Con Air

Coming Soon

to Sky Movies 18/12/09

Director: Simon West

Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames

Year: 1997 Running Time: 115 mins Rating:

A group of America's deadliest criminals - including public enemy number one John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi's paedophile and a muscled-up Ving Rhames - hijack a convict transport plane. Nic Cage is on fine self-mocking form as the paroled ex-soldier who has to bring them to book. Terrific action sequences and decent performances in one of the finest movies of its type from the Nineties.

Review

We've seen the one about crooks taking over the plane that's just transporting them to justice several times in recent years.

But this powerhouse of a film, full of the most explosive action imaginable, gives a whole new adrenalin rush to the old idea.

The worst criminals in America are being flown to a new super-secure prison.

'I hope this goes smoothly,' mutters one agent '... all those monsters on one plane.' Hah!

Caught in the middle of the ensuing carnage is Poe (a pumped-up Nicolas Cage, as an ultra-macho version of James Stewart), a paroled ex-soldier who works from within the plane to bring the escapees to justice.

Sensational editing will have you clenching your fists with tension, even though things get a shade too silly at the end.

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It's tough on Bruce, because no mater what he slaps on his head, we won't fall for it. We all know he went bald in 1991.

The irony of this one is, the 'surrogate' robot that represents Bruce's detective character is his ideal - a representation of how the cop sees himself.

So is Bruce saying he wished he had a blonde barnet, stolen from the head of Macauley Culkin?