Con Air (1997)
Directed by Simon West · 116 min · Action, Thriller, Crime
40.0 TOPICAL score · #2,677 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Con Air (1997, directed by Simon West) has a TOPICAL score of 40.0 - ranked 2,677 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and lasting engagement, and lowest on critics. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 58% on Rotten Tomatoes · 5.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 52. Audiences: TMDB 6.8/10 (4,905 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 49 languages.
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- Critics58% on Rotten Tomatoes · 5.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 52
- AudienceTMDB 6.8/10 (4,905 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 49 languages
- Still read76,838 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Nicolas Cage (actor #197), John Cusack (actor #499), John Malkovich (actor #212), Ving Rhames (actor #615)