Passenger 57

1992

Action / Crime / Thriller

65
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 38% · 27 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 38% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 53160 53.2K

florida terrorist airport fbi hijacking ex-cop

Plot summary

Airline security specialist John Cutter, finally returning to the job after his wife's death, finds himself stuck on a flight being hijacked by notorious terrorist Charles Rane. Unfortunately for the terrorists, they're also stuck with him.

Director

Kevin Hooks Photo
Kevin Hooks

Top cast

Robert Hooks Photo
Robert Hooks as Dwight Henderson
Wesley Snipes Photo
Wesley Snipes as John Cutter
Elizabeth Hurley Photo
Elizabeth Hurley as Sabrina Ritchie
Tom Nowicki Photo
Tom Nowicki as Sly's Assistant
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698.85 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 10
1.24 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Standard action-packed movie with the usual two-fisted hero acting in a hijacking

John Cutter (Wesley Snipes) is an expert security agent who's still mourning the death his wife . 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). 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 hijacks the crew and seizes control of it . Cutter must take action confronting the nasty criminal , developing a battle of wits between two charismatic opponents . Meanwhile , Cutter contacts with his airline chiefs (Tom Sizemore and Bruce Greenwood) who want to hide the events .The film packs nonstop action , suspense , tension , lots of violence when the murders and fighting happen , being quite entertaining . It's a run-of-the-mill action film in which from the beginning to the ending the thriller and emotion is continuous . 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 . 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 . 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 . Bruce Payne is excellent as the ruthless and extremely intelligent villainous , he plays -as always- magnificently a megalomaniac nasty . Spectacular musical score by Stanley Clarke , being appropriately adjusted to action . The motion picture was well directed by Kevin Hooks -an usual TV movies director- . Robert Hooks, who plays FBI agent Dwight Henderson in the film , is the father of director Kevin Hooks . The film will appeal to action genre enthusiasts . It's a must see for Wesley Snipes fans .
Reviewed by briancham1994 3 / 10

Super generic

This film doesn't even work as a "typical" or "average" action movie. It is too dumb and cheesy even by 90s action movie standards. It takes all the cliches of the genre but adds nothing thrilling or memorable. The only entertainment value I got was spotting all the airport related moments that could not happen nowadays.
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