An action thriller from the Joel Silver school of Big Bang filmmaking, PASSENGER 57 smashes on the runway, an inflated cartoon of excess without a modicum of charm, wit or sense.
John Cutter (Wesley Snipes) is a snippy and imperious airline security expert (a friend tells him "You'd make a hell of a Republican") who finds himself aboard a flight to Los Angeles with the sneering and equally imperious Charles Rane (Bruce Payne), the latter being escorted by FBI agents to
face terrorist bombing charges. Quite understandably, Rane wants to get off the plane before it lands in California and, while Cutter is in the bathroom, Rane's camouflaged cohorts take their cue ...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins