Satellite & Cable: Pick of the Day

James Rampton
Tuesday 13 April 1999 23:02 BST
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JOHN MALKOVICH (right) has always impressed as a baddie - remember his insinuating seducer in Dangerous Liaisons, or his creepy psycho-killer in In the Line of Fire? He gets to play the villain again in Con Air (10pm Sky Premier), an exciting roller-coaster of an action-picture. The premise is quite straightforward - a single good guy (Nicolas Cage) attempts to wrest control of a plane from a group of desperate criminals (a top-notch bunch of actors led by Malkovich and featuring Steve Buscemi and Ving Rhames). But where Simon West's thriller scores is the sheer panache with which he handles the action sequences.

One of this century's most reviled men is bound to be Pol Pot, the leader whose genocidal policies caused such untold suffering in Cambodia. His life is assessed in tonight's Men of Terror (7pm History Channel).

James Rampton

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