Cameron Poe, newly paroled from US Army Ranger duty and newly paroled from prison service, must fly home using an aircraft known as Jailbird that transports some of the worst prisoners - often described as pure predators - to an ultra-secure super prison facility. Unfortunately for Poe, however, midflight his plane is hijacked by some of the country's most vicious criminals led by genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom who's joined by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam among other violent criminals to hijack it for themselves and take their new super prison home for themselves a grander future prison facility.
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Con Air (1997) is now streaming with subscription on Prime Video
Simon West
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
MonsterPerfect
Good idea lost in the noise
Kidskycom
It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Tayloriona
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Lachlan Coulson
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
kantimyat
When you watch this movie in 2018 , you will feel confused why Baby-O did not die.
Jeffrey Young
My post is not about Con Air per se but about the movie's beginning. For every honest, decent, honorable person who has studied martial arts for the respectable purpose of self-defense, Con Air presents a realistic scenario of how everything can go wrong for the law-abiding citizen who defends himself.For starters, the laws of this nation defining 'self defense' have long been established by lawyer politicians and judges who never studied self-defense and more, have never been in a self-defense situation. It's possible a few have served in the military but that doesn't mean they experienced combat
