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Con Air
Wonderfully over-the-top action movie from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with a (surprisingly) top-notch cast that includes Nic Cage, John Malkovich and John Cusack
This frankly silly action movie scores major points for bordering on self-parody. Cage is the ex-con, ex-US Ranger who hitches a ride home on a jet carrying some of the world's most dangerous convicts. Led by evil slaphead Cyrus 'the Virus' Grissom (Malkovich), they have arranged a breakout. Impossible to take seriously, particularly as the stunts become more frantic (a plane takes off with a car attached to the back), the criminals more preposterous (witness Buscemi as 'the Marietta Mangler'), and the lines ever more laughable ("Put the bunny back in the box"). Verdict As knowingly tongue-in-cheek and as high-octane as they come. |
