High-octane blockbuster in which a federal aeroplane is hijacked by the convicts it is transporting, and a former prisoner (Nicolas Cage) must help the US Marshals stop them.

Tough blockbuster thriller from the makers of Pearl Harbor and The Rock.

When prison transport plane Jailbird is violently taken over by some of its more perverse passengers, it falls to newly-paroled Cameron Poe to try to foil their escape and save a friend - even if it costs Poe his own freedom. Meanwhile, the authorities are determined to destroy the aircraft at any cost.