Why did the chaotic prisoner transport action in “Con Air” turn out to be such a lovable masterpiece?

"Con Air" synopsis

Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage), who has been discharged from the military, gets into a fight with a drunkard at a bar, and ends up killing the man who chased him. His self-defense was denied and he was sentenced to prison for murder, but was granted parole as a model prisoner. When they board the Con Air to transport Poe to his hometown of Alabama, they find a group of thugs, including Silas Grissom (John Malkovich).

Index

• A ridiculous flying action masterpiece
• Thorough (?) role preparation in Nicolas Cage style
• Chemical reactions created by unique casts
• A climax full of seriousness amidst chaos

A ridiculous flying action masterpiece

This movie, which was released in 1997, is messy, absurd, and outrageous in a good way. It might even be possible to express most of the movie with the onomatopoeia of "boom, zubaan."I can't say that my expression, which I wrote without thinking, is completely wrong. Originally based on a very simple script written by Scott Rosenberg, as production progressed the team worked together to increase the scale of the film, adding more and more ridiculous action depictions. Body.

The project originally began with an idea proposed by the top executives of a film company. Could an action movie be made based on an article published in the Los Angeles Times about prisoner transport aircraft? It started with a consultation. When Rosenberg, an up-and-coming screenwriter (`` A Time to Die in Denver ''/95, `` 60 Seconds ''/00, the new `` Jumanji '' series), was called upon, he had one request. Apparently, they said, ``Don't make it into a flying Die Hard '' (*1). After that, when it was decided that Jerry Bruckheimer would be in charge of producing the film, he added his signature request to ``make it Big!'' (*2) in order to evolve this film into a scorching blockbuster movie.

"Con Air" preview

Simon West, who had a background in music videos and was selected as the director, obediently responded to this request and came up with an idea for ``an action that would create five pages of description from a single line,'' which Rosenberg then turned into a script. As a result of these exchanges, I ended up with a thick and rich book filled with over-the-top action that made my stomach turn, just as I had hoped.

By the way, I would like to add one more thing about the script: J.J. Abrams also participated in the process of refining the dialogue for this film. If you hear a clever line that makes you smile while watching this movie, it might have been written by Abrams.

Thorough (?) role preparation in Nicolas Cage style