12 Movie Sequels That Luckily Didn't Happen

12. Con Airport

The '90s really was a wonderful time for insane but deeply entertaining action flicks, wasn't it? If you're ever wondering how brilliantly over the top that decade could get with its cinema, look no further than Simon West's 1997 flick Con Air, a film complete with an awful Nic Cage accent, a typically nuts John Malkovich, and Steve Buscemi as the world's most insane and terrifying serial killer.

Oh, and an airplane filled with violent convicts.

Con Air is brilliant, simply put. It's fun, crazy, violent, extravagant and awesomely silly. Because of the success of the film (making a hefty $225 million at the box office) director Simon West wrote a 15 page treatment for what he wanted from the sequel.

The film would have followed John Cusack's US Marshal Vince Larkin as he is put in charge of an entire airport for convict transport planes. And, yes, it would be overrun by some angry and wildly confident villains intent on tasting freedom.

Luckily, the treatment was ditched and nothing came of it. In recent years, West has said that he wants to do a sequel in space, and like the aptly named Con Airport, we're glad this hasn't come to anything yet either. When a film is as ridiculous as Con Air, one is enough.