Nick Cage's Opus

We move to the next gem of Nick Cage's post oscar career, the Bruckheimer classic:

Con Air - 1997
Awesome/Sucks Rating: 10/10
7 word summary: Cage stops Cyrus the Virus, saves day.
Best Cage Line: "Put the bunny back in the box."
Bonus line: "What do you think I'm gonna do? I'm gonna save the fuckin' day! " - Cameron Poe
Most ridiculous moment: Marty McSorley playing the pilot of the plane.
Key Awesome/Sucks Moment: Cage storms the cockpit, getting shot in the process, taking out all sort of cons.
Better Use of Key Location: Las Vegas Strip - National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation - The third incarnation of Russ and Audrey Griswold cruising the strip.
Best Plot Hole/Mistake: Cyrus the Virus could create a bomb in prison? Not bloody likely.
Nitpick: Poe gets 7 years for involuntary manslaughter based on the advice of the worst attorney ever, foregoing all self-defense claims etc. Seems fishy that the judge in Alabama would give a decorated Army ranger such a stiff sentence. However, they never establish why Poe does his time in a federal penitentiary. We know he was doing federal time because he was on a flight to populate the new Supermax prison in Alabama, and the flight was run by the US Marshals Service, a federal agency. (Please set aside there is only one Supermax prison in the federal system, the one in Florence, Colorado). The only way that it was federal time was if the crime occurred on federal property, and it is unlikely that the bar, where his wife works, is federal property. Plus, he served his entire sentence, even though he was a model prisoner.