A notorious terrorist eluded capture for so long because of his extreme cleverness and ruthlessness. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying renowned security expert John Carter, who isn’t about to stand for it.
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Film actors:
- John Carter as Wesley Snipes
- Charles Lane as Bruce Payne
- Sly DelVecchio as Tom Sizemore
- Marty Slayton as Alex Dutcher
- Stewart Ramsay as Bruce Greenwood
- Dwight Henderson as Robert Hooks
- Sabrina Rich as Elizabeth Hurley
- Forgot: Michael Hawes
- Vincent: Mark McCauley
- Chief Biggs: Ernie Lively
- Mrs. Edwards: Duchess Tomasello
- Matthew: William Edward Roberts
- Allen: James Short
- Dr. Bowman: Joel Fogel
- Nurse: Jane McPherson
- Norman’s mother: Lysa Thurman
- Security Officer: Kaeen Germain
- Doctor: Winston Bedford
- Surgery Receptionist: Lori Bedford
- Agent Claflin: Kent Lindsay
- SWAT Commander: Rand McPherson
- Phillips Attorney: Lou Bedford
- Lisa Carter as Elena Ayala
- Foreman: Mike Speller
- Agent Manning: Michael H. Moss
- Agent Duncan: Jim McDonald
- Norman: Zachary McLemore
- Screaming Woman: Janet Elder
- Stewardess: Alicia Allred
- Captain Whitehurst: Frank Causey
- Co-pilot: Marty Cornell
- Flight Engineer: Frank Hart
- Sly’s assistant: Tom Nowitzki
- Receptionist: Linda Vick
- Pistol whipping passenger: Robert Midden
- Frank Allen as Dennis Letts
- Nora Allen as Janis Benson
- Douglas: Gary Roman
- Hostage Woman: Lindsay Diamond
- Helicopter Pilot: Dean Carlberg
- Cop #1: Brett Rice
- Store Robber: Henry J. McGauley
- FBI Agent: McConaughey
- Sharpshooter: Carl Cole
- Reporter #1: Jack Gibson
- Reporter #2: Lisa Capriani
Photography team:
- Producer: Dan Paulson
- Director of Photography: Mark Owen
- Story: Dan Gordon
- Director: Kevin Hooks
- Screenwriter: David Lochry
- Producer: Lee Rich
- Producer: Dylan Sellers
- Original music composer: Stanley Clark
- Editor: Richard Nord
- Executive Producer: Jonathan Sheinberg
- Co-producer: Robert J. Anderson
- Story: Stuart Raffel
- Production Design: Jaymes Hinkle
- Casting: Sally Rhodes
- Costume Design: Brad R. Loman
- Stunt Coordinator: Glenn Wilder
- Stunts: Chick Bernhard
Movie review:
- Per Gunnar Jonsson: The film is passable as 85 minutes of light entertainment, but it really never rises above mediocrity. The plot lacks imagination and contains all the usual elements. The terrorist is transported on a commercial flight by the FBI, the terrorist escapes with the help of an insider on the plane, our hero is arrested by a bumbling police officer who mistakes him for the bad guy and of course has to jump out of the plane while it is moving or Jump on a plane scene. yawn!
- Wesley Snipes’ performance is as good as one would expect from Wesley Snipes, which certainly doesn’t help lift this film above mediocrity. The master of horror played by Bruce Payne is the most eye-catching character. I really like his cool, crazy style of characterization.
- There are some decent action scenes scattered throughout the movie, which help keep interest above the “I’m going to read a book” level. Otherwise the film is easily forgettable. As an 85-minute piece of breezy entertainment, it’s perfectly acceptable, but I’d say the relatively short length is one of its strengths.
- John Child: Wesley Snipes vs. Dreadful Wren. Or is this supposed to be our pain in terror?
- Of all the Die Hard clones, there have been, and there have been many! Passenger 57 was probably the worst. The story follows aviation security expert John Carter, played by Wesley Snipes, who becomes involved in a hostage situation on a flight to Los Angeles led by evil villain Charles Lane, who had a troubled childhood. While Carter gets a kick out of the good guys, Cue delivers the quips, the kicks, and the death-defying tricks. Kevin Hooks’ movie works well enough on a very basic action movie level, and that’s largely due to Snipes. Snipes was still six years removed from his iconic role in Blade, and there was no doubt that he was a bonafide action star. As evidenced here, his charisma and physical presence can carry the film through its bombastic script. This script is kind of like the writers sitting around a table and suggesting that they put Snipes into a lot of sticky situations and use that as an excuse to have him beat everyone. Oh, and let’s not forget there’s a forced love story waiting to happen.
- Ultimately, this is just a lazy movie that many people realized was a cash-in when it came out. Bruce Payne tried valiantly and unsuccessfully to make the unbalanced Charles Lane truly evil. Lady goddess Liz Hurley looks uncomfortable holding a gun, while heroine Alex Datcher is hopelessly out of her depth. While it looks like a young Tom Sizemore and Bruce Greenwood also make an appearance – they’re both throwaway characters and you end up wishing we had more. Stanley Clark’s score is terrible, it’s the kind of score one would expect to hear in a softcore porn movie – you know the kind where the main characters are having sex but they’re still in their underwear! Yes. Bad plot, bad script, and bad technical execution. I’m not asking too much for the action genre, not much really, but at least give this movie some soul to entertain the popcorn masses. 3/10 for the Snipes fight and Liz Hurley’s legs.
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