Con Air (1997)

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.

Director:

Simon West

Stars:

Nicolas Cage (Cameron Poe), John Cusack (Agent Vince Larkin), John Malkovich (Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom), Ving Rhames (Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones), Mykelti Williamson ("Baby-O" O'Dell), Dave Chappelle ("Pinball" Parker)