Con Air

Con Air (1997) is a action, thriller film directed by Simon West rated 6.8/10.

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 Cage

Cameron Poe

John Cusack

Agent Vince Larkin

John Malkovich

Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom

Ving Rhames

Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones

Mykelti Williamson

"Baby-O" O'Dell

Dave Chappelle

"Pinball" Parker

Colm Meaney

Agent Duncan Malloy

Monica Potter

Tricia Poe

Landry Allbright

Casey Poe

Rachel Ticotin

Guard Sally Bishop

Steve Buscemi

Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"

Nick Chinlund

William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford