Writer Scott Rosenberg throws in plenty of conundrums, curveballs and extra characters...

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 7, 2022

The bunny is a good indication that the script, by Scott Rosenberg, was intended as a deadpan goof on stupid action flicks.

| Original Score: C | Sep 1, 2022

“Con Air” never takes itself too seriously. It knows how preposterous it is and doesn’t try to be anything other than wild raucous popcorn entertainment. And sometimes that’s all I’m in the mood for.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2022

Some highly ridiculous Jerry Bruckheimer fun (25th anniversary)

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 16, 2022

The bad guys are really bad, the good guys are really good (despite having been in jail!), and the action scenes are full of explosions, destruction, and sweaty, muscular men. Full review in Spanish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2022

'Con Air' exists as a divisive film because it puts as much attention into being cheesy as it does to being sincere without ever letting on which tone it actually aims to achieve.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 26, 2022

Gratuitous violence, glorious explosions, and mind-boggling action sequences abound in this maniacal thrill ride.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 11, 2020

The saving grace of Con Air is its sense of its own absurdity. Rosenberg and director Simon West seem to know just how preposterous their story is.

| Feb 28, 2018

It's exhausting rather than exhilarating.

| Jan 5, 2018

Packed high with explosive action and loaded with high-stakes jeopardy, Con Air charts a generally sound narrative course, although it hits some story turbulence before it hits its climactic jackpot.

| Jun 6, 2017

| Original Score: C | Sep 7, 2011

A schmaltzy action-adventure at 8,000 feet.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 18, 2010

Resolutely not boring.

| Jul 24, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 18, 2008

Mega-budget action extravaganzas don't get much sillier than this.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 18, 2008

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.

Full Review | Sep 18, 2008

This frankly silly action movie scores major points for bordering on self-parody.

| Sep 18, 2008

Very cool, but also very cold.

| Jun 24, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 24, 2006

the quintessential high-octane action flick

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 8, 2006