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SLOW M.O.: Cage flees one of many fireballs in sluggish, clichéd "Con Air"

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Rated: R; Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller; With: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich; Distributor: Touchstone Pictures

Any old action flick could slap Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ''Sweet Home Alabama'' on the soundtrack to boost the energy, but only writer Scott Rosenberg (Beautiful Girls) would have a serial killer note the irony of ''a bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.'' Alas, a fistful of baroque quips and an eclectic cast are all that keep cliché-heavy Con Air's tale of a hijacked prison plane aloft. And how many shots of ex-con hero Nicolas Cage running in slow-mo from a fireball can one film contain? More than you could imagine, or muster the strength to fast-forward past. C+


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Posted Dec 12, 1997
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