Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Original language
English
Production companies
Touchstone Pictures
Home video distributors
Touchstone Home Video (United States)
Setting
Utah
Filming locations
Las Vegas Valley, Utah
Québec / French
Québec classification
13 years and over
Content indications
Violence
Classification date
November 23, 2021
Trailer
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Festival History
- The Rio Grind Film Festival 2026
- Academy Awards 1998 academy_award
Titles
| Original title | Con Air | |
| Québec French title | Air bagnards | |
| Alternate title | Les Ailes de l'enfer |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Touchstone Home Video (cat. no. 10484) | 1997, United States, slipcase |
Soundtracks
| CD | Con Air (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin, Steve Kempster (1997) | 10 releases, 1997-2006: Hollywood Records, Polygram Records |
| Cassette | Con Air (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin, Steve Kempster (1997) | 2 releases, 1997: Hollywood Records |
Versions & editions
| Home video VHS | United States | 1997 10484 |
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Source: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec (CC0-1.0)
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
