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Con Air

Movie·1997·Action, Thriller, Crime·1h 56m·6.8 (4,706)·Directed by Simon West

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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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Nicolas CageNicolas CageCameron PoeJohn CusackJohn CusackAgent Vince LarkinJohn MalkovichJohn MalkovichCyrus "The Virus" GrissomVing RhamesVing RhamesNathan "Diamond Dog" JonesMykelti WilliamsonMykelti Williamson"Baby-O" O'DellDave ChappelleDave Chappelle"Pinball" ParkerColm MeaneyColm MeaneyAgent Duncan MalloyMonica PotterMonica PotterTricia Poe

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