Con Air 1997

Name: Con Air
Released: 1997-06-05
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Mykelti Williamson

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Simon West
Written by:	Scott Rosenberg
Release date:	1997-06-05
Runtime:	116 minutes
Critics score:	54 / 100
Tagline:	They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.