"They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings."

1997

1h 56m

6.8(4435 votes)

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Thriller

Crime

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.

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85 members

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Nicolas Cage

Cameron Poe

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John Cusack

Agent Vince Larkin

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John Malkovich

Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom

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Ving Rhames

Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones

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Mykelti Williamson

"Baby-O" O'Dell

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Dave Chappelle

"Pinball" Parker

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Colm Meaney

Agent Duncan Malloy

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Monica Potter

Tricia Poe

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Landry Allbright

Casey Poe

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Rachel Ticotin

Guard Sally Bishop

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Steve Buscemi

Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"

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Nick Chinlund

William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford

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M.C. Gainey

"Swamp Thing"

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Danny Trejo

"Johnny-23"

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Renoly Santiago

"Sally-Can't Dance"

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Steve Eastin

Guard Falzon

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Brendan Kelly

Conrad

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Jesse Borrego

Francisco Cindino

Crew

Carl Ciarfalio

Con #1

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Mongo Brownlee

Ajax

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José Zúñiga

Sims

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Ned Bellamy

Chopper Pilot

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John Marshall Jones

Gator

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John Roselius

Devers

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Fredric Lehne

Pilot

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Martin McSorley

Co-Pilot

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Dylan Haggerty

Starkey

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Dan Bell

Fuel Jockey

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Bob Stephenson

Ted, the Pilot

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Scott Ditty

Bus Guard

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Tommy Bush

Sheriff

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Lauren Pratt

Debbie (6 Yrs Old)

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Crew

Steve Hulin

Ronnie

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Crew

Don C. McGovern

Smoke

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Angela Featherstone

Ginny

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Doug Hutchison

Donald

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Jeris Poindexter

Watts

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David Ramsey

Londell

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Conrad Goode

Viking

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Emilio Rivera

Carlos

Crew

Mario Roberts

Mongoose (Stunt)

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Ty Granderson Jones

Blade

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Earl Billings

Guard

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Greg Collins

Guard

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Billy Devlin

Guard

Crew

Mark Ginther

Guard

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Joseph Patrick Kelly

Guard

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Jeff Olson

Uncle Bob

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Dawn Bluford

Female Baggage Handler

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Charlie Paddock

Transportation Officer #1

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Randee Barnes

Stickman

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Don S. Davis

Man In Car

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Barbara Sharma

Woman In Car

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Thomas Rosales Jr.

Cindino Gunman (Stunts)

Crew

Eddie Perez

Cindino Gunman (Stunts)

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Scott McCoy

Cindino Gunman (Stunts)

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Brian Hayes Currie

Cop In Vegas

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Ashley Smock

Huey Pilot

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Charles Lynn Frost

DEA Agent

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Joey Miyashima

Tech Guy

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Scott Burkholder

Air Traffic Controller

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Kevin Cooney

Judge

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Gérard L'Heureux

Guard Renfro

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Pete Antico

Guard Garner

Crew

John Robotham

Guard Ryan

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Gilbert Rosales

Ramirez (Stunt)

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Richard L. Duran

Warlock (Stunt)

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George Randall

Old Con on Plane

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Jamie Bozian

Con

Acting

Harley Zumbrum

Con

Production

Doug Dearth

Con

Acting

David Roberson

Supervisor

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Alexandra Balahoutis

Waitress

Crew

Dick 'Skip' Evans

Airplane Pilot

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Sheldon Worthington

Co-Pilot

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Robert Taft

Soldier

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Robert White

Soldier

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Chris Ellis

BOP Official Grant

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John Campbell

BOP Bus Driver

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Brian Willems

Paramedic

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Bill Cusack

Paramedic

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Dabbs Greer

Old Man Under Truck

Crew

Marco Kyris

Cindino's Pilot

Acting

Kevin Gage

Billy Joe (uncredited)

Acting

Dennis Burkley

Dale (uncredited)

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