{"id":39224,"date":"2025-06-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39224"},"modified":"2025-06-26T20:31:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T00:31:57","slug":"con-air-1997-written-by-scott-rosenberg-directed-by-simon-west-starring-nicholas-cage-john-cusack-john-malkovich-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39224","title":{"rendered":"“Con Air” (1997) written by Scott Rosenberg; directed by Simon West, starring Nicholas Cage, John Cusack & John Malkovich \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Con Air <\/i><\/b>(1997)<\/p>\n

Director:\u00a0 Simon West<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Scott Rosenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack<\/strong>, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Nick Chinlund, Renoly Santiago, Ving Rhames, Dave Chappelle, Rachel Ticotin, Steve Eastin, Danny Trejo, M.C. Gainey, Landry Allbright, Monica Potter, Brendan Kelly, Jesse Borrego <\/strong>and Steve Buscemi<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline:\u00a0 Buckle Up!<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Eight years ago Cameron Poe, a decorated Army Ranger was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.\u00a0 A drunken thug had attacked Poe and his pregnant wife.\u00a0 Poe accidentally killed the man.\u00a0 Poe has been a model prisoner and is set to be paroled.<\/p>\n

Poe is one of the convicts set to board a prison transport plane.\u00a0 Most of the other felons are headed to a supermax prison.\u00a0 They include a serial rapist, an arsonist, a drug lord, a mass murderer, a terrorist, a psycho criminal genius, and a serial killer.<\/p>\n

The convicts take over the plane.\u00a0 They murdered to get control.\u00a0 They’ll kill anyone who tries to stop them.\u00a0 It will be up to Poe to see they don’t succeed in their escape.<\/p>\n

As the tag line says, “Buckle Up!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Con Air<\/em> was nominated for two 1998 Academy Awards<\/em>…<\/p>\n