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Con Air

Con Air

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

19976.81h 56m

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.

Directed by Simon West
Written by Scott Rosenberg, Matsune Suzuki
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
Box OfficeBudget: $75.0MRevenue: $224.0M

Top Cast

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Cameron Poe

John Cusack

John Cusack

Agent Vince Larkin

John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom

Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames

Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones

Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson

"Baby-O" O'Dell

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle

"Pinball" Parker

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Agent Duncan Malloy

Monica Potter

Monica Potter

Tricia Poe

Landry Allbright

Landry Allbright

Casey Poe

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Ticotin

Guard Sally Bishop

Themes & Keywords

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About Con Air

Con Air is a action, thriller, crime film released in 1997 exploring themes of undercover, ambush, war veteran, psychopath, bravery, mexican standoff. Directed by Simon West, it stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich. 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.

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