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Passenger 57 (1992)

Passenger 57 poster
Directed by
Kevin Hooks
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1,137 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A security consultant on a plane must stop a terrorist plot to free a captive hijacker. He fights to keep passengers safe during a mid-air crisis.

tensefast-pacedgrittysuspensefulaction-heavy90s-styleintense

What happens

Passenger 57 is a 1992 American action thriller film directed by Kevin Hooks. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne, with Snipes portraying security consultant John Cutter who finds himself forced to foil a plot to free captive terrorist Charles Rane during a commercial airline flight. Critical reviews were mixed, but the film was a box-office success, and made Snipes a popular action hero icon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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