Con Air

About 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…

Con Air (1997) is a crime thriller film directed by Simon West. Its themes are shootout, action hero, undercover, and brutality.

Nicolas Cage appears as Cameron Poe, John Cusack as Agent Vince Larkin, John Malkovich as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and Ving Rhames as Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones. At 116 minutes long, it arrived in June 1997.

The screenplay is by Scott Rosenberg. Production companies include Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Touchstone Pictures. American members can watch it on TBS, TNT, and tru TV.

Assault on Precinct 13, Bad Boys II, and Face/Off make useful companions to Con Air, all filed under ambush and convict. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 4,889 votes and it carries a R rating.