destruction of Las Vegas."Are you insane?!" "According to my last psych evaluation... yes." (Syrus Grissom) Classic.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worthy Upgrade to Hi-Def,
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This review is from: Con Air [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
We all know the film and how great it is if you like that kind of thing (I surely do), but is it worth buying the Blu-Ray version? I would say definitely yes, as the picture is so clear as to it being difficult to imagine it being any better, and the uncompressed HD sound is pretty awesome on my half-decent system. As for the film, I hadn't seen it for a few years and it's still one of my favourites. There's a lot of humour, scarey but likeable characters and stupendous action. Who cares if it's not realistic or believable, it's still a bl**dy good action film that could stand up to anything on the go even now.
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