Face/Off Vs. Con Air (Ep. 0035)
Let's just call this the ultimate "Cage" match. Nicholas Cage had an incredible run of films starting in the early 90's and tapering off in the early 2000's. His popularity landed him roles that were tailored to his eccentric persona. If you've listened to Movie Wars before, we love talking about the evolution of action from how it was sprinkled into Westerns and Bond films, to the macho muscle era, and to the Average Joe Bruce Willis era. Face/Off and Con Air represent the era of absurdity that could only occur in the 90's. Swap faces with the Movie Wars crew for the ultimate "Cage" match.
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Con Air
Just-paroled army ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is headed back to his wife (Monica Potter), but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" with some of the worst criminals living. Along with Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames) and Baby-O (Mykelti Williamson), genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich) unleashes a violent escape plot in mid-flight. Secretly working with U.S. Marshall Vince Larkin (John Cusack), Poe tries to foil Grissom's plan.
Rating:
R
Genre:
Action
Original Language:
English
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Release Date (Theaters):
Jun 6, 1997 Original
Release Date (Streaming):
May 16, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA):
$101.1M
Runtime:
1h 55m
Distributor:
Buena Vista Pictures
(info courtesy of https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/con_air)
Face/Off
Obsessed with bringing terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) to justice, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) tracks down Troy, who has boarded a plane in Los Angeles. After the plane crashes and Troy is severely injured, possibly dead, Archer undergoes surgery to remove his face and replace it with Troy's. As Archer tries to use his disguise to elicit information about a bomb from Troy's brother, Troy awakes from a coma and forces the doctor who performed the surgery to give him Archer's face.
Rating:
R
Genre:
Action
Original Language:
English
Director:
Producer:
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Release Date (Theaters):
Jun 27, 1997 Original
Release Date (Streaming):
Sep 11, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA):
$112.3M
Runtime:
2h 18m
Distributor:
Buena Vista Pictures, Paramount Picture
(Info courtesy of https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/faceoff)