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. false 2018-09-26 17:31:37 Con Air Simon West Scott Rosenberg Matsune Suzuki Scott Rosenberg Matsune Suzuki plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=Olvpk5BXWCI plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=Px8U9fx8TXw 6.752 1997 GB-15 tt0118880 1701 1997-06-05 1997-06-05 58 115 They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings. United States of America Action Thriller Crime Touchstone Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films prison helicopter airplane escape undercover ambush war veteran gas station psychopath bravery mexican standoff sandstorm hijacking us army prison guard u.s. marshal serial killer shootout las vegas explosion brutality convict desert war hero diabetic dea agent hostile takeover skyjacker motorcycle chase disguises action hero army veteran prisoner transport transport plane /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/d6/d6fde2f64361a9edec7dbc27c3ea369c/poster.jpg /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/d6/d6fde2f64361a9edec7dbc27c3ea369c/backdrop.jpg Nicolas Cage Cameron Poe Actor 0 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/N/Nicolas Cage/folder.jpg John Malkovich Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom Actor 1 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/John Malkovich/folder.jpg John Cusack Agent Vince Larkin Actor 2 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/John Cusack/folder.jpg Ving Rhames Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones Actor 3 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/V/Ving Rhames/folder.jpg Mykelti Williamson "Baby-O" O'Dell Actor 4 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/M/Mykelti Williamson/folder.jpg Dave Chappelle "Pinball" Parker Actor 5 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/Dave Chappelle/folder.jpg Colm Meaney Agent Duncan Malloy Actor 6 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/C/Colm Meaney/folder.jpg Monica Potter Tricia Poe Actor 7 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/M/Monica Potter/folder.jpg Landry Allbright Casey Poe Actor 8 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/L/Landry Allbright/folder.jpg Rachel Ticotin Guard Sally Bishop Actor 9 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Rachel Ticotin/folder.jpg Steve Buscemi Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler" Actor 10 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/S/Steve Buscemi/folder.jpg Nick Chinlund William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford Actor 11 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/N/Nick Chinlund/folder.jpg M.C. Gainey "Swamp Thing" Actor 12 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/M/M.C. Gainey/folder.jpg Danny Trejo "Johnny-23" Actor 13 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/Danny Trejo/folder.jpg Renoly Santiago "Sally-Can't Dance" Actor 14 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Renoly Santiago/folder.jpg Jerry Bruckheimer Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Jerry Bruckheimer/folder.jpg Lynn Kouf Executive Producer Producer Jim Kouf Executive Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Jim Kouf/folder.jpg Jonathan Hensleigh Executive Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Jonathan Hensleigh/folder.jpg Peter Bogart Executive Producer Producer Chad Oman Executive Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/C/Chad Oman/folder.jpg Kenny Bates Associate Producer Producer tt0118880