Con Air (1997)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1997-06-05
Runtime: 116 minutes
Director: Simon West
Budget: $75,000,000 USD
Revenue: $224,012,234 USD
Top Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe
- John Cusack as Agent Vince Larkin
- John Malkovich as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
- Ving Rhames as Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
- Mykelti Williamson as "Baby-O" O'Dell
- Dave Chappelle as "Pinball" Parker
- Colm Meaney as Agent Duncan Malloy
- Monica Potter as Tricia Poe
- Landry Allbright as Casey Poe
- Rachel Ticotin as Guard Sally Bishop
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