Con Air [DVD] [1997] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Actor : Nicolas Cage
  • Actor : John Cusack
  • Actor : John Malkovich
  • Actor : Colm Meaney
  • Actor : Mykelti Williamson
  • Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Audience Rating : Suitable for 15 years and over
  • Binding : DVD
  • Creator : Nicolas Cage
  • Creator : John Cusack
  • Creator : Chad Oman
  • Creator : Jerry Bruckheimer
  • Creator : Jim Kouf
  • Creator : Jonathan Hensleigh
  • Creator : Kenny Bates
  • Creator : Lynn Bigelow
  • Creator : Scott Rosenberg
  • Director : Simon West
  • EAN : 0786936306378
  • Format : Colour
  • Format : DVD-Video
  • Format : NTSC
  • Label : Touchstone / Disney
  • Languages : Subtitled: English, Original Language: English
  • Manufacturer : Touchstone / Disney
  • MPN : DISD46988D
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.70 inches (Height) x 7.30 inches (Length) x 0.15 pounds (Weight) x 5.40 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Part Number : DISD46988D
  • Product Group : DVD
  • Publisher : Touchstone / Disney
  • Region Code : 1
  • Release Date : 2006-05-16
  • Running Time : 115
  • SKU : 786936306378
  • Studio : Touchstone / Disney
  • UPC : 786936306378

Con Air is proof that the slick, absurdly overblown action formula of Hollywood mega-producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Rock, Crimson Tide) lives on, even after Simpson's druggy death. (Read Charles Fleming's exposé, High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess, for more about that). Nicolas Cage, sporting a disconcerting mane of hair, is a wrongly convicted prisoner on a transport plane with a bunch of infamously psychopathic criminals, including head creep Cyrus the Virus (John Malkovich), black militant Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames), and serial killer Garland Greene (Steve Buscemi, making the most of his pallid, rodent-like qualities). Naturally, the convicts take over the plane; meanwhile, on the ground, a US marshal (John Cusack)and a DEA agent (Colm Meaney), try to figure out what to do. As is the postmodern way, the movie displays a self-consciously ironic awareness that its story and characters are really just excuses for a high-tech cinematic thrill ride. Best idea: the filmmakers persuaded the owners of the legendary Sands Hotel in Las Vegas to let them help out with the structure's demolition by crashing their plane into it.--Jim Emerson

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Con Air is proof that the slick, absurdly overblown action formula of Hollywood mega-producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Rock) lives on, even after Simpson's druggy death. (Read Charles Fleming's exposé, High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess, for more about that). Nicolas Cage, sporting a disconcerting mane of hair, is a wrongly convicted prisoner on a transport plane with a bunch of infamously psychopathic criminals, including head creep Cyrus the Virus (John Malkovich), black militant Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames), and serial killer Garland Greene (Steve Buscemi, making the most of his pallid, rodent-like qualities). Naturally, the convicts take over the plane; meanwhile, on the ground, a US marshal (John Cusack)and a DEA agent (Colm Meaney), try to figure out what to do. As is the postmodern way, the movie displays a self-consciously ironic awareness that its story and characters are really just excuses for a high-tech cinematic thrill ride. Best idea: the filmmakers persuaded the owners of the legendary Sands Hotel in Las Vegas to let them help out with the structure's demolition by crashing their plane into it. --Jim Emerson

- Amazon.co.uk Review

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