Fresh
Rosenberg's sarcastic, tough-guy dialogue is full of lean-and-mean one-liners, and the superbly cast actors know how to milk them for all they're worth.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Con Air
They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.
1997 · 1h 56m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Simon West
Overview
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
They're 'the worst of the worst.' So's the movie.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Numbing but not boring, it's finally more dispiriting than exhilarating, like a wild night of debauchery that leaves only a fearsome hangover for a souvenir.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
I kept thinking that if their budget were cut in half, they would have made a better picture. If the special effects department were put on a much stricter budget, the show might have had to develop the characters beyond caricature.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Sitting through this movie is like watching a dog running in circles chasing its tail -- the amusement factor dies quickly as the situation become repetitive.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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