![]() ![]() now they just have to get him to Los Angeles for trial. ![]() Before the operation can start the police move in and Rane attempts to escape but is eventually captured. ![]() The film opens with Charles Rane in an operating theatre awaiting plastic surgery, we know he is somewhat insane as he insists in having no anaesthetic. We are told who is bad and who is good almost as soon as their character appears. For a thriller this is also lacking in any twists whatsoever. This isn't a bad film but it isn't exactly a great film either Wesley Snipes does a good job as airline security expert John Cutter who is in the wrong place at the right time, Bruce Payne is okay as the psychotic terrorist and Alex Datcher is fairly forgettable as the feisty stewardess. ![]() The film will appeal to action genre enthusiasts. Robert Hooks, who plays FBI agent Dwight Henderson in the film, is the father of director Kevin Hooks. The motion picture was well directed by Kevin Hooks -an usual TV movies director. Spectacular musical score by Stanley Clarke, being appropriately adjusted to action. Bruce Payne is excellent as the ruthless and extremely intelligent villainous, he plays -as always- magnificently a megalomaniac nasty. While on the plane Wesley Snipes reads the book 'The Art of War' Snipes later starred in the film ¨The art of war¨ (2000) that was loosely based on the book. Wesley Snipes is top-notch as an action hero, turning into tough action man in films of big budget, just like ¨Murder at 1600¨, ¨Money train¨, ¨US Marshall¨ and ¨Blade¨ trilogy however, nowadays, he only makes low/medium budget films as ¨Unstoppable¨, ¨The detonator¨, ¨7 seconds¨, ¨Chaos¨, ¨The marksman¨, among others. This film Passenger 57 (1992) was scheduled to air on a Starz Entertainment Group channel the night of 9/11, what with the themes of terrorism on an airplane, the broadcast was obviously cancelled. It's a run-of-the-mill action film in which from the beginning to the ending the thriller and emotion is continuous. The film packs nonstop action, suspense, tension, lots of violence when the murders and fighting happen, being quite entertaining. Meanwhile, Cutter contacts with his airline chiefs (Tom Sizemore and Bruce Greenwood) who want to hide the events. Cutter must take action confronting the nasty criminal, developing a battle of wits between two charismatic opponents. He hijacks the crew and seizes control of it. Then, he finds himself accidentally trapped into the middle of an airline Jumbo hijacking executed by an arch-villain terrorist (Bruce Payne) who previously committed numerous terrorists acts. He embarks a large plane, L1011-500 "Tristar, assisted by beautiful air hostesses (two gorgeous flight attendants : Alex Datcher and Elizabeth Hurley, one of the earliest film roles). Regrettably, we see a blurring of good and evil in this film.John Cutter (Wesley Snipes) is an expert security agent who's still mourning the death his wife. Director Kevin Hooks also deserves credit for a fine directing job with action-packed suspense and timing propelling the movie rapidly forward. Wesley Snipes turns in a credible acting performance with his fight tactics, clever maneuvers and split-second timing in the fight sequences, amid considerable profane and obscene language. Soon, Cutter gets forced into action, and following much violence, it appears that everyone on the plane will be killed and that Rane and his cohorts will go free. When the plane is 38,000 feet in the air, Rane manages to free himself, and with the help of accomplices, begins his plane takeover. Another passenger and well-known psychotic terrorist, Charles Rane, just happens to be on the same plane headed for Los Angeles where he will stand trial for airplane hijacking. In PASSENGER 57, anti-terrorist expert John Cutter, alias Passenger 57 (Wesley Snipes), is en route to Los Angeles where he hopes to lead a more tranquil, nine-to-five kind of life. ![]()
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