‘Nothing was too insane’: is Con Air the strangest action film ever made?
The 1997 blockbuster was gloriously tasteless, absurdly funny, and disowned by John Cusack. And there will never be another movie like it
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The 1997 blockbuster was gloriously tasteless, absurdly funny, and disowned by John Cusack. And there will never be another movie like it
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