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  • Con Air
  • Opened June 6, 1997 | Runtime:1 hr. 55 min.
  • R
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • Just-paroled army ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is headed back to his wife (Monica Potter), but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" with some of the worst criminals living. Along with Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames) and Read More
  • Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames
  • Director: Simon West
  • Genres: Action Thriller, Action

Con Air Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Great movie!

    by redyeah

    This is one of the few action films that actually has characters instead of cardboard cuttouts of characters. There are no roles in this movie that are not needed. Everyone serves a purpose. Cage, Malcovich, and Buscemi are incredible. Amazing action and great character depth.

  • No

    Strange

    by

    This film is full of actors that would eventually jumpboard off this movie into stardom. However, this film's a complete MESS, would have been more approriate for Harrison Ford to star in, Cage's ascent is HORRIBLE.

Con Air Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Preposterous, predictable, but excessively entertaining, this frenzied thriller...

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Con Air, a summer blast of a movie, teaches us many things: Producer Jerry...

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is a movie that knows it is absurd, and does little to deny it.

  • 70
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    Apart from not knowing to quit while it's ahead, Con Air provides quite an...

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