1. Cyrus The Virus Is Utterly Pulverised - Con Air (1997)
Con Air is one of those action movie gems that works as significantly more than just a few set pieces strung together by broken machismo and some terrible one liners. Sure, the films not exactly short of terrible one liners, but its cleverer and more charismatic than youd expect, thanks largely to a soulful performance from Nicolas Cage, John Cusack lending the film a healthy dollop of cool, and John Malkovich devouring the scenery in every scene he appears in. Playing Cyrus The Virus Grissom, the mastermind behind the escape of a whole planeload of some of the worst of Americas violent criminals, Malkovich is a sneering, sarcastic hub of sudden violence and cruelty throughout the film, most of which sees Cages ex-Ranger Cameron Poe forced to pretend to be his ally in order to bring down the hijacking from within. The film finally climaxes with the plane being forced down on the Las Vegas Strip, and the fight weve been waiting for all throughout the film: Poe vs. The Virus. The long-suffering Poe gets his, in the end Cyrus is no match for him. However, we needed more than just a beating or a shooting to satisfy us, after Grissoms callous dominance of the narrative. We needed something a little special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jJSW92CXvU Well, if being impaled, beaten up, smashed through a freeway flyover, falling from a great height, being electrocuted on the way down, crashing down upon a conveyor belt on a construction site and then having your head brutally pulverised by a giant pounding thing, isnt enough, we might have to revise our definition of the world special. Whats your favourite insane death scene in cinema? Tell us all about it in the comments!
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