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06/24/06
Con Air (1997)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 19 Rotten:17 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames
Director: Simon West
Screenwriter: Scott Rosenberg
Composer: Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin
Producer: Kenny Bates, Lynn Bigelow, Peter Bogart, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jim Kouf, Chad Oman
Screenwriter: Scott Rosenberg
Composer: Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin
Producer: Kenny Bates, Lynn Bigelow, Peter Bogart, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jim Kouf, Chad Oman
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01/01/00
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It's not exactly a spoof of action flicks, but everyone involved clearly has tongue wedged firmly within cheek.
05/12/06
Rude, crude, mindless action and nonstop gratuitous violence just don't get any better.
05/12/06
Bruckheimer may be the only producer working in Hollywood today who deserves the auteur treatment.
05/09/06
Director Simon West pulls off the impossible task of having the film make constant fun of itself and its viewers while keeping the storyline grounded enough for emotional payoffs.
04/28/06
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04/09/05
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05/22/03
Has a strange air of nonchalant wackiness about it that makes it hard not to like.
03/16/03
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