Con Air (1997)

06/05/1997 (US) • 1h 56m

Action, Thriller, Crime

They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.

Overview

Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.

Top Billed Cast

Nicolas Cage

Cameron Poe

John Cusack

Agent Vince Larkin

John Malkovich

Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom

Ving Rhames

Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones

Mykelti Williamson

"Baby-O" O'Dell

Dave Chappelle

"Pinball" Parker

Colm Meaney

Agent Duncan Malloy

Monica Potter

Tricia Poe


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$75,000,000.00

Revenue

$224,012,234.00

Keywords

prison

helicopter

airplane

escape

undercover

ambush

war veteran

gas station

psychopath

bravery

mexican standoff

sandstorm

hijacking

us army

prison guard

u.s. marshal

serial killer

shootout

las vegas

explosion

brutality

convict

desert

war hero

diabetic

dea agent

hostile takeover

skyjacker

motorcycle chase

disguises

action hero

army veteran

prisoner transport

transport plane

absurd

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