There are action stars that are obvious action stars like Jason Statham and Hugh Jackman. Then there are action stars that are, not conventional shall we say. Right here I am thinking of the star of this movie, namely Nicolas Cage.
Con Air is the story of Cameron Poe, an Army Ranger sent to prison for killing a guy whilst protecting his wife. Seven years later Poe is freed and hitches a ride home on a plane transporting prisoners across the country. Things go awry however and Poe is left trying to save the day and make it through the madness in one piece. Things go tits up because the cons, led a fantastic John Malkovich hamming it up as Cyrus the Virus have hijacked the plane.
This movie is two hours of non-stop action, thrills and spills. We have fantastically defined villains in the Virus, Diamond Dog and Billy Bedlam, who are brilliantly over the top and we have a quirky yet wholesome hero in Poe. This movie rocks along and whilst you have the aforementioned villains to boo and heroes to cheer you also have a fantastic, knowing sense of humour. Cyrus the Virus in particular is one of the best screen villains, leering and evil but also strangely like able. Cage is a revelation as Poe, you totally buy into the character. My only criticism would the somewhat mawkish sentimentality at the very end of the movie but that's a very minor quibble to what is a fantastic movie.
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