Exploding Helicopter

Episode 129: Evasive Action


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“You wait – my travel agent is going to hear about this.”

On this episode we take a look at EVASIVE ACTION (1998) a film which tries to recreate the magic of Con Air, but this time on a train.

Jay Cluitt from the Con Air: The Podcast joins us to look at the uncanny and shameless similarity to the Nicholas Cage classic. We also examine the little known musical career of one of the film’s stars and, of course, the exploding helicopter action.

Show notes

Evasive Action (1998)
Director: Jerry P Jacobs
Cast: Dorian Harewood, Roy Scheider, Ray Wise, Sam Jones, Clint Howard
Plot: A group of dangerous prisoners need to be transported to a new, maximum security, prison. Having witnessed the disastrous events of Con Air – when the authorities tried to transfer prisoners by plane – the criminals here are to be transported in a special rail carriage attached to a regular passenger train. But it soon becomes apparent that some of the prisoners have an escape plan. 

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