Just-paroled army ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is headed back to his wife (Monica Potter), but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed “Jailbird” with some of the worst criminals living. Along with Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames) and Baby-O (Mykelti Williamson), genius serial killer Cyrus “The Virus” Grissom (John Malkovich) unleashes a violent escape plot in mid-flight. Secretly working with U.S. Marshall Vince Larkin (John Cusack), Poe tries to foil Grissom’s plan. Commissioned by Jeramiah W. (5/19/23.)

Release date: June 6, 1997 (USA)
Director: Simon West
Box office: 224 million USD
Music composed by: Ronnie Van Zant, Diane Warren, Trevor Rabin, Mark Mancina
Distributed by: Touchstone Pictures, 20th Century Studios, MORE
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer