Wesley Snipes

Bruce Payne

Tom Sizemore

Alex Datcher

Bruce Greenwood

Robert Hooks

Elizabeth Hurley

Michael Horse

Marc Macaulay

Ernie Lively

Duchess Tomasello

William Edward Roberts

James Short

Joel Fogel

Jane McPherson

Lesa Thurman

Kareen Germain

Winston Bedford

Lori Bedford

Kent Lindsey

Rand MacPherson

Lou Bedford

Elena Ayala

Mike Speller

Michael H. Moss

Jim McDonald

Zachary McLemore

Janet Elder

Alicia Allred

Frank Causey

Marty Connell

Frank Hart

Tom Nowicki

Linda Vick

Robert Midden

Dennis Letts

Janis Benson

Gary Rorman

Lindsey Diamond

Dean Carlberg

Brett Rice

Henry J. McGauley

Michael Conner

Carl Cole

Jack Gibson

Lisa Capriani

Kevin Hooks

David Loughery

Dan Gordon

Dan Paulson

Lee Rich

Dylan Sellers

Stanley Clarke

Mark Irwin

Richard Nord

Jonathan Sheinberg

Chick Bernhard

Stewart Raffill

Jaymes Hinkle

Shari Rhodes

Brad R. Loman

Glenn R. Wilder

Robert J. Anderson

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Thriller

Passenger 57

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

florida

airport

hijacking

ex-cop

los angeles, california

terrorism

always bet on black

Per Gunnar Jonsson

This movie is acceptable as 85 minutes of light entertainment but it really never rises above mediocrity. The plot is unimaginative with all the usual elements. Terrorist is transported by FBI on commercial flight, terrorist escapes with the help of an insider on the plane, our hero gets arrested by bungling cops who mistakes him for a bad guy and of course the obligatory jump off or on the plane while it is moving scenes. Yawn!

Wesley Snipes performance is as good as one can expect of Wesley Snipes which of course does not help elevate the movie above mediocrity. The one character which stands above the rest is the master terrorist played by Bruce Payne. I quite liked his cool, insane style of portraying his character.

There are a few semi-decent action scenes splattered around the movie which helps keeping the interest just above the I’ll-read-a-book-instead level. Otherwise the movie is an easily forgettable one. It is quite acceptable as 85 minutes of light entertainment but I would say that its relatively short length is one of its positive traits.

Wesley Snipes vs The Rane Of Terror. Or should that be our Pain at the Terror?

Of all the Die Hard clones there have been, and there have been many! Passenger 57 may just be the worst. The story follows Wesley Snipes' airline security expert John Cutter, who whilst undertaking a flight to L.A. gets embroiled in a hostage takeover led by evil bad man with a troubled childhood, Charles Rane. Cue quips, kicks and death defying tricks as Cutter strikes one for the good guys. Kevin Hooks' film works well enough on a very basic actioner level, due in the main to Snipes. Snipes was six years away from his signature role in Blade, and for sure he is a bona fide action star. As evidenced here, he has the charisma and body motions to carry the film thru its turgid script. It's a script that smacks of the writers sitting round a table and suggesting they put Snipes in a number of tricky situations and used that as an excuse for him to beat the crappola out of everyone. Oh and lets not forget the forced love story waiting to happen as well.

Ultimately it's just a lazy film that is the cash in that many realised it was upon its release. Bruce Payne manfully tries to make the unbalanced Charles Rane truly evil, but doesn't succeed. Liz Hurley, goddess of womanhood that she is, looks uncomfortable holding a gun, while leading lady Alex Datcher is hopelessly out of her depth. While the youthful looking Tom Sizemore and Bruce Greenwood also appear - but both are throwaway characters that you end up wishing we had had more of. Stanley Clarke's score is abysmal, it's the sort of score one expects to hear in a soft core porno movie - you know the kind where the protagonists are making love but they still have their underwear on! Yes that kind. Poor plotting, poor scripting and just about poor in technical execution. I don't ask much of the action genre, I really don't, but at least give the film some soul from which to entertain the popcorn masses. 3/10 for Snipes' fighting and Liz Hurley's legs.

Passenger 57 (1992) Official Trailer #1 - Wesley Snipes Thriller

Always Bet on Black - Passenger 57

Passenger 57 Trailer 1992

Wesley Snipes @ Making Of Passenger 57

Passenger 57( 1992)

He's an ex-cop with a bad mouth, a bad attitude, and a bad seat. For the terrorists on flight 163 . . . he's very bad news.

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A review by Per Gunnar Jonsson

Written by Per Gunnar Jonsson on Sun Aug 31 2014

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