starring Nicholas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich
directed by Simon West
116 minutes
Former US Army Ranger Cameron Poe (Nicholas Cage) is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. He gets paroled after eight years but the flight he is on gets taken over by Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich) and a gang of prisoners that he has recruited to help him out.
Poe wants nothing more than to get home but he has to play along in order to survive. US Marshall Vince Larkin (John Cusack) and DEA Agent Duncan Malloy both work to recapture or kill the inmates on the flight. Larkin is convinced that they should trust Poe but Malloy feels otherwise.
Eventually some of Poe's fellow inmates get wise that he hasn't been telling them the truth and his situation becomes considerably more perilous.
There are a number of familiar faces in smaller roles including Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Ticotin, and Danny Trejo.
Cameron Poe? According to Wikipedia the Star Wars character Poe Dameron (who first appeared in 2015) was named after J.J. Abrams assistant, Morgan Dameron, but I have to wonder.
I had not seen Con Air before. I enjoyed it but I'm not sure that I feel the need to watch it again. I thought it started off slow. The middle segment, from the time the inmates took over the flight until they landed for the second time was my favorite part. After that point until the very end the it was just crazy with special effects and twists that were too much for me to take in, let alone accept.
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