Con Air
Con Air
Former US Amy Ranger, Cameron Poe, has just been paroled for manslaughter, but must stop a group of violent and deadly criminals from escaping the country after they seize control of the prison transport plane he is on.
schrodinger reviewedJuly 12, 2025
Are you kidding me?? Don't take MY word for it; go and watch Space Ice rattle off five airtight reasons Con Air is king of the mid-’90s explosion-fest. And good lord—if you press play on a movie literally called "Con Air" expecting Tarantino dialogue or Coppola camera poetry, you’ve wandered into the wrong terminal. What you do get is an unapologetic joyride of flaming fire trucks, mullets in the wind, and one-liners that stick harder than industrial Velcro. Malkovich menaces, Buscemi creeps, Rhames intimidates, Trejo terrifies, and even a pre-fame Dave Chappelle pinballs punchlines before the fuselage even lifts. The result? A soaring, sweat-glazed masterpiece of ’90s action excess—pure, high-altitude awesome. ✈️🔥