Executive Decision (1996)

Directed by

Stuart Baird

Genre

action film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 1,044 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Terrorists hijack a commercial airliner. A military team is sent to rescue the passengers by boarding the plane in mid-flight.

tensesuspensefulfast-pacedurgentaction-orientedclaustrophobichigh-stakes

What happens

Executive Decision is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Stuart Baird (in his directorial debut) and written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas, who also produced the film with Joel Silver. It stars Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet and B.D. Wong. It depicts the rescue of an airliner hijacked by terrorists, by a small team placed on the plane in mid-flight. The film was released in the United States on March 15, 1996, by Warner Bros. It grossed $122 million against a $55 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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