Ultimate DVD, 07/01/2006, p.101, 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] the excellent cast looking like they're having the time of their lives as the criminals' escape creates more and more carnage."
Entertainment Weekly, 06/13/1997, p.38-9, "...The actors are appealing....[A] renegade action fantasy....[With] nonstop climaxes..."
New York Times, 06/06/1997, p.C5, "...[A] thrill ride....[Cage] neatly embodies the noble hero....His charismatic performance gives the film the center..."
USA Today, 06/06/1997, p.4D, "...Fast, funny and robustly acted..."
Sight and Sound, 07/01/1997, p.37-8, "...[Malkovich] seizes the chance to camp it up....The film's slightly lunatic tone also suits Nicolas Cage's acting style..."
Chicago Sun-Times, 06/06/1997, p.31, "...Malkovich has the charisma to hold the plot together, with another of his dry, intellectual villains..."
Distributor Note
Con Air
From the hit-making producer of THE ROCK and CRIMSON TIDE comes the hard-hitting blockbuster CON AIR, starring Academy Award(R)-winner Nicolas Cage (LEAVING LAS VEGAS, Best Actor,1995), John Cusack (GROSSE POINTE BLANK), and John Malkovich (IN THE LINE OF FIRE)! A prison parolee (Cage) -- on his way to freedom -- faces impossible odds when the maximum security transport plane he's on is skyjacked by the most vicious criminals in the country ... led by the infamous murderer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (Malkovich)! Buckle up and hang on tight as explosive high-flying action soars to new heights ... and delivers high-caliber motion picture entertainment!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Note
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Product Notes
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 his prison transport plane--especially when, under the direction of ringleader Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, they revolt and hijack their own plane. Fortunately, our hero's been trained by the Army as an elite one-man-fighting-machine, and a dogged Justice Department agent waits on the ground to help him bring the fanatical fly-boys in for a bloody crash landing--in Vegas! A hyperactive Molotov cocktail blended from the frenetic efforts of high-octane action producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("The Rock"), hipster-schtick screenwriting specialist Scott Rosenberg, and music video director West. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Original Song ("How Do I Live"), and Best Sound.
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