Con Air (1997)

05/06/1997Action, Thriller, Crime1h 56m

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

Director

Scott Rosenberg

Screenplay

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

A review by Per Gunnar Jonsson

8
Written by Per Gunnar Jonsson on August 24, 2014

This is one of those movies which are simply good solid entertainment. The fact that I do like Nicolas Cage, even though he is at times really lousy at choosing which movies he participate in, is of course an additional plus. Naturally I do like t...

John Chard

A review by John Chard

8
Written by John Chard on May 18, 2020

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have the only gun on board. Welcome to Con Air. Hummingbird Humdinger. Con Air is directed by Simon West and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malko...

Andre Gonzales

A review by Andre Gonzales

8
Written by Andre Gonzales on May 8, 2023

Great movie. One of my favorites growing up. Action packed with a great storyline. Great cast too....

CinemaSerf

A review by CinemaSerf

6
Written by CinemaSerf on August 27, 2023

This takes forever to get going, but once the plot gets the establishing twenty minutes out of the way, it's actually quite a decent adventure story. Ranger Nicolas Cage ("Poe") gets embroiled in a fatal brawl that lands him in jail. Out on his parol...

Horseface

A review by Horseface

10
Written by Horseface on February 9, 2025

Silly perfection! Having just watched this again after twenty-odd years, as it's now available in 4k. My god, Hollywood was great back in the day. This movie is stupid, silly, over-the-top everything, and wholly implausible. But it doesn't mat...

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