They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.
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.
Directed bySimon West
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- June 5, 1997
- Budget
- $75,000,000
- Revenue
- $224,012,234
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Featuring
Cast & crew
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
Colm Meaney
Agent Duncan Malloy
Monica Potter
Tricia Poe
Landry Allbright
Casey Poe
Rachel Ticotin
Guard Sally Bishop
- Directed by
- Simon West
- Written by
- Scott Rosenberg
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer
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