- Directors: Simon West
- Region: All Regions
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B005W171MM
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Nothing makes good-guy non-recidivist offender Cameron Poe happier than the thought of returning to society, where his angelic wife and the equally angelic little girl he's never known are waiting. And nothing makes him angrier than the passel of psychopathic murderers and rapists aboard his prison transport plane--especially when, under the direction of ringleader Cyrus The Virus Grissom, they revolt and hijack their own plane. Fortunately, our hero's been trained by the Army as an elite one-man-fighting-machine, and a dogged Justice Department agent waits on the ground to help him bring the fanatical fly-boys in for a bloody crash landing--in Vegas! A hyperactive Molotov cocktail blended from the frenetic efforts of high-octane action producer Jerry Bruckheimer (The Rock), hipster-schtick screenwriting specialist Scott Rosenberg, and music video director West. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Original Song (How Do I Live), and Best Sound.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By VIZ
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.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By S J Buck
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Generally I'm not a fan of Hollywood blockbuster action movies. These days they mostly rely on CGI effects, have no characterisation and really are only worth seeing once. Con Air is the exception to that rule. I must have watched this film 7 or 8 times in the first five years after it came out.
The main reason its so watchable is the cast: Nicholas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich and Steve Buscemi are all, given the right material, excellent actors. Here they are put to good use. Cage is a US Ranger hitching a lift back in a airbourne jail/transport plane. He's just been released from prison, but don't worry he's a good guy. The rest of the plane is full of the baddest of Americas bad criminals. Some of them, like Buscemi's Garland Greene (an appalling serial killer) are complete fruitcakes and he arrives on the plane in a secure steel box. Buscemi is brilliant. He only has a few lines of dialog in the whole film and steals the acting honours from the rest of the cast. Naturally the plane full criminals escape and all hell breaks loose. Fortunately inbetween the carnage and violence there are also a few nice comedic touches as well, which is relief.
The ending is perhaps the weakest point of the film where it does degenerate into a typical blockbuster movie. Overall though, its great entertainment thats in a different class from most bloated blockbusters. This is a rollercoaster ride you won't want to get off....
The main reason its so watchable is the cast: Nicholas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich and Steve Buscemi are all, given the right material, excellent actors. Here they are put to good use. Cage is a US Ranger hitching a lift back in a airbourne jail/transport plane. He's just been released from prison, but don't worry he's a good guy. The rest of the plane is full of the baddest of Americas bad criminals. Some of them, like Buscemi's Garland Greene (an appalling serial killer) are complete fruitcakes and he arrives on the plane in a secure steel box. Buscemi is brilliant. He only has a few lines of dialog in the whole film and steals the acting honours from the rest of the cast. Naturally the plane full criminals escape and all hell breaks loose. Fortunately inbetween the carnage and violence there are also a few nice comedic touches as well, which is relief.
The ending is perhaps the weakest point of the film where it does degenerate into a typical blockbuster movie. Overall though, its great entertainment thats in a different class from most bloated blockbusters. This is a rollercoaster ride you won't want to get off....
8 of 8 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.
39 of 42 people found the following review helpful
By Michael Jones
VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Having seen this film in the cinema on its release I loved it. It is action packed original full of lame wise cracks and glitzy stunts. The cast looked like they had a lot of fun too.
I was quite excited when i saw this extended edition had been released but felt slightly let down by it. Why?
Well what the extras try to do is make this film more intelligent, and give more depth to the characters, all the things that a film like Con Air does not need.
If these extra scenes were more stunts, more explosions, more wise cracks then it would have been 5 stars but i'm afraid whats on offer does not add anything to the original film.
If you don't own Con Air this might be worth a purchase, but don't buy this to upgrade your existing version as it won't
I was quite excited when i saw this extended edition had been released but felt slightly let down by it. Why?
Well what the extras try to do is make this film more intelligent, and give more depth to the characters, all the things that a film like Con Air does not need.
If these extra scenes were more stunts, more explosions, more wise cracks then it would have been 5 stars but i'm afraid whats on offer does not add anything to the original film.
If you don't own Con Air this might be worth a purchase, but don't buy this to upgrade your existing version as it won't
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best action films of the 90s...in fact...one of the best ever
27 Jan 2011
By Inspector Gadget
VINE™ VOICE
Format:Blu-ray
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, Joshua Tree and Die Hard With a Vengeance is everything an action movie and a summer movie should be. It's bursting at the seams with fire, explosions, blue skies and sunshine and never fails to excite.
Jerry Bruckheimer's production style rarely makes a good movie but Con Air is one of those rare exceptions in which all the OTT mayhem and full-on action make a film so exhilarating it scorches when you watch it.
Nic Cage (in a typically bad performance) is Cameron Poe, a US Ranger who is sent to prison for accidentally killing a thug who attacks his pregnant wife. After 8 years of porridge he is freed and hitches a ride home on a prison plane called The Jailbird. But this is no ordinary flight.
On Board are a small army of America's toughest crooks including Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom (John Malkovich) a man on death row for murder, robbery, kidnapping and extortion. Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones (Ving Rhames), a black militant inside for murder. Billy Bedlam (Nick Chinlund), inside for killing his cheating wife's family and dog. Pinball Parker (Dave Chapelle), a pimp and drug-dealer. Swamp Thing (MC Gainey) a pilot who knows a few things about a good hijack. And finally Garland Green AKA The Marietta Mangler (Steve Buscemi) a serial killer in for killing a zillion people and crossing 2 state borders wearing a girl's head as a hat.... Read more ›
Jerry Bruckheimer's production style rarely makes a good movie but Con Air is one of those rare exceptions in which all the OTT mayhem and full-on action make a film so exhilarating it scorches when you watch it.
Nic Cage (in a typically bad performance) is Cameron Poe, a US Ranger who is sent to prison for accidentally killing a thug who attacks his pregnant wife. After 8 years of porridge he is freed and hitches a ride home on a prison plane called The Jailbird. But this is no ordinary flight.
On Board are a small army of America's toughest crooks including Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom (John Malkovich) a man on death row for murder, robbery, kidnapping and extortion. Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones (Ving Rhames), a black militant inside for murder. Billy Bedlam (Nick Chinlund), inside for killing his cheating wife's family and dog. Pinball Parker (Dave Chapelle), a pimp and drug-dealer. Swamp Thing (MC Gainey) a pilot who knows a few things about a good hijack. And finally Garland Green AKA The Marietta Mangler (Steve Buscemi) a serial killer in for killing a zillion people and crossing 2 state borders wearing a girl's head as a hat.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
very satisfied
Didn't have to wait long for it to come, great condition and packaging the film itself was great as well. Overall an excellent experiance.
Published 20 days ago by jack
5.0 out of 5 stars
Epic Action Humor
'Put the bunny back in the box'.. hilarious purchase, looks prestine on blu ray!.. . . . . . .
Published 1 month ago by J. Dunne
5.0 out of 5 stars
good
Very good film we really enjoyed watching this full off action good story line well worth getting to watch again
Published 1 month ago by Anthony Peachey
5.0 out of 5 stars
great movie
absolutely love flms with nicholas cage , great soundtrack aswell.2 teenage sons who think its brilliant, watch it over and over
Published 2 months ago by elisa morley farmer
4.0 out of 5 stars
great product
great product, great value. the rest of this review does not need to be continued expect that this website waants a certain number of words
Published 2 months ago by kevin russell
5.0 out of 5 stars
dvd
ty for the dvd and i hav got them a few days ago now and i hav just watched them both and i enjoyed it ty again
Published 2 months ago by craig
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rubbish!!
I really love this film but when it arrived, it would not play, was very disappointed. I did not send back, too much messing!!
Published 2 months ago by D. Fielding
5.0 out of 5 stars
con air
good slick,exciting storyline and for me one of nicholas cages better films this is another one that is really worth seeing
Published 3 months ago by Lor
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just had to buy it.
Anyone who has seen this film will i'm sure agree with me that it is one that should be in your collection. Read more
Published 4 months ago by wozlea
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome
As I have said many times in my reviews,I just had to buy it and it's an awesome film in my eyes. But don't take my word just go get and see for ourself.
Published 4 months ago by David
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