Con Air poster
6.7

Con Air

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

⭐3,763 votes
1997
1h 56m
Released
EN
Genres
ActionThrillerCrime
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.

Production
Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Box Office
Budget: $75,000,000
Revenue: $224,012,234
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America

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Popularity Score

39
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Family Friendly
Suitable for general audiences

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3,763
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