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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.
1997 · Directed by Simon West · 116 min · Action · Thriller · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.
Crew
- Screenplay: Scott Rosenberg
- Cinematography: David Tattersall
- Edited by: Chris Lebenzon, Steve Mirkovich, Glen Scantlebury
- Music: Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin
- Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe
- John Cusack as Agent Vince Larkin
- John Malkovich as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
- Ving Rhames as Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
- Mykelti Williamson as "Baby-O" O'Dell
- Dave Chappelle as "Pinball" Parker
- Colm Meaney as Agent Duncan Malloy
- Monica Potter as Tricia Poe
- Landry Allbright as Casey Poe
- Rachel Ticotin as Guard Sally Bishop
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Budget: $75,000,000
- Box office: $224,012,234
- Themes: undercover, ambush, war veteran, psychopath, bravery, mexican standoff, sandstorm, hijacking, prison guard, u.s. marshal
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