Con Air

1997 · 1h56 · Film

Directed by Simon West

Starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Mykelti Williamson, Dave Chappelle, Colm Meaney, Monica Potter, Landry Allbright, Rachel Ticotin

Ideal when you feel… Calm Stressed Angry

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Scott Rosenberg, Matsune Suzuki, Alex Hillkurtz, Marc Messenger

Music

Trevor Rabin, Mark Mancina

Cinematography

David Tattersall

Cast

Ving Rhames, Mykelti Williamson, Dave Chappelle, Colm Meaney, Monica Potter, Landry Allbright, Rachel Ticotin, Steve Buscemi, Nick Chinlund

Updated July 22, 2026

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