In this late '90s aeroplane action-thriller featuring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and John Malkovich, ex-con and former US Ranger Cameron Poe (Cage) has just been let out on parole and is eagerly headed home to see his wife. However, his means of transportation is a prison transport plane, comedically nicknamed "Jailbird," which is also responsible (as you might have guessed from the name) for shuffling some of the most dangerous and powerful criminals in the world. All hell breaks loose when serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (Malkovich) attempts to break free and escape from the aircraft during the flight.