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Con Air (1997)
- R
- 06/02/1997 (US)
- Action, Thriller, Crime
- 1h 56m
They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.
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.
Simon West
DirectorScott Rosenberg
ScreenplayCast
![Nicolas Cage's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ar33qcWbEgREn07ZpXv5Pbj8hbM.jpg)
Nicolas Cage
Cameron Poe![John Malkovich's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/5coH0AExljEnbseCXKL4CDOVQj8.jpg)
John Malkovich
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom![John Cusack's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/aCwCx6JU7Jxbg6Q1ygcnLY750le.jpg)
John Cusack
Agent Vince Larkin![Ving Rhames's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ohAOsD8E4tu35PI2buzZORpn9Ef.jpg)
Ving Rhames
Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones![Mykelti Williamson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/e5f7XCZAUEQ55rVhdphqzdMMI8b.jpg)
Mykelti Williamson
"Baby-O" O'Dell![Dave Chappelle's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/8n64np7IAXbpQQJKxUncihJpq0G.jpg)
Dave Chappelle
"Pinball" Parker![Colm Meaney's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/guL6RJdlRMtOJN3LoaY3G8hG4Rd.jpg)
Colm Meaney
Agent Duncan Malloy![Monica Potter's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/jCFOlFAjNPMkX9pJF2Au0cquZ6v.jpg)