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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
Amazon.co.uk Review
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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
"Are you insane?!"
"According to my last psych evaluation... yes." (Syrus Grissom)
Classic.
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"..CAGE IN HIS PRIME!!...CLASSIC ACTION MOVIE.."
This was indeed made when Nic Cage was in his prime, he makes cool movies now but his biggest hits must be Con Air and Face Off!! Read more
Published 29 days ago by S. Drury
Put the bunny back in the box
The rock,faceoff and of coarse conair.Loved these films in the 90s.They were of coarse some of the best action films of the decade at the time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by beagal
One of my favourites!
I never get tired of watching this film, i have to of seen it at least 10 times and everytime i watch it i swear it's just getting better and better! buy buy buy, 100 stars.
Published 7 months ago by Mr. C. J. Davies
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con air This film is sheer class ! one of the best films ive seen in a long time go out and buy it
Published 7 months ago by emma
Great movie :D :D
"Con Air" is and has been for a long time my favourite movie. The movie revoles around Cameron Poe,who was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to time in jail where he missed... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Valerie Richmond
Define Irony
"They somehow managed to get every creep and freak in the universe onto this one plane. And then somehow managed to let them take it over. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Billy Ray Cyrus
One of the best action films of the 90s...in fact...one of the best...
The 90s were full of Die Hard rip-offs and few of those managed to stand on their own two feet. Con Air (along with Ronin [Blu-ray] [1998], Joshua Tree [VHS] and Die Hard 3 With A... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Inspector Gadget
Welcome to Con Air
This is a great action film filled with action starring many great actors such as Nicolas Cage (Cameron Po), John Malkovich (Cyrus Grissom), John Cusack (Vince Larkin), VingRhames... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Geeohnny
Con Air,not been conned
This is a very good copy of the movie the sound and picture quality is as you would expect very good.it really deos just make a old film just so much more enjoyable. Read more
Published 20 months ago by N. Todd
Explosions. Caricatures. GBH. Homer Simpson wrote the script.
That last part was a lie, I suppose. I wonder if Con Air will be one of those movies posthumously reinterpeted as more than a bit gay. Like Top Gun. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Philoctetes
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