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Con Air

  • 1997
  • TMDB 6.8/10
  • 1h 56m

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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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.

Cast

  • Nicolas CageCameron Poe
  • John CusackAgent Vince Larkin
  • John MalkovichCyrus "The Virus" Grissom
  • Ving RhamesNathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
  • Mykelti Williamson"Baby-O" O'Dell
  • Dave Chappelle"Pinball" Parker
  • Colm MeaneyAgent Duncan Malloy
  • Monica PotterTricia Poe

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