Despite the fact that this film is almost a quarter of a century old, it's still a fun one. This is probably Nicolas Cage's most memorable role. He's played the badass hero many times, but Con Air is Mr. Cage at his best.
Con Air was made for $75 million and made $224 million in the box office. They don't tell us how much movies make on TV, VHS, or DVD, but studios expect to make as much as it did in the box office over a ten year period. So it probably made at least $500 million over the years.
Nicolas Cage plays Army Ranger Cameron Poe who accidentally kills a drunk man while protecting himself in a parking lot bar fight. The black beret was only worn by the Rangers until some knucklehead generals and the Army Chief of Staff stole it and gave it to ALL US Army soldiers. When they saw how hard the Rangers trained, Army brass had the foolish idea that all soldiers would train as hard as the Rangers if they had the beret too. I had the honor of serving with some Rangers and I can't tell you how mad they were about having their black beret stolen.
A bad lawyer convinces Poe to plead guilty which gets him seven years in prison.
When his flight home gets hijacked by the scariest cons around, Poe sticks around to protect his friend and a female officer.
Cyrus the Virus is played by John Malkovich who is the leader of the gang of jailbreakers. He is a criminal genius and mastermind of the escape plan. Cage is the star, but Malkovich gives the best performance.
John Cusack plays the good cop and is on Poe's side. There are many other great actors in this film, but I only took screenshots of the best looking scenes.
Con Air is one of my favorite movies of the '90s. It has a great soundtrack and mixes comedy with action perfectly. I would give it four out of five stars. Thanks for reading my review today. What was your favorite Con Air scene?
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