Welcome to Con Air.

Con Air, till now, was a movie about which I had always “heard” about, and never really watched. All I knew about it was that in this movie Nicolas Cage sported a messy-long-hair rugged look, and that the movie had something to do with criminals and airplanes, as the name suggested. The film has John Cusack and John Malkovich and is a Jerry Bruckheimer production. Now, after a long time, when I finally got to watch it, all I can say that it is a Wild Ride, for anyone in the mood for some serious hair-raising adrenaline rush. Nicolas Cage plays Cameron Poe, an army man who was convicted for 8 years for accidentally killing a man in a fight. After a long time of exchanging letters and photographs with his daughter (who was born 3 months after Cage was sent to prison), Poe is finally on parole. He decides to hitch a ride home in Con-Air, a plane that is being used to transfer 30 of the most dangerous criminals (and one gender-confused entity) from one prison to another.

As might be expected in case of combination of some of the most notorious criminal masterminds and a bunch of guards without guns, the plane gets hijacked by the Crime Crew which is headed by a somebody named Cyrus The Virus (John Malkovich). Considering the fact that Poe has his best friend on board, and a female police officer, with whom he is fond of in a brotherly way, Poe decides to stay on the plane instead of getting off at a stop. He tries to do whatever he can, and still remain outside Cyrus’s radar. What follows is some serious blood splattering action with a Punch, Kick, Fire, and Blasts, following each other in a cycle. A bit of humor has also been sprinkled in the midst of it all. What with the action, effects, language, and acting, I must say that this movie really is a Wild Ride, in a good way.

Buckle Up, and Get Ready to Fly.