Marshal Vince Larkin
John Cusack
Cyrus Grissom
John Malkovich
William Bedford
Nick Chinlund
Garland Greene
Steve Buscemi
Duncan Malloy
Colm Meaney
Sally Bishop
Rachel Ticotin
Joe Parker
Dave Chappelle
Mike O'Dell
Mykelti Williamson
Guard Falzon
Steve Eastin
Casey Poe
Landry Allbright
Ramon Martinez
Renoly Santiago
Francisco Cindino
Jesse Borrego
DEA Agent Willie Sims
José Zúñiga
Smoke
Don Charles McGovern
Ginny
Angela Featherstone
Blade
Ty Granderson Jones
Ted, Pilot
Bob Stephenson
Chopper Pilot
Ned Bellamy
Skip Devers
John Roselius
Gator
John Marshall Jones
Paramedic #1
Brian Willems
Old Con on Plane
George Randall
Billy Joe (uncredited)
Kevin Gage
Screenplay
Scott Rosenberg
Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer
Director of Photography
David Tattersall
Set Decoration
Debra Echard
Visual Effects
Matsune Suzuki
Storyboard
Matsune Suzuki
Music Supervisor
Kathy Nelson
Script Supervisor
P.R. Tooke
Still Photographer
Frank Masi
Steadicam Operator
David Emmerichs
Original Music Composer
Trevor Rabin
Original Music Composer
Mark Mancina
Executive Producer
Lynn Kouf
Executive Producer
Jim Kouf
Executive Producer
Jonathan Hensleigh
Executive Producer
Peter Bogart
Executive Producer
Chad Oman
Associate Producer
Kenny Bates
Costume Design
Bobbie Read
Art Direction
Edward T. McAvoy
Visual Effects Supervisor
David Goldberg
Stunt Coordinator
Kenny Bates
Production Supervisor
Mark Indig
Production Supervisor
Carl S. Griffin
Production Coordinator
Jacqui Popelka
Script Coordinator
Karin Anderson
Costume Supervisor
Hugo Peña
Key Hair Stylist
Erma Kent
Camera Operator
Michael St. Hilaire
Supervising Sound Editor
George Watters II
Per Gunnar Jonsson
This is one of those movies which are simply good solid entertainment. The fact that I do like Nicolas Cage, even though he is at times really lousy at choosing which movies he participate in, is of course an additional plus.
Naturally I do like the performance of Nicolas Cage in this movie but John Malkowich is also great as the main bad guy and Steve Buscemi is perfect as the nutcase although his role could have been a bit more expanded upon. The rest of the actors are doing nicely as well although it always saddens me to see Colm Meaney playing a dumbass and/or bad guy after his role in Star Trek.
The story is not really bad although it has the usual Hollywood mistakes here and there. The ease by which they pick locks in this high security flight is somewhat laughable and I seriously doubt that they would have been able to haul the plane out of that desert junkyard in flyable condition in real life for instance. Still, it is not a bad story and it works for moving the movie forward.
There are plenty of action and it is mostly quite entertaining. Sometimes it is a bit silly and rather unrealistic of course but, as I wrote, mostly it is quite entertaining. The ending is definitely a bit on the silly side with the plane touching down on the Las Vegas Strip. This bit felt like the producers realized that they had some FX budget left and just had to burn it.
Anyway, on the whole a quite entertaining movie.
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