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Con Air
“They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.”
6.8 / 10• 1997• 1h 56m•R• English
ActionThrillerCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Nicolas Cage
Cameron Poe
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Simon West's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Con Air is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
