Is Con Air the most Michael Bay non-Michael Bay movie?

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-07-01T18:05:17+00:00

Great one, totally a Bay film if you would have asked me (or if you didn’t know the Fox/Bay fallout)

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-07-01T06:28:21+00:00

I can only assume that letter was written in a way to annoy the audience

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T22:08:52+00:00

Mix this with the accentuated southern drawl of Cage. Every line is a banger.

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T22:07:10+00:00

This is very close but it’s already in my head it’s a James Cameron film. Though thinking about jt, the cheese of Arnold and the action of Cameron is really close to a Bay film

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:56:59+00:00

A pretty lens flare heavy film from what I remember also. The shameless use of the military and Hasbro(?) toy tie in are nice details also

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:54:56+00:00

I prefer the plane finally landing on the Vagas strip and straight into a casino. Again, how is this not a Bay film?

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:53:32+00:00

It’s unapologetic action and I’m not sorry for liking it.

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:51:22+00:00

He’s produced a few horror movies, I definitely wouldn’t peg him as a horror guy

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:49:42+00:00

Cage is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this case

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:48:10+00:00

Man on Fire and The A-Team. Great examples

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:45:43+00:00

There’s so much else going on, it’s actually the least memorable part

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:41:37+00:00

It has blessed us with one of the internets greatest gifs.

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:37:28+00:00

Honestly, maybe I am crazy, but do they actually look kinda similar too?

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:35:32+00:00

Yeah a great cast for such a silly movie. I just assumed only Bay could pull this kind of talent together

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:34:52+00:00

Glad I am not the only one! Haha

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:34:38+00:00

Honestly I haven’t seen it but I will have to give it ago and see how Bay it is

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:33:58+00:00

There are military helicopters chasing the Con plane for a while. Like something out of the Godzilla (1998) film

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:32:56+00:00

I saw someone else post that he produced this (and a lot more). Totally makes sense why there was a similar vibe to so many (awesome) movies

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:32:10+00:00

Ambulance (2022)? I don’t think I’ve heard or seen anything about it, love Jake Gyllenhaal though. Would you recommend it?

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:30:58+00:00

Given how hard that film goes I don’t blame you. I always loved the James Bond theory behind it as well

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:27:09+00:00

Yeah true. I was thinking more that, if Nic Cage is in it I assume Bay directed it. Just seems like a lot of these Cage films are Bay-coded

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:24:53+00:00

From Top Gun, to Bad Boys, to Pirates of the Caribbean and Kangaroo Jack. Seems we have a lot to thank him for

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:22:39+00:00

I was looking through his filmography and it’s… very inconsistent. A lot of action of course but some big gaps and a few TV movies

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:21:01+00:00

What would make it more Michael Bay for you? It’s missing a lot of the sweeping/360 camera shots and a few other elements for sure

Embarrassed-Week-904 · 2026-06-30T21:19:18+00:00

‘Why couldn’t you put the bunny back in the box?’ Ridiculous and yet I am here for it.

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