Hilarious Reaction to | Con Air (1997) | First Time Watching

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

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[@NicholasIrvin]

@@AwesomeUSMovies I got a question for you.Would you be interested in reacting to a cartoon series called? Total drama island and a movie called Axel.Both are very good to watch

[@jeremycovelli]

dude really should have put the bunny back in the box..

[@LordVolkov]

"On any other day that might seem strange..." ✈--🚗 ☁️ I love when characters in a movie acknowledge how insane the plot is.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

I love that line 😂😂🤣🥹🥰

[@katrinacash6393]

The actor playing the diabetic is Mykelti Williamson. You know him better as Forrest Gump's army buddy who talked nothing but shrimp, Bubba! He's not wearing the mouth prosthetic that caused his lower lip to jut out.

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

Hes got the whole world in his hands😂

[@michaelrosenblum4170]

Buscemi was such a good add to this movie, and the Nic Cage accent gets me to laugh every time

[@ScientificallyStupid]

This movie is so over the top, and I love everything about it.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

They threw him in prison not because of the botched manslaughter charge, but because his accent was so ridiculous they assumed he was a foreign spy.

[@lifeincarnate7304]

Danny Trejo (Johnny 23) is actually one of the nicest people u will ever meet and from what ive heard, he never takes a bad guy roll unless the bad guy loses or dies, cause he never wants to portray bad guys as winners. He also runs a small taco franchise in CA called Trejos Tacos! Great reaction!!!

[@LordVolkov]

Danny worked as a consultant on a prison movie with Eric Roberts (Runaway Train), and Eric (and fellow ex-con turned actor Ed Bunker) helped Danny get in front of a camera because he was really impressed with the way Danny talked about his time inside and coached the actors playing inmates.

[@bidwell13]

He’s one I’d love to see a documentary about his life. Everything I’ve read about him is amazing and how great of a role model he could be for those that feel they’re stuck in a gang.

[@Dollywood623]

I love this movie! I would recommend "Face/Off"(1997) with Nic Cage and John Travolta 🔥🔥🔥

[@mcfmcf4038]

HAHAHA James triggered by the miss-leading use of propane tanks 🤣🤣🤣 So funny.

[@debbyemerson3877]

"The Rock" is another great Nicholas cage movie

[@steamro11r]

yea The Rock, Con Air, and Face Off Nic Cage was busy in 1996-97

[@shadowfrost__]

Loved the reaction as always. The destruction on the Vegas strip was done with practical effects. The Hard Rock was rebranding the guitar logo at the time so they allowed the movie to destroy it, and they also crashed the plane into the Sands as it was scheduled for demolition so again they agreed to let the movie have some fun first. Also the corvette in the front of the sands was brand new off the lot they bought it just to destroy it to add some symmetry of destroying the 67 roadster and the brand new version.

[@donsnover2585]

Loved this movie one of my first Nicolas cage movies. I have another suggestion for you it was popular but got forgotten quickly it's called phenomenon(1996)

[@ScientificallyStupid]

The actor playing the "hillbilly" who flies the plane is M.C. Gainey, a really talented character actor who is GREAT at playing villains. His best role (imo) is as Tom Friendly on Lost, which is a show that I think you would appreciate (if it hasn't been suggested already, I'm sure it has, it has a pretty dedicated fandom). He often plays these type of backwoods characters, but Tom is a horse of an entirely different color (he was one of my favorites on Lost).

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

The first thing I saw him in is one of his forgotten roles (in a more sympathetic light) - Gordon Bombay's limo driver in "The Mighty Ducks."

[@LordVolkov]

MC's in a ton of great stuff, but I always think of him as the bad preacher at the start of Beerfest 🤣🤣🤣

[@couch.patati-patata]

Nobody puts bunny in the box.

[@clintelliott3175]

Hi James I love your channel. Great movie. Thanks buddy.

[@ronluk76]

James, DEA Agent Duncan was played by Colm Meaney who played Miles O'Brian on Star Trek: Next Generation. Also John Malkovich was great in "Rounders". You should watch "Rounders". It also stars Matt Damon and Ed Norton,,who I know you like.

[@scottishfm5184]

Most underrated movie ever

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. Nick Cage has allot of great movies like The Rock, Face Off, Snake Eyes, National Treasure movies (Which you saw the first one), The Sorcerer Apprentice and 8mm (A very shocking movie) . Other plane action movies are Passenger 57, Executive Decision and Flight Plan

[@j-bus4262]

Awesome! Fun 90s movie. Nic Cage doing Nic Cage stuff like Nic Cage would.

[@JstaGrl329]

Fun reaction James this is a really fun movie you have to let go of all of reality ha ha ha thanks for a good time. You really made me laugh. You should check out Gone in 60 seconds that movie is a fun ride as well Nicolas Cage at his finest. 😁👏🏻

[@jamesalexander5623]

Endlessly Entertaining!

[@gregkirby9059]

Pinball is comedian Dave Chapelle

[@ZackHamlin1]

The scene with Buscemi and the little girl made me more uneasy than I think any single other scene ever has, at least the first time I watched

[@amberburris5674]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vincegamer]

The guy whose car was hit by a falling body was Don Davis. You saw him in A League of Their Own, but he's one of those actors who show up all over the place, especially on TV

[@wwoods66]

Most notably as General Hammond in _Stargate SG-1._

[@jaxonsjerseys]

Always makes me laugh when Steve Buscemi gets away at the end, like we're supposed to be rooting for him 😂

[@gregkirby9059]

Sirus the Virus is John Malkoich...... from movies like RED, RED 2, Danerous Liaisons, The Man In The Iron MAsk, In The Line Of Fire, Burn After Reading, Empire Of The Sun, Making Mr Right, Shadow Of A Vampire, Mary Reilly, and Jonah Hex...

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Never seen any of those, added to list

[@gregkirby9059]

@@AwesomeUSMovies they are a must watch they're great movies

[@that.ll_do_pig]

​@@AwesomeUSMoviescan't believe Greg left off the movie "Being John Malkovich" 😊

[@that.ll_do_pig]

Being John Malkovich 🤗@@gregkirby9059

[@gregkirby9059]

@@that.ll_do_pig oh yeah haha

[@hinesmaster99]

Cage pulled a better mullet than Van Damme.

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

by a mile!

[@LordVolkov]

I dunno. JCVD's mullet in Hard Target is pretty legendary.

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

Baby-O was the same actor who played Bubba in Forrest Gump!

[@lifeincarnate7304]

There was no freeway thru vegas back then (early/mid 90s), the strip was just an offramp. I stayed at the Hacienda back in the day and then came back the next year, it was gone and stayed at the Luxor only a couple years old at the time.

[@mortennielsen6316]

One of my guilty pleasures. Good 90's movie.

[@yonukdeh]

This & Armageddon...I love them, but the cheese!! Fun secondary characters in both!!

[@mortennielsen6316]

@@yonukdeh I got many, actually... Michael Bays first couple of Transformers movies, The Rock, Faceoff etc.

[@profanepersonality]

Attack helicopters can fly at a little over 200 mph, and a plane like that, between 500-650 mph.

[@ianhill8345]

Great reaction James to a fun NIcolas Cage movie Its very silly but very entertaining. Big thumbs up from Ian

[@Stevarooni]

19:25 The cruising speed of a small prop plane is around 120 knots (nautical miles per hour) while a modern Apache has a maximum speed approaching 150 knots, depending on the configuration. That Apache is only going to be able to stay airborne 2.5 hours to the Cessna's 4, but it's doable.

[@LordVolkov]

The choppers also take off from a different airbase and would have an easier time intercepting than chasing, which is why they pop up ahead of the Cesna.

[@magicwv]

Please finish the Nic Cage 90’s action trifecta with The Rock and Face Off as well please!!!

[@patrickw123]

I live in Las Vegas and watched this with a local crowd and everyone in the theater was laughing at the final crash on the "Strip" that also hit Downtown Fremont Street at the same time!

[@michellelamar8965]

The fun thing about Steve Buscemi in this is hes supposed to be the worst of all of them, like Hannibal, too dangerous to let out of the most secure restraints. But if you notice, he literally does NOTHING, the entire movie. Think about it. He doesn't hurt the girl, and he doesn't even lift a finger to help the other convicts ir fight anyone. He literally just sits back and observes the chaos. Lol. Ive always been amused at that. Almost makes himself likeable.

[@LordVolkov]

While he shows no remorse, I do wonder if some of his rehabilitation stuck, as Garland seems very self aware of his impulses but chooses not to act on them.

[@nickblood7080]

You are 100 percent right about the attack choppers. I’ve watched this movie 15 times in the past 20 years and never thought about that.

[@nickblood7080]

Correction. The attack choppers could easily catch up with the small plane. I think those are supposed to be Apache’s or cobras.i think modern Appache’s can go 225mph but yeah the con air jet is easily cruising at 400-500 I think

[@clutch236]

Three good movies to react to: [1) "LIFE", starring both Eddie Murphy & Martin Lawrence, ther best movie.........2) "Driving Miss Daisy", Morgan Freeman must drive her around over 3 decades and it goes from contentious to _______? lol you'll see - Oscar wBest Picture.........3) "Get Out", Jordan Peele's 1st try Oscar, smart suspense/horror that keeps you guessing throughout]. 3 slam dunks! lol 🏀

[@burkeiowa]

The plane crash involving musicians in Iowa was the Day the Music Died, long before the plane crash that killed the band members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. That band died in a plane crash on October 20, 1977, when a Convair [very close to being Con-Air] CV-240 passenger aircraft near Gillsburg, Mississippi.

[@hawkeyegeorge]

I got you a bunny... GO HAWKS!

[@jcs1986]

Clear Lake, IA crash was the day the music died....in 1959, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly died in that plane crash.

[@Eddie53172]

The goat is doin it once again ‼️ ✈️ connections ⛓️

[@aranerem5569]

This movie is awesome

[@nebulousreactions]

I had a rough day, and this video helped cheer me up some. Cheers!

[@michellelamar8965]

I always thought this movie was written by a bunch of guys challenging each other to see how many explosions they could put in one movie lol. But its just so entertaining like you said, I think the over-the-top works because its a movie that gives the impression that its not taking itself too seriously.

[@guidohorvall1484]

Fun about me.. my best friends dad worked on this movie... he was incharge of the explosives...

[@Stevarooni]

He had a busy time of it, then!

[@gregkirby9059]

Baby-O Nic Cages cell mate and prison friend is BUBA from Forrest Gump

[@LordVolkov]

Without his bottom lip stuffed with cotton 🤣🤣🤣

[@lmsossi6501]

I saw this in the theater where the explosions and action were pretty epic. Of course, they couldn't land on the highway or the airport, or there wouldn't have been the opportunity for all that destruction and inventive deaths!! This isn't an intellectual film; it's just meant to be exciting!!

[@xtheregulator42x]

we just got a Hard Rock Casino here where i live

[@toxikelement1372]

City of Angels is a great movie Nicholas Cage is in.

[@Mark7limited]

Back in the day that is exactly how propane tanks worked.

[@js6729]

Also as a guitarist, I have to clarify Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash was in the woods in McComb MS on October 20th 1977

[@nurzahidahrashidi]

Haven't watched the video yet but wanted to comment here. Thank u fot another old movie block buster that i used to watch with my family! Since we r all grown up and separated due to uni life, i miss watching these movies with others and have the same jokes. The nostalgia is wut im craving and its lovely... Hopr u enjoy this (tho judging from the tile, u seemed to have a good time) also i highly recommend any nicholas cage movies, tower heist and any apocalyptic movie from the old days. (Armageddon is a banger movie)

[@gregkirby9059]

Garland Green the creepy is actor Steve Buscemi

[@kylewestlake982]

One of the best action movies ever! If you haven't watch The Rock, you should! The villain is one of the greatest ever.

[@dracoargentum9783]

One of my favorite Nick Cage movies are Next, or Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

[@cinmarksx]

Love your reactions thank you. you were thinking of the Buddy Holly/Big Bopper crash The Day the Music died crash. the band playing on the plane was Lynyrd Skynyrd. They also died in a plane crash, well some of them. That was in Mississippi

[@russellward4624]

A jury didnt convict him. He plead guilty, which was pretty dumb and the judge used his discretion to give him the maximum sentence.

[@richardtremmel4024]

That was Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & The Big Bopper that was killed in Clear Lake Iowa, you are thinking Lynyrd Skynyrd

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

Yes. That plane crash happened in February 1959. Lynyrd Skynyrd did "Sweet Home Alabama" - the song they're dancing to on the plane. The LS plane crashed October 20, 1977 near Gillsburg, Mississippi killing 3 band members, along with 3 others.

[@michellelamar8965]

Yeah I was pretty sure he was thinking of Holly, Valenz, and Bopper, but wasn't sure if maybe Lynard Skynard maybe also crashed in IA

[@celiashen5490]

This is such a fun movie. Being John Malkovich is another one where Malkovich and Cusack work together again. I like it a lot. Don S. Davis plays the husband in the car that 8 Ball lands on. I don't expect many outside a specific fandom to know who he is; he was on Stargate SG-1. Which leads me to suggest the movie Stargate.

[@shannonmyers4207]

Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashed just outside of McComb Mississippi. Not sure what band you were thinking.

[@DS-182]

Lynyrd skynyrd is is the band that died in this instance, they were flying from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.. buddy holly and co. Was traveling from clearlake, IA to fargo/moorhead to play a show in moorhead, mn... it's referred to as "the day the music died" and is what don mclean wrote the song "American pie" about... im sure you know all this tho

[@chadodom1693]

Clear lake Iowa was Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. They were talking about Lynyrd Skynyrd

[@jowbloe3673]

A little late to the party here, and I have no idea what was on the poll, but for a 'prison break' movie, *The Great Escape* (heavily fictionalized version of a real WWII POW escape) is a MUST watch.

[@js6729]

Something about Hollywood I hate is the way they treat silencers, they don't actually make a gun silent, like 70-80% of the sound of a gunshot is actually the projectile breaking the sound barrier

[@EclecticPotpourri]

woot woot

[@ReymundoCortez]

So Benny the jet was the stunt coordinator for the movie. And he would keep Dany Trejo and John Cusack away from the other actors during breaks and lunch. When Dany asked why Benny told them it was because those guys were just actors pretending to be tough guys and John and Danny were guys that could actually fight for real. He didn't want one of the actors to try something dumb with Dany or John and end up with Danny and John hurting one of them.

[@philmakris8507]

Bubba from Forrest Gump. Marcellus from Pulp Fiction

[@bethking7348]

An equally stupid geographic movie is "The Hunted" with Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro. Filmed in Oregon. Lived in the Portland area for 31 years and their chase scenes are ridiculous 😂

[@LordVolkov]

The knife fighting is still A+ though.

[@nickblood7080]

The stupidest part of this movie is him being put in jail for saving his wife with his bare hands against 3 men trying to put him in the hospital and rape his wife.

[@michellelamar8965]

As for your question about insulin, no I don't think swallowing would work. However, the movie is pretty wrong about diabetes. Missing one dose of insulin would not likely endanger your life. You can go around with high blood sugar for quite a while and slowly damage your body but it takes SUPER high to put you into a life threatening scenario. Nit likely to happen from missing one dose. Ive had patients on my unit refuse insulin and have blood sugars nearing 400 and didn't even feel sick. High blood sugar takes a long time to kill. LOW blood sugar (say a diabetic takes their insulin but doesn't eat , or spends all day chopping wood) is much more of a medical emergency. It can quickly kill if low enough. The Movie Panic Room is more realistic in that sense. (Though the "watch thing") was just a dream when it was made. Hoid movie if you havent seen it.

[@michellelamar8965]

When I spoke about pts who refused insulin, i did NOT mean one dose, i meant refusing multiple doses. In the hospital where I work, we check diabetics blood sugar before each meal and before bed. Then if it's over 150 they get a dose if fast acting insulin based on how high it is. Occasionally we have a patient who declines insulin, multiple times in a row. They don't keel over in us. We've even had pts whos sugar was too high for the machine to read, which we do take very seriously and get insulin ASAP, but even they don't keel over in a couple hours lol

[@Stevarooni]

A cheese any more pure and viscous would clog up Old Faithful. It is what it is, and it knows what it is.

[@menolikey_]

It's surprisingly easy to move a ton with the proper equipment. 20 tons with same equipment, and some effort, easy. Just not with ropes on sand.

[@alauer2101]

BZZZ wrong answer old school propane tanks do work like that.😀

[@bobapjok4241]

havent seen this in forever. i forgot Dave Chappelle was in this

[@lindataggart9076]

I love Nick Cage no matter what he is in.. check out Moonstruck with Cher and Nick.

[@tremorsfan]

He didn't have a jury trial because he plead guilty.

[@davepowers3194]

Diabetic here, unfortunately, no, you can’t ingest insulin and absorb it, it doesn’t absorb in the digestive tract, it would simply be broken down, it’s already ready to be absorbed so it has to be injected subcutaneously, there have been times I was without syringes and wished to God I could just swallow the stuff (and let me tell you, insulin reeks horribly 😂)

[@marieparsons9908]

Thank you for this one. Please consider 'Family Man'. I think you would really like it. :)

[@philmakris8507]

Helicopters can catch up to slow prop aircraft.

[@willcool713]

The typical military cargo prop cruises at over 400 mph, while top speeds of helicopters are under 300 mph. A helicopter might be quicker, win in a sprint, maybe.

[@RaymondvanGelderen]

My last recommendation I said too much about the movie. Now I know you like to going blind into it. Only titles from now on James. Sorry

[@SmokinDroFrayser]

If you ever do comedy specials do Dave Chappelle’s

[@couch.patati-patata]

Sally can't Dance

[@moviesbye9294]

🤮

[@josecarbajal5710]

Is Hector there?

[@amack110550]

You haven't watched "The Rock" yet... amazing movie

[@philmakris8507]

No. Insulin has to be injected subcutaneously.

[@gregkirby9059]

Johnny 23 is actor Danny Trejo

[@hinesmaster99]

Hello James, i hope its cooler up there. Currently 98° here in the panhandle.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

91 and humid today

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

@@hinesmaster99 57 where I live but we don't use farenheit

[@PublicAccessChannel7]

I have a suggestion bud react to the five nights at Freddy's movie

[@NJAsmodeus1]

Premise always takes me out of truly enjoying the movie. Self defense and someone who would have their use of force judgement 100% trusted by a jury.

[@LordVolkov]

No knife on the scene (a lot of people miss the knife being taken) and no witnesses who aren't involved with the dead guy means self-defense goes out the window for manslaughter.

[@mcfmcf4038]

Regardless of where any of us are politically or socially, I think it's safe to say that we ALL appreciate how kind and accepting the prisoners were to their trans associate. They were ahead of their time!

[@LordVolkov]

Even Poe, who slaps Sally instead of punching her. Respectful violence 😅 Renoli Santiago nails the role, doing a varation of his Phantom Phreak voice from Hackers, just turned to 11.

[@moviesbye9294]

Worst character 🤮

[@michaelthompson8755]

You do know the movie is fiction ….. right?

[@mcfmcf4038]

@@michaelthompson8755 conair is clearly a documentary film

[@KingOfEmptyPromises]

By far the funniest Nicolas Cage accent ever. You can close your eyes and this is Forrest Gump goes to prison.

[@marygifford9379]

May I suggest a dark comedy called "Burn After Reading," starring John Malkovich (who was Con Air), and other A list actors.

[@MovedbyTruth]

One of the cringiest movies out there.

[@starman6280]

You are wrong about the plane crash referred to. The crash you are talking about is the one on Feb 3rd, 1959 that took Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. This crash was called "the day the music died" in Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie". The crash Buscemi referred to happened in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, on October 20, 1977, it was flying from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashing near its destination. Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist and founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, Captain Walter McCreary and First Officer William John Gray all died as a result of the crash, while twenty others survived.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Thank you for the correction

[@REALAMERICANMAN531]

32:15 the hard rock is the virgin now. 😊

[@REALAMERICANMAN531]

17:06 that would be illegal. They are just looking for freedom. There is no cause for military

[@REALAMERICANMAN531]

17:28 again blowing up a plane with 20 victims of kidnapping you cannot blow it up. 😒🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄