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 Director
: Simon West
Starring
: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi,
Ving Rhames, Colin Meaney
Picture 2.35:1, DD 5.1, Dual-Layer,
Keep Case
Running
Time : 111 mins
The
story:
They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.
Cameron
Poe (Nicolas Cage) is a prison parolee hitching a ride back
home to his wife and daughter on a maxium security transport
plane. The plane is hijacked by it's occupants which include
some of the most notorious criminals of all time, and masterminded
by Cyrus "the Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich)
and his unlikely partner Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames). Cameron
finds himself in the line of fire and fights to keep the
criminals from killing those on board. Help is at hand on
the ground as Government agent Vince Larkin (John Cusack)
desperately tried to save lives as the plane heads towards
a forced landing on the Las Vegas Strip!
The summary:
Quite possibly THE action movie of 1997, this films success
is thanks to the great stunts and special effects and the
wonderful criminal characters on board the plane. As you'd
expect, John Malkavich is excellent as the mastermind Cyrus
the Virus (what a great name!) and Buscemi, as always, is
the most dangerous convict interlect on board, Garland Green.
This is one of Cage's better roles even with his utterly
fake (leave the bunny alone!) southern accent. There are
some great special effects in here which are nicely transferred
in all their glory to DVD. This fim is no classic and should
be treated as entertainment not reality, but for thrills
'n spills this is a good buy. No extras, but the region
1 version only includes a trailer and a teaser trailer.
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