CON AIR (1997)

 

Directed by: Simon West

Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer

Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Dave Chappelle, Rachel Ticotin, Danny Trejo, Monica Potter, M.C. Gainey, John Roselius, Renoly Santiago, Jesse Borrego, Nick Chinlund, Angela Featherstone, Jose Zuniga, Landry Allbright, Steve Eastin, Kevin Gage, Ty Granderson, Emilio Rivera, Doug Hutchison, Jeris Lee Poindexter, David Ramsey, Conrad Goode, John Diehl, Don S. Davis, Powers Boothe

115 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:

Cameron Poe, a highly decorated Army Ranger, comes home to Alabama to his wife Tricia, only to run into a few drunken regulars at the bar where she works. Cameron accidentally kills one of the drunks and is sent to a federal penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter for seven years. He becomes eligible for parole and can now go home to his wife and daughter. Unfortunately, Cameron has to share a prison airplane with some of the country's most dangerous criminals, who take control of the plane and are now planning to escape the country. Cameron has to find a way to stop them while playing along. Meanwhile, United States Marshal Vince Larkin is trying to help Cameron get free and stop the criminals, led by Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom.