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Con Air

They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.

★ 6.8 1997 116 min R ActionThrillerCrime

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.

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Con Air in its release era

Released in 1997, Con Air sits inside the 1990s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1997-06-05
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.8/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America
Studio
Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Topicsundercoverambushwar veteranpsychopathbraverymexican standoffsandstormhijacking

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