Con Air (1997)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Panavision 115m
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames
Synopsis:
After eight years in a penitentiary for manslaughter, an army ranger is flown out on a plane full of hardened criminals due for transfer, who have violent escape in mind.
Review:
The template for the nineties Action movie: Hong Kong-influenced, glamourized violence, kinetic editing which is aesthetic rather than narrative-led, and a hero who is indestructible as he is straight, with just the right admixture of post-Die Hard fatigue in his delivery. The best lines still go to the villain, played with relish, and some irony, by Malkovich. The rest is shouting, violence and confused mise-en-scène.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Panavision 115m
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames
Synopsis:
After eight years in a penitentiary for manslaughter, an army ranger is flown out on a plane full of hardened criminals due for transfer, who have violent escape in mind.
Review:
The template for the nineties Action movie: Hong Kong-influenced, glamourized violence, kinetic editing which is aesthetic rather than narrative-led, and a hero who is indestructible as he is straight, with just the right admixture of post-Die Hard fatigue in his delivery. The best lines still go to the villain, played with relish, and some irony, by Malkovich. The rest is shouting, violence and confused mise-en-scène.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Panavision 115m
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames
Synopsis:
After eight years in a penitentiary for manslaughter, an army ranger is flown out on a plane full of hardened criminals due for transfer, who have violent escape in mind.
Review:
The template for the nineties Action movie: Hong Kong-influenced, glamourized violence, kinetic editing which is aesthetic rather than narrative-led, and a hero who is indestructible as he is straight, with just the right admixture of post-Die Hard fatigue in his delivery. The best lines still go to the villain, played with relish, and some irony, by Malkovich. The rest is shouting, violence and confused mise-en-scène.