Con Air
“They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.”
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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Cast
89 people
Nicolas Cage
Cameron Poe
Known for
The Croods
National Treasure
John Cusack
Agent Vince Larkin
Known for
2012
1408
John Malkovich
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
Known for
RED
Bird Box
Ving Rhames
Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
Known for
Pulp Fiction
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mykelti Williamson
"Baby-O" O'Dell
Known for
Forrest Gump
The Purge: Election Year
Dave Chappelle
"Pinball" Parker
Known for
A Star Is Born
Chappelle's Show
Colm Meaney
Agent Duncan Malloy
Known for
Law Abiding Citizen
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Monica Potter
Tricia Poe
Known for
Patch Adams
Along Came a Spider
Landry Allbright
Casey Poe
Known for
Feral
Rachel Ticotin
Guard Sally Bishop
Known for
The Act
Total Recall
Steve Buscemi
Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"
Known for
Wednesday
Monsters, Inc.
Nick Chinlund
William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford
Known for
The Terminal List
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Simon West Director · Scott Rosenberg Screenplay Trevor Rabin Composer
Worldwide gross $224M · Budget $75M · United States release June 6, 1997
Box office
Budget
$75,000,000
Worldwide gross
$224,012,234
Gross vs. budget
3.0×
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Production
Hiett Designs of Las Vegas
Production
Kouf/Bigelow Productions
Production
Runway Pictures Inc
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 2, 1997
Premiere · Las Vegas, Nevada
United States · June 6, 1997
Theatrical
United States · May 27, 2003
Physical · DVD
United States
January 8, 2008 · Physical · Blu-ray
Argentina
June 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Australia
July 17, 1997 · Theatrical
Austria
June 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Belgium
July 9, 1997 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 20, 1997 · Theatrical
December 8, 2005 · Physical · Buena Vista mj.gov.br
Canada
June 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Chile
June 6, 1997 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 7, 1997 · Theatrical
Denmark
June 20, 1997 · Theatrical
Estonia
August 15, 1997 · Theatrical
Finland
June 27, 1997 · Theatrical
France
August 20, 1997 · Theatrical
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
June 12, 1997 · Physical
Greece
November 27, 1998 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
June 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 31, 1997 · Theatrical
Iceland
June 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 6, 1997 · Theatrical
Israel
June 6, 1997 · Theatrical
Italy
August 22, 1997 · Theatrical
Japan
October 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Kuwait
September 17, 1997 · Theatrical
Malta
June 14, 1997 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 6, 1997 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 19, 1997 · Theatrical
May 7, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
November 1, 2006 · Physical · DVD
December 7, 2007 · Physical · Blu ray
New Zealand
June 12, 1997 · Theatrical
Norway
June 27, 1997 · Theatrical
Philippines
August 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Poland
July 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 27, 1997 · Theatrical
Romania
June 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Singapore
June 19, 1997 · Theatrical
South Africa
July 25, 1997 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 28, 1997 · Theatrical
Spain
July 20, 1997 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 25, 1997 · Theatrical
November 1, 1997 · Physical · VHS; The release date in November is not known.
November 21, 1998 · Physical · DVD
October 3, 2007 · Physical · Blu-ray
Switzerland
June 20, 1997 · Theatrical · German
August 8, 1997 · Theatrical · French
August 14, 1997 · Theatrical · Italian
Türkiye
September 5, 1997 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 6, 1997 · Theatrical
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