The movie begins in Mobile Alabama which is known for its numerous travel by waterway. Cameron Poe steps off a boat outside a bar to meet his obviously pregnant wife Tricia with six pack abs and three men harass and then attempt to rape Tricia. A fight breaks out between the three assailants and Cameron. One pulls a knife and Cameron kills him in self defense. His lawyer FIGHTS to prove Poe's innocence by using the bold strategy of having Poe who's justified and had his own wife as a witness to this attack and sexual assault plead guilty just to make sure Poe doesn't do a long sentence. The judge takes mercy on Poe since he's a army ranger and gives him 10 years. Poe is sent to San Quentin Prison in California because that's where people from Alabama do hard time. Poe is paroled by I'm assuming great work done by his top notch lawyer and is hitching a ride home on a plane filled with the worst of the worst criminals. Now I don't want to spoil much more. I'm just going to mention a few things that are absolutely brilliant. The prisoners plan spearheaded by a maniac that had no chance of working without unforeseen events like a DEA agent sneaking a pistol on the plane or the co-pilot not locking the door to the cockpit, but instead decides to be a hero and take a pistol out of a lock box to check on the trained guards. Knowing a sandstorm will pop up at the exact time they land in Carson City Nevada which conceals their identity. The plane circling back over Fresno California where Poe drops a dead body that falls from an extreme height obliterating a car, but the body is intact with a perfectly legible message to US Marshal Vince Larkin telling him next destination. Larkin drives a corvette from San Quentin California to Lerner Airfield and beats the plane there because a vette is faster than a plane. Why they had to land the plane on the Vegas Strip even tho the airport is less than 3 miles from the strip. This movie will show you things you'd never think of like the perfect get away vehicle being a big fire truck! The most true to life part of this film is Nicolas Cage accent. I swear you'll think you're in Alabama it's so spot on. This movie even had divine intervention that will make atheists accept Jesus as their lord and savior! This film does the lords work with sweet guitar riffs playing to lead you all the way to the heaven. That's how powerful it is.
Review of Con Air
