Sight and Sound
"...[Malkovich] seizes the chance to camp it up....The film's slightly lunatic tone also suits Nicolas Cage's acting style..." 07/01/1997 p.37-8USA Today
"...Fast, funny and robustly acted..." 06/06/1997 p.4D Entertainment Weekly
"...The actors are appealing....[A] renegade action fantasy....[With] nonstop climaxes..." 06/13/1997 p.38-9 New York Times
"...[A] thrill ride....[Cage] neatly embodies the noble hero....His charismatic performance gives the film the center..." 06/06/1997 p.C5 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Malkovich has the charisma to hold the plot together, with another of his dry, intellectual villains..." 06/06/1997 p.31 Ultimate DVD
3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] the excellent cast looking like they're having the time of their lives as the criminals' escape creates more and more carnage." 07/01/2006 p.101 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 5 of 10
This movie is a perfect example of what's wrong with many big-budget films today: no characters, no intelligence, and, worst of all, little fun.
Washington Post 8 of 10
"Con Air", a summer blast of a movie, teaches us many things: Producer Jerry Bruckheimer never met an explosion, a car crash or 20 tough guys talking trash he didn't like. Nicolas Cage is one of our most enjoyable screen heroes. As long as you're funny, you can literally get away with murder in a movie. - Desson Thomson
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