Con Air

Day 235 - 8/23/09 - Movie #231

BEFORE: OK, last night we broke INTO prison - now it's time to start breaking OUT. Should take me about a week...

THE PLOT: A newly released ex-con and former US Ranger finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control.

AFTER: It's a great idea - a planeload of murderers, rapists, etc. being taken to a new Supermax prison take over the plane - and Nicolas Cage is the only passenger who can alert the authorities, while pretending to go along with the plan. John Malkovich is Cyrus Grissom, the villain in charge, aided by convicts played by Ving Rhames, Dave Chappelle, Danny Trejo, and other character actors. John Cusack and Colm Meaney play the federal marshall and DEA agent tracking the plane down.

Again, I'm not an expert on action films, but this one seemed well put-together, even if the action was so over-the-top as to be unbelievable at times.

RATING: 8 out of 10 lockpicks