Released:
1997-06-05

Overview:
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.

Director:
Simon West

Runtime:
1h 56min

Genre:
Action, Thriller, Crime

• 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