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==Plot==
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[[Military discharge|Honorably discharged]] [[75th Ranger Regiment (United States)|U.S. Army Ranger]] [[sergeant|Sgt.]] Cameron Poe returns home from [[Desert Storm]] to his hometown of [[Mobile, Alabama]], and reunites with his pregnant wife Tricia. However, on the night of the reunion, three intoxicated men attempt to assault Tricia, which leads to him being given a ten-year prison sentence for [[involuntary manslaughter|accidentally killing one of them]]. Eight years later,
Most of the inmates boarding the flight are high-risk convicts being transferred to a [[supermax prison]], including mass murderer William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford, serial rapist John "Johnny 23" Baca, [[Black Guerrilla Family|Black Guerrilla]] former general and member Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones, and [[professional criminal]] Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. The flight is overseen by [[U.S. Marshal]] Vince Larkin, who is approached by [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]] agents Duncan Malloy and Willie Sims; the latter plans to go [[Undercover operation|undercover]] to get information from drug kingpin Francisco Cindino, who is being picked up en route.
After taking off, inmate Joe "Pinball" Parker sets another prisoner on fire using smuggled [[kerosene]] as a distraction, allowing Grissom and Diamond Dog to take over the plane. They plan to land at [[Carson Airport]] as scheduled, pick up and transfer other prisoners, and then fly to a non-[[extradition]] country. Sims tries to retake control, but Grissom kills him and takes his gun.
The plane arrives at Carson City and the inmate exchange commences. The ground crew is unaware that hijackers are disguised as guards and the real guards are forcibly disguised as inmates, gagged to prevent them from revealing the scheme. Amongst the new passengers are Cindino, pilot Earl "Swamp Thing" Williams, and [[serial killer]] Garland Greene. The authorities discover the hijacking upon finding evidence in Grissom's old cell and a tape recorder planted by
The inmates plan to land at Lerner Airfield, a remote desert airstrip, and transfer onto another plane owned by Cindino and his [[Drug cartel|cartel]].
The ''Jailbird'' is grounded at Lerner, with no sign of the transfer aircraft.
As the other inmates prepare the plane, Johnny 23 spots a National Guard convoy approaching and gives the alarm. The inmates find a cache of fully loaded shotguns and rifles in the cargo hold and prepare an ambush. As the National Guard arrives, the inmates launch an assault, resulting in a number of casualties, but Larkin defends the surviving troops using a [[bulldozer]] as a makeshift shield, while the surviving inmates flee back onto the ''Jailbird'' and take flight.
==Cast==
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Additional actors include [[Ty Granderson Jones]] as "Blade", [[Emilio Rivera]] as Carlos, [[Doug Hutchison]] as Guard Donald, [[Jeris Lee Poindexter]] as Watts, [[David Ramsey]] as Londell, [[Conrad Goode]] as white supremacist inmate "Viking", [[John Diehl]] as
Malkovich was considered early for the role of Cyrus. [[Jason Isaacs]], [[Mickey Rourke]], [[Willem Dafoe]] and [[Tom Sizemore]] auditioned for the role. [[Bruce Willis]] turned down the role.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://collider.com/jason-isaacs-con-air-interview-simon-west-skyfire/ |title=Here's Jason Isaacs' Wild 'Con Air' Audition Story (That Led to Him Getting Cast in 'Skyfire') |last=Miller |first=Liz Shannon |date=January 7, 2021 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |publisher=Valnet, Inc. |access-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423220207/https://collider.com/jason-isaacs-con-air-interview-simon-west-skyfire/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Godfrey |first=Alex |date=June 6, 2022 |title=Con Air At 25: The Anarchic Making Of Nicolas Cage's Action Classic |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/con-air-at-25-the-anarchic-making-of-nicolas-cage-action-classic/ |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |location=UK |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]] |access-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209071936/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/con-air-at-25-the-anarchic-making-of-nicolas-cage-action-classic/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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