Con Air

Decorated honorably discharged Army Ranger Cameron Poe is convicted of involuntary manslaughter for killing a bar patron in self-defense when the other man drunkenly attacks him and his pregnant wife, Tricia. Eight years later, he boards a flight to Alabama on the Jailbird, a prison transport plane, so he can be reunited with his family on Casey’s birthday. Most of the inmates boarding the flight are convicts being transferred to a newly opened supermax prison, including mass felon William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford, serial rapist John "Johnny 23" Baca, Black Guerrilla Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones, and professional criminal Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. After taking off, inmate Joe "Pinball" Parker sets another prisoner on fire as a distraction, allowing Grissom and Jones to take over the plane, leading to an impossible odds battle for Poe's survival.