Summary
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.
Cast
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
Steve Buscemi
Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"
Nick Chinlund
William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford
M.C. Gainey
"Swamp Thing"
Danny Trejo
"Johnny-23"
Renoly Santiago
"Sally-Can't Dance"
Steve Eastin
Guard Falzon
Brendan Kelly
Conrad
Jesse Borrego
Francisco Cindino
Carl Ciarfalio
Con #1
Mongo Brownlee
Ajax
José Zúñiga
Sims
Ned Bellamy
Chopper Pilot
John Marshall Jones
Gator
John Roselius
Devers
Fredric Lehne
Pilot
Martin McSorley
Co-Pilot
Dylan Haggerty
Starkey
Dan Bell
Fuel Jockey
Bob Stephenson
Ted, the Pilot
Scott Ditty
Bus Guard
Tommy Bush
Sheriff
Lauren Pratt
Debbie (6 Yrs Old)
Steve Hulin
Ronnie
Don C. McGovern
Smoke
Angela Featherstone
Ginny
Doug Hutchison
Donald
Jeris Poindexter
Watts
David Ramsey
Londell
Conrad Goode
Viking
Emilio Rivera
Carlos
Mario Roberts
Mongoose (Stunt)
Ty Granderson Jones
Blade
Earl Billings
Guard
Greg Collins
Guard
Billy Devlin
Guard
Mark Ginther
Guard
Joseph Patrick Kelly
Guard
Jeff Olson
Uncle Bob
Dawn Bluford
Female Baggage Handler
Charlie Paddock
Transportation Officer #1
Randee Barnes
Stickman
Don S. Davis
Man In Car
Barbara Sharma
Woman In Car
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Cindino Gunman (Stunts)
Eddie Perez
Cindino Gunman (Stunts)
Scott McCoy
Cindino Gunman (Stunts)
Brian Hayes Currie
Cop In Vegas
Ashley Smock
Huey Pilot
Charles Lynn Frost
DEA Agent
Joey Miyashima
Tech Guy
Scott Burkholder
Air Traffic Controller
Kevin Cooney
Judge
Gérard L'Heureux
Guard Renfro
Pete Antico
Guard Garner
John Robotham
Guard Ryan
Gilbert Rosales
Ramirez (Stunt)
Richard L. Duran
Warlock (Stunt)
George Randall
Old Con on Plane
Jamie Bozian
Con
Harley Zumbrum
Con
Doug Dearth
Con
David Roberson
Supervisor
Alexandra Balahoutis
Waitress
Dick 'Skip' Evans
Airplane Pilot
Sheldon Worthington
Co-Pilot
Robert Taft
Soldier
Robert White
Soldier
Chris Ellis
BOP Official Grant
John Campbell
BOP Bus Driver
Brian Willems
Paramedic
Bill Cusack
Paramedic
Dabbs Greer
Old Man Under Truck
Marco Kyris
Cindino's Pilot
Kevin Gage
Billy Joe (uncredited)
Sam Arnold
LVPD Officer (Mike Danley) (uncredited)
Dennis Burkley
Dale (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Simon West
Screenplay
Scott Rosenberg
Reviews
Dark Jedi
August 24, 2014
8
This is one of those movies which are simply good solid entertainment. The fact that I do like Nicolas Cage, even though he is at times really lousy at choosing which movies he participate in, is of course an additional plus.
Naturally I do like the performance of Nicolas Cage in this movie but John Malkowich is also great as the main bad guy and Steve Buscemi is perfect as the nutcase although his role could have been a bit more expanded upon. The rest of the actors are doing nicely as well although it always saddens me to see Colm Meaney playing a dumbass and/or bad guy after his role in Star Trek.
The story is not really bad although it has the usual Hollywood mistakes here and there. The ease by which they pick locks in this high security flight is somewhat laughable and I seriously doubt that they would have been able to haul the plane out of that desert junkyard in flyable condition in real life for instance. Still, it is not a bad story and it works for moving the movie forward.
There are plenty of action and it is mostly quite entertaining. Sometimes it is a bit silly and rather unrealistic of course but, as I wrote, mostly it is quite entertaining. The ending is definitely a bit on the silly side with the plane touching down on the Las Vegas Strip. This bit felt like the producers realized that they had some FX budget left and just had to burn it.
Anyway, on the whole a quite entertaining movie.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$75,000,000.00
Revenue:
$224,012,234.00
Keywords
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