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.
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Resolved, unpretentious, classical in form and effortless.
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Nicolas CageCameron Poe
- John CusackAgent Vince Larkin
- John MalkovichCyrus "The Virus" Grissom
- Ving RhamesNathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
- Mykelti Williamson"Baby-O" O'Dell
- Dave Chappelle"Pinball" Parker
- Colm MeaneyAgent Duncan Malloy
- Monica PotterTricia Poe
- Landry AllbrightCasey Poe
- Rachel TicotinGuard Sally Bishop
Crew
- Simon WestDirector
- Scott RosenbergScreenplay
- David TattersallDirector of Photography
- Mark MancinaOriginal Music Composer
- Trevor RabinOriginal Music Composer
- Glen ScantleburyEditor
- Steve MirkovichEditor
- Chris LebenzonEditor
- Jerry BruckheimerProducer
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