Con Air

Pros: Action packed roller coaster ride with a crash landing, Pretentious thriller
Cons: Stereotypical characters, Sketchy plot, Too long

Probably the most appealing feature of the 1997 film Con Air is it's purposeful pretentiousness. It's clear from the very beginning that this film is not to be taken seriously. As a consequence many of it's most glaring flaws, including the...

Pros: All of the actors, the story, and the action
Cons: Cons? This movie is full of them ;)

The year was 1997, and Nicolas Cage had just come off the success of his first action movie The Rock . It appeared that he could make the move from comedy movies over to action movies, and Simon West casted him to do just that in Con Air. With ...

Pros: A fun comic book movie that doesn't pretend to be anything else.
Cons: Fairly paint-by-numbers plot.

If one thinks of a movie that was not based directly on a comic book, yet knew that it was comic book in nature, the first one to come to mind is Con Air. This 1997 action gem is pulpy all the way through and does not apologize for it.

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Pros: Great cast; very funny moments; innocent action
Cons: Goes over the top sometimes; a few cliche and excessively violent moments.

I think there's only one way to make an action film successful, and that is to not present the story as something to take seriously and to incorporate a sense of satire. In its most basic form, "Con Air" is just as mindless and over-the-top as every ...

Pros: Does as promised
Cons: Fellini it is not

If you're one of those guys who take a movie like Con Air so seriously, then you need to pull the stick out of your butt and just stare blankly at the screen for the next two hours. Con Air is precisely the kind of cornball fare that rolls into movie ...

Pros: great effects, big-name cast, lots of explosions
Cons: surprisingly, Nicolas Cage in some parts

This is the story of Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage), a caring family man with a beautiful wife and daughter…who has just been paroled after ten year in prison for murder. Cameron has never seen his daughter since his wife was pregnant at the time he was ...

Pros: John Cusack and Nicolas Cage
Cons: Everything and everyone else.

My favorite part of ConAir was the flying car. Seems that the DEA's Agent in Charge had little else on his mind except getting home to drive his car. That's how he struck me after a dozen different attempts to shoot down the plane in ConAir.

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Pros: So ridiculous it entertains
Cons: Conned by "Con Air"

Ah, where to begin..."Con Air" starring Nicholas Cage and John Malkovitch is a huge, lumbering crime/suspense movie filled with larger-than-life lowlifes, cascades of crashing metal objects, and some nasty character clashes as the protagonist,...

Pros: Action, Characters, Story line
Cons: Predictable at times

Alabaman Cameron Poe, played by Nicolas Cage, gets home from being discharged from the US Army Rangers to have a dance with his pregnant wife. His wife works in a bar in Mobile, AL, and gets hit on by a "regular" and insults him and the...

Pros: Great action and suspense flick...
Cons: May be too intense for certain audiences...

This tongue-in-cheek action flick takes a planeload of guys you love to hate, sticks one tarnished angel in for good measure, then places them in a desperate situation where they have to deal with an unscrupulous social institution to escape with their...

Pros: A great cast, great effects
Cons: stupid stupid stupid plot

For a movie with a superb cast, this movie didn't accomplish all that it could.

First off, they got Steve Buscemi, which makes the movie great, let alone the fact that he is playing a psychological killer named Garland "The Marietta Mangler"...

Pros: Cast, stunts, scenery, soundtrack
Cons: The ending-- I would have liked to know more about Cameron

Cameron Poe (Nicholas Cage) just got out of the Army (Rangers, to be precise) when he ran into a touch of bad luck. While defending his wife (Monica Potter) in a drunken bar brawl, Cameron accidentally kills one of the three attackers with his bare...

Pros: good action, decent acting for an action flick
Cons: somewhat predictable

Con Air is an action movie that doesn't treat it's audience as mindless captors for two hours. Instead, it rises above the standard action movie "fare" with an excellent mix of comic relief, action, and some delicious acting jobs.

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Pros: Good action, things explode, great cast for an action film.
Cons: Not much.

Wow what a Wham Bam action film, in fact the most wham and the most bammed that I have seen for a long time. Although allot of the plot of the film may seem stupid, unbelievable and outrageous it is an entertaining festival of action.

Let me...

Pros: action, explosions, one-liners, and a nice trip to vegas
Cons: nothing

I love this movie. I have a few movies that I enjoy just for the pure fun and rush involved, part of the reason why I love James Bond flicks, this
being one of those movies. If you are looking for perfect one-liners, tons of action, and lots and...

Pros: The Cast
Cons: No Sequel

I was thrilled with this movie. All the action, suspense, and drama was excellent. Nicolas Cage who played Cameron Poe was awesome. John Cusack was great(forget who he played). Last, but not least John Malcovich who played Cyrus "The Virus"...

Pros: There are great action scenes in this movie.
Cons: Con Air is a cynical cash grab, not a movie.

Here is how Con Air was chunked together. A roomful of cynics brainstorms: how can we combine the public's worst fears with their greatest prejudices to make the most money? Assemble all the country's most vicious criminals (one from every stereotype...

Pros: a few decent action scenes
Cons: unbelievable story line, not typical Cage movie

Nicolas Cage has always been a great actor in my opinion, but this movie fell short of my expectations. Cage plays Cameron Poe, a man sent to prison while his wife is pregnant with their first child. After 8 years, he is finally going to be free to...

Pros: cast, cinematography, special effects
Cons: characters, script, story

Production values can do a lot for a film. Take "Con Air", for example. The film has a mediocre script and story, all flash and formula. However, thanks to production values, it is perfectly watchable. The cast, cinematography and special...

Pros: Flashy action, base-level entertainment
Cons: It's no Rock

The titles change, but the rest is the same. Summer action movies have become a staple of modern cinema, and Con-Air does little to distinguish itself from the rest. It's got a lot of low-brow entertainment in the form of violence, explosions and bad...

Pros: Fast Paced Action
Cons: Nicholas Cage Accent

Volatile gas “hiss” posing a threat as a ticking time bomb. Gunfire suddenly erupts in all direction. It’s a fight between cops and robbers. Explosions set off another explosion like dominoes. “This is your captain speaking…thank you for choosing Con...

Pros: Great Cast and action
Cons: Lacks almost everything that makes a movie good

Where should i start with this film. I'll start off with the things I liked...

This movie had some crazy action sequences. Although you know things will end up all happy and stuff, it has some suspense. Probably the best thing about this...

Pros: I dug the stuffed bunny rabbit doll
Cons: virtually everything

Compared to the lackluster "Leaving Las Vegas" and the feckless "Face-Off", "Con Air" is a crafty movie. Yet, I must add that that is not real praise. As well as I like Nicholas Cage, I more and more hate his taste in...

Pros: Great Cast
Cons: The entire plot.

Now you would think that a film starring some of cinema's best actors would be good right? Well.....

I really don't know what goes through an actor's mind when choosing new material to star in and as far as this film is concerned, I think that...

Pros: good date movie
Cons: sad

This movie is a good one. It's about a man who defended his wife and went to jail for it. It's a real tear jerker at some points so i recommend it to all girls. the plot was good. the characters were unique in the way that they worked together and...

Pros: Lots of explosions
Cons: Too implausible in too many ways

I call it revolutionary because after I saw it, I revolted against airheaded big-screen action flics -- BIG TIME! What follows is not so much a review as a list of the problems I have with this movie.

Before I go on, though, this movie begs...

Pros: Malkovich,plot,commedy,action
Cons: it could have been longer

I bought this movie at record town in the mall because John Malkovich is one of the best actrors ever , and i liked the plot.Nicholas Cage & John Cuscac are also very good actors.John Malkovich's charecter "Cyrus the Virus" is one of the...

Pros: good
Cons: none

Con air is an excellent movie starring John Cusak, Nicholas Cage, and my favorite actor John Malkovich is in it. He plays a really mean bad guy. The story is about a really nice military guy who ends up killing a couple of guys while protectting his...

Pros: Cage and Malkovich
Cons: There are too many to list here. Read the review!

Once again, here we have another movie with plenty of potential, only to be disappointed with the results. Con Air is the perfect example what not to do in making an action flick. With talent like Nichoas Cage and John Malkovich, Simon West should have...

Pros: Fast Paced, Action
Cons: Watched twice to see it all

Talk about an action movie, this one rates high up there (pun intended). Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is the guy everyone wants around if they were in trouble. I'd feel safe if my grandmother was in trouble and he showed up to help her. The villians in...

Pros: Perfect Action/Summer flick.
Cons: Sometimes it gets hard to believe.(Its a summer movie)

Con Air (starring Nicholas Cage, John Malkovich and John Cusack)is like a lot of summer films, such as The Rock. What makes Con Air shine is the cast of criminals led by John Malkovich.
Cyrus "The Virus Grissom" (Malkovich) leads a convict takeover...

Pros: Great movie-lots of action!
Cons: Plot is a little shallow, but still bearable

When my friend ask me to recommend an action movie for them, one name constantly comes to mind. Con-Air. It conjures up images of hijacked planes, flying cars, crazy criminals, and explosive action. I first saw this movie when it came out in...

Pros: STEVE BUSCEMI as Garland Green
Cons: the rest of the movie, LOL, not really

Con Air: action packed, awsome special effects, funny one liners, and GREAT CAST! Plot and Acting? Uhhhhh... hmmm. OK, this is not the greatest film ever made. Cage's accent gets tiresome and there's lots of unbelievable plot twists. The ending was...

Pros: Good movie
Cons: Not for kids

Overall this is a good movie but I would not let kids (Under 13) Watch, it has lots of violence and bad language. The plot however is excellent trying to get dangerous prisoners to a much more secure prison. Cage p[lays an excellent bad guy, trying to...

Pros: Lots of action
Cons: alot of violence

Trisha Yearwood's song for this movie-"How do I live, without you" is a great one!Nicolas Cage is wonderful, did you ever see "Valley Girl"?This is an action packed movie that will make you wanna cry and laugh and cringe.He defend his...

Pros: action packed, great plot
Cons: can't think of any

I love that line! I am a total die hard fan of Con Air! I bought it about 2 years ago after renting and deciding it was worth owning! It is an action packed, edge of your seat ride right to the end!

The movie begins with Cameron Poe...

Pros: Story and concept, ensemble cast of convicts and Cage, the family drama
Cons: unoriginal at times

Remember, this is a Jerry Bruckheimer action movie. Some things might not makes sense or be totally improbable. But what's the fun of seeing an action movie that is completely grounded in believability?

"Con Air", like "The...

Pros: action packed and lots of laughs
Cons: none for me.

I saw this movie mainly because i like most of the movies that nickolas cage is in and i liked the previews. Even though i am a girl that doesn't mean that i like to watch "chick flicks" I like a little action too. I like the way that...

Pros: No need to concentrate!
Cons: Why does EVERYTHING go right?

Nicolas Cage. Sometimes he plays the geek (The Rock) and sometimes he pays the rippling-muscle superhero who just won't go down (Con Air). I usually am extremely critical about films just because I end up dissecting them, but after having watched Con Air...

Pros: incredible action, funny script
Cons: a tad too much blood

I am doing a review for the action/adventure Con-Air. I saw this movie because my mom and sister were away so me and my dad decided to get an action movie that the girls wouldn't like. When I was in the store this movie caught my eye I saw the flames on...

Pros: Action, Adventure, and Nick Cage
Cons: Your typical action movie at times

I would recommend this to everyone. Almost as good as The Rock, Bruckenheimer's previous production. This is a great action movie and I would have to venture that any movie with Nicholas Cage in it and directed by Jerry Bruckenheimer will be a great...

Pros: great action, fabulous characters
Cons: you can tell some action scenes were borrowed

I know, I know...it's nothing but an action flick that ripped off the action from other flicks. Who cares? I really enjoyed this movie and I never obsess over tiny details. It was fun, funny, and oh yes - the acting was top-notch. John Malkovich's Cyrus...

Pros: action, comedy, psychopaths-on-a-plane.
Cons: none.

This film starts off in a small town in alabama, where Cameron Poe (Nicholas cage) has just come back from the army to meet his pregnant wife (Monica potter), but he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and when a group of drunks fight him, one of...

Pros: Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich
Cons: violent, soundtrack

"Con Air" seemed like it would be a good action movie, and I especially looked forward to seeing Nicolas Cage in it. The movie has Cage playing Cameron Poe, a man who just gets out of prison and is heading home via airplane to be with his...

Pros: lots of action
Cons: completely unrealistic, pitiful dialogue

Okay, I'll admit I was going through a John Cusack phase when this first came out. So of course, I was one of the first in line to see this flick. And I have always been a John Malkovich fan...let's face it, the guy can act, even if it is in a...

Pros: great acting by cage,malkovich and co.
Cons: who the hell is the camera man?

Con Air,seen as follow up to the rock.
Well must be a damn good movie if its supposed to be better then the rock.Nicolas Cage returned for a second time working with bruckheimer.Connery didn't.
So who else is in the cast?
Ving Rhames,and...

Pros: Nicholas Cage; lots of action; good special effects.
Cons: John Malkovich; ridiculous one-liners by Cage at times.

Con Air is an action packed movie that is well worth seeing. Even though the plot is weak the action will take you through. I'm not a John Malkovich fan and there is a lot of violence in the movie. There are also a lot of one-liners that are thrown...

Pros: the cast, non-stop action
Cons: nicolas cage's was awkward

What can i say? this movie blew me away, i'm a big fan of these action movies and this one just did it for me. Nicolas Cage was awesome in this movie, John Cusack was awesome, john malkovich was awesome and the list goes on and on with the great acting....

Pros: Action Packed
Cons: Bad Accent from Cage

I thought it was a good movie. While Nicholas Cage did speak in an accent that was somewhat annoying, he played a very cool character. Some of the acting wasn't the best I've seen, but if you can get past the little nuances, it's a very intertaining,...

Pros: Good actors
Cons: The rock is still in our heads

Every year there is one Jerry Bruckheimer production.
And every year it is the best availeble.
This year we have con air from the makers of the rock.
It is difficult to make a movie simulair to the erlier
masterpiece.

Con...

Pros: actors, action, characters
Cons: Predictable

It`s time to have a loud, fun, actionpacked, Bruckheimer of a time. Nicholas Cage plays Cameron Poe, a parole hitching a ride home, in an airplane filled with the most dangerous criminals imagintive. The plane gets hi-jacked and voila, it`s gonna get...

Pros: action thriller, great movie
Cons: would have liked a better ending, not long enough

This movie as usual deals with more than a free ride for a good guy who got punished for defending himself. He did his time like an honorable man and all he wanted to do was go home. He unfortunately got on the wrong flight. Even when he had the...

Pros: Nicholas Cage buffed up...oh boy!
Cons: I don't like the southern accent Nicholas Cage uses, sounds false.

I loved this movie! This movie is so good at portraying the ruthlessness of some of the world's most dangerous criminals. The actors in this movie were very believable. I would not be a bit surprised to see them in an institution.

Nicholas...

Pros: action packed ad good prison movie and very clever and unny
Cons: just the las vegas backdrop was neveri n order

this movie is the bestaction/prison movie ever i think. I love every part of it, and i watch it over and over. always recommend itto people tht like action movies.