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Con Air - Extended Cut [1997]
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Great action film
Review date: 2008-03-04 Rating: 8 out of 10
This is one for the boy's...the action sequences, chase scenes and fight scenes between inmates all make for a typical lad's film.
Being a girl, I really enjoyed this film - Cage and Malkovich are a great pair and Cusack is very entertaining in his role.
The film is well cut and the after effects for the time - particularly in the final sequence are impressive!
The action is never-ending and the fight isn't over til the very end.
Overall, a highly recommended film.
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Reviews
Top action movie
Review date: 2007-10-06 Rating: 8 out of 10
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....
GOOD ACTION FILM
Review date: 2007-09-19 Rating: 6 out of 10
Action all the way and good special effects cover an otherwise dodgy storyline.
It is what it is, guns blazing action film not to be taken too seriously.
Redemption & Action make this a very good film
Review date: 2007-06-01 Rating: 8 out of 10
In this movie, the director tries to demonstrate that although someone may have a bad past that does not represent who he or she is. West shows this when Cage, an ex con, helps a friend who is sick and tries to stop other prisoners from escaping, when he does not have to.
This film was near perfect. Well near perfect except for the cheesy ending which was typically commercial Hollywood. Malkovich is a very chilling villain and invariably steals the show from Cage..
OK of you can put up with Cages' accent?
Review date: 2007-04-01 Rating: 6 out of 10
Thisis a fast moving filmwith a group of criminals transferred by air in a very secure plane untill Malcovich who plays a real nut gets going.The plot is a bit see through but is good.I was torn between giving it 1 or 4 stars but settled on 3 for the film is generally good in all parts EXCEPT Cages GRATEING ACCENT which is so false to be annoying.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Nicolas Cage
John Cusack
Monica Potter
John Malkovich
Steve Buscemi
Creators:
Nicolas Cage (Primary Contributor)
John Malkovich (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Touchstone Home Video
Manufacturer: Touchstone Home Video
EAN: 8717418104252
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL,
Release date: 2006-11-06
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 116 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1997
Language: English (Original Language)