Criminal Christmas # 17 – Con Air
An ex-Ranger, released for parole after killing a man while protecting his wife finds himself on a plane with various dangerous criminals, which in hindsight was probably not the best idea someone has ever had.
Nicholas Cage yet again stars in a Jerry Bruckheimer action movie, and yet again with a great supporting cast including John Malkovich as the mastermind criminal Cyrus ‘The Virus” Grissom, Steve Buscemi as Garland ‘The Marietta Mangler’ Greene and John Cusack as the US Marshall Vince Larkin.
The plot is predicatable with the action spaced out between some fun scenes. Every scene with Buscemi as the Lector-esque Greene is enjoyable as he comes over as a normal sort of serial killer. Buscemi competes with Malkovich for the most overacting criminal.
Con air is also the source of one of my all time WTF’s…… more of which can be found here .
All in all, Con Air gives the viewer what they expect when they buy the tickets. Its a good looking movie with plenty of action, not too much in the way of challenging dialogue and some instantly recognizable movie stars. A good way to spend two hours.
