Executive Decision (1996)
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
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Wonderful character development!
I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.
Boring
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
I haven't seen a single dumbest mainstream military operation which has been carried out in movies with steven seagal in it. Never want to know who the writer is. I mean everything goes wrong, literally everything. I can't believe they killed steven seagal half way through after all that macho BS in the beginning of the movie. That is quite a statement and the beginning of the end. Then the bomb expert falls over like little red riding hood and breaks his neck. Come on.. Of course the typical 90's C movie comical suspense scenes. They are all over the movie. I watched half way through and shut down everything because I couldn't bear it anymore. This movie will make Passenger 57 look like Oscar Nominee. Yep its that bad. don't trust the IMDB rating with the 6.4 stars. Anything above 6 should be decent to watch and I wouldn't bother writing here on how bad they are. This movie gave me an idea to write on IMDB so some people can save their precious time instead watching this. God bless us all.
If you are looking for a Mission Impossible or 007 kind of non-stop action thriller, then this is not the movie for you. There are many plane hijack movies released over the years and this is a decent one among them. Though I am unaware of the technological advancement at that time, I found the commando operation on a flying airline, a little bit illogical. But the uncertainties involved in a commando operation and the unforeseen situations that it leads to, makes this flick a highly tense thriller.
Kurt Russell, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt and Halle Berry star in this 1996 action film. Russell (Escape from New York, The Thing) plays David Grant, an intelligence analyst who is assigned the task of helping a team of commandos seize a hijacked airliner that's carrying a deadly, nerve gas. Leguizamo (Spawn) plays commando, Rat, Platt (Indecent Proposal) plays engineer, Cahill and Berry (The Last Boy Scout) play flight attendant, Jean. David Suchet (A Perfect Murder), Joe Morton (Terminator 2), BD Wong (Gotham) and Steven Seagal (Under Siege) also appear. I've always enjoyed this film, the cast is great and the score by the late, Jerry Goldmith is excellent as usual. I recommend this good action flick.
I saw this movie at the cinema back in 1996 and i've always considered it one of the best action movies ever.It reminds me a bit of Die Hard, but in a plane. The situation with the terrorists on board, their demands, the bomb, the political consequences, whether to shoot down the plane or not, the special ops team ready to engage, all of it mixed end up in a very thrilling and exciting movie, with the right amount of action, just like it was back in the 90's. I really miss more movies like this today.