<P> It was released theatrically on June 6, 1997 by Touchstone Pictures and was a box office success, grossing over $224 million against a production budget of $75 million . Despite this, the film received mixed reviews from critics, but praising Cage and the cast performances as well as its action sequences, stunts and the villain portrayed by Malkovich . The film also borrows its title from the nickname of the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System . </P> <P> Cameron Poe, an honorably discharged Army Ranger, is convicted of manslaughter after killing a drunken man who tried to attack his pregnant wife Tricia . He is imprisoned for ten years, communicating with his newborn daughter Casey through letters . Eight years later, he is paroled and takes a flight to Alabama on board the Jailbird, a transport prison aircraft . He is accompanied by his diabetic cellmate Mike "Baby - O" O'Dell, who is being transferred . The flight is overseen by U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin, who is approached by DEA agents Duncan Malloy and Willie Sims, the latter planning to go undercover to get information from drug baron Francisco Cindino, who is to be picked up on route . </P> <P> A number of inmates are being transferred to a new Supermax prison, including mass murderer William Bedford, rapist "Johnny 23" Baca, Black Guerrilla Family member Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones, and criminal mastermind "Cyrus the Virus" Grissom . After taking off, inmate Joe "Pinball" Parker incites a riot, releasing Cyrus and Diamond Dog, taking over the plane, planning to land at Carson Airport as scheduled, pick up and transfer other prisoners, and then fly to a non-extradition country . Sims tries to take control of the plane, but Cyrus kills him . </P> <P> As the transfer begins, most of the plane's guards and the pilot forced to pose as inmates . Amongst the new passengers are Cindino, new pilot "Swamp Thing", and serial killer Garland Greene . The authorities discover the hijacking upon finding evidence in Cyrus' old cell and a tape recorder placed with the disguised guards by Poe, but are unable to stop the plane from taking off . The inmates plan to land at Lerner Airport and transfer onto another plane . Poe finds Pinball's corpse trapped in the landing gear, writing a message to Larkin on the body before throwing it out . Larkin learns of the news and heads out to Lerner with the National Guard . Bedford, raiding the cargo, discovers Poe's identity, forcing Poe to kill him . </P>

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