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Con Air [VHS] [1997]

VHS ~ Nicolas Cage
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Nick Chinlund
  • Directors: Simon West
  • Writers: Scott Rosenberg
  • Producers: Chad Oman, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jim Kouf, Jonathan Hensleigh, Kenny Bates
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language English
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Touchstone Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 11 May 1998
  • Run Time: 111 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CVFM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,486 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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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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Recently paroled Cameron Poe finds himself on an aircraft with some of the most notorious criminals of all time. When one of them hijacks the plane, Cameron fights to keep the savage convicts from massacring everyone on board.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Con Air, 7 Feb 2005
By Rich Milligan (Thatcham, Berkshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Con Air [DVD] [1997] (DVD)
I'm generally not a fan of action movies, the repetition of explosions, crashes, shoot outs and bloody death tends to leave me bored rather than thrilled. So it was with some reservations I sat down to watch Con Air but I can happily report that I was well entertained for the duration of the film.

The storyline of ex-con coming good is not a new one, but when its been twisted to place all the action on board a high security "prision plane" it certainly should make for interesting viewing.

Nicolas Cage as the hero Cameron Poe is actually very good which suprised me as he's not a favourite actor of mine. His doleful hang-dog eyed expressions suited the role of a man just desparate to see his wife and child excellently whereas someone like Bruce Willis would have killed off any poignetcy available in the part.
John Malkovich is superb as twisted murderer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom and brings a real malovanch to his role. Ving Rhames does well as the muscle bound "Diamond Dog" Jones and some of the other cons are excellently played by great character actors. Stealing the show in this case is Steve Buscemi as the Hanibal Lector-like Garlkand Greene complete with face mask. His cute one-liners and philisophical insights are a hoot and the eerily frightening scene in which he confronts the little girl are seat-edgingly scary. It's not a surprise that you actually cheer the escape of the man who once "worn a girl's head as a hat over three states!"

The reason it lost one star was the over-long drawn out ending, as I've said I'm not a fan of smash-crash action but I'm sure the ending would test the patience of even the biggest action fan. It simply went on too long and was too unbelievable and lost a lot of the credibility the film had previous built up. Seeing John Cusak leap onto a Policeman's motobike with Cage whilst still wearing sandals was a tad silly as well!

All in all though very worth watching.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Put..the bunny...back...in the box.", 15 Nov 2005
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.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great mind-numbing entertainment., 2 Dec 2000
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This film has an absolutly great cast, Nicolas Cage (Face/Off), John Malkovich (In The Line Of Fire), John Cusack (High Fidelity), Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) and Danny Trejo (Heat). The entire cast give outstanding performances but for me the one who really stood out was Steve Buscemi as Garland Green, The Marrietta Mangler, a Hannibal Lecter style madman. Malkovich is superb as the criminal genius Cyrus The Virus and Cage as usual is on top form as the hero. This film isn't exactly mentally challenging or emotionally involving but if its a loud, dumb and entertaining film you're after you can't get much better than this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Definately one for the collection...
Con Air is a fantastic film with a great storyline and some really good actors. Nicholas Cage plays the lead with a very believable performance from John Malkovich and some other... Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Browning

5.0 out of 5 stars ACTION ALL THE WAY TO TOUCH DOWN!!!
Mr Cage is not one of my favorite actors if I am honest he is good in this and The Rock. This is a dumb action movie which if you don't think about to much is a great nights... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jason Thorne

1.0 out of 5 stars the worst film ever made
This is up for my award for one of the worst films ever made..I can only think that they offered Buscemi, Cusack, Malkovich etc. Read more
Published 6 months ago by trevorzombie

4.0 out of 5 stars Con Air in 14 Sentences...
Nicholas Cage plays a U.S Soldier who's just served time for killing a man who said some rather nasty things about his wife. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr Cheese

5.0 out of 5 stars Great action & some good cheeky fun
Following hot on the heels of The Rock, this is another slice of top dollar action. The situations are daft but every last piece of excitement is drawn out. Read more
Published 11 months ago by The Cheerful Teacher

5.0 out of 5 stars Brill Film
This film is so easy to watch, which I love. No thinking is needed. Just sit back, relax and enjoy a real action film. Brilliant film.
Published 19 months ago by B. Pilling

3.0 out of 5 stars Easy viewing
Good action film. All a bit cliched, but good for all that. Got some interesting charecters on there. Also some humerous bits.
Published 20 months ago by Mr. Gary M. Stocker

5.0 out of 5 stars NOT A CLASSIC BUT ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAV'S
This film is one of the best films that I have ever seen. Maybe it's just personal taste because of the actors and genre of the film; but the action and storyline is excellent and... Read more
Published 23 months ago by P. NEAGLE

4.0 out of 5 stars Action Heaven
Top class actors in high gloss trash. It works and it works well. KABOOM!
Published on 9 Jan 2006 by J. S. Meins

5.0 out of 5 stars A shakespearesque action film with brains as well as brawn.
In the last 20 yrs there have been a lot of action movies which just involve a magical never ending magazine of ammo, heros wearing sweaty vests, and kidknapped dis respectful... Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2004 by im_a_commando

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