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Con Air

1997

Simon West

Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi ...

5.8

44,823

Action Cameron Poe, who is a highly decorated United States Army Ranger came to his home of Alabama to his wife, Tricia. only to run into a few drunken regulars at where Tricia works. Cameron unknowingly kills one of the drunks and was sent to a federal penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter for seven years. Then, Cameron became eligible for parole and can now go home to his wife and daughter, Casey. Unfortunately, Cameron has to share a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Numbing 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"	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Preposterous, predictable, but excessively entertaining"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"''Con Air' provides quite an exciting flight prior to its crash and burn"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It moves smoothly and with visual style and verbal wit (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"[The tech credits] stoke the story (...) It's the well-chosen cast, however, that make this thing fly."	POS

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