10 years ago, who could
ever have imagined that awkward, weak-chinned weird boys John Cusack and Nicolas Cage would be able to reinvent themselves as action stars, casually wielding high-powered weapons and careening around the screen on stolen
police motorcycles? But their macho antics are no more improbable than anything else about this polished (to a high, hard gloss) testosterone attack, in which the vilest criminals the American penal system has to offer are packed into one small plane that is soon navigating some very unfriendly
skies. Led by psychopathic Cyrus "the Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich) and militant black nationalist Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jon...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
115 mins