Con Air
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.
June 5, 1997 · Directed by Simon West
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Cast & crew
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
Landry AllbrightCasey Poe
Rachel TicotinGuard Sally BishopWhere to watch
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