This frankly silly action movie scores major points for bordering on self-parody.
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09/18/08
Con Air (1997)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:6
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
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.... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi
Director: Simon West
Reviews for Con Air
1 - 6 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticVery cool, but also very cold.
06/24/06
Top CriticIt's silly, but it's also free from pretensions to be anything else.
06/12/01
Top CriticRosenberg's sarcastic, tough-guy dialogue is full of lean-and-mean one-liners, and the superbly cast actors know how to milk them for all they're worth.
09/18/08
Top CriticNumbing but not boring, it's finally more dispiriting than exhilarating, like a wild night of debauchery that leaves only a fearsome hangover for a souvenir.
02/14/01
Top CriticAll of the principals normally work in films more interesting and human than this one, which gives Con Air a touch of the subversive and turns it into a big-budget lark.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe movie is essentially a series of quick setups, brisk dialogue and elaborate action sequences.
01/01/00
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