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Executive Decision( 1996)

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Five miles above the earth, an elite team of six men must make an air to air transfer, in order to save 400 lives on board a 747...and 40 million below.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kurt Russell

      David Grant

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      Steven Seagal

      Lt. Colonel Austin Travis

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      Halle Berry

      Jean

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      John Leguizamo

      Rat

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      Oliver Platt

      Cahill

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      Joe Morton

      Cappy

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      David Suchet

      Nagi Hassan

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      BD Wong

      Louie

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      Len Cariou

      Secretary of Defense Charles White

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      Whip Hubley

      Baker

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      Andreas Katsulas

      Jaffa

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      Mary Ellen Trainor

      Allison

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      Marla Maples

      Nancy

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      J.T. Walsh

      Senator Mavros

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      Ingo Neuhaus

      Doc

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      William James Jones

      Catman

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      Nicholas Pryor

      Secretary of State Jack Douglas

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      Stanley Grover

      General Price

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      Eugene Roche

      Admiral Lewis

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      Ken Jenkins

      General Wood

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      Charles Hallahan

      General Sarlow

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      Dey Young

      Gail

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      Richard Riehle

      Air Marshal

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      Robert Apisa

      Demou

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      Granville Hatcher

      Ahmed

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      Christopher Maher

      Kahlil

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      Jay Tavare

      Terrorist

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      Ahmed Ahmed

      Terrorist

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      Shaun Toub

      Terrorist

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      Majed Ibrahim

      Terrorist

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      Jon Huertas

      Terrorist

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      Joey Naber

      Terrorist

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      Ray Baker

      747 Captain

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      Michael Milhoan

      747 First Officer

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      Julie Wright

      Flight Attendant

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      Sunni Boswell

      Flight Attendant

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      Gregg Artz

      Assistant to Senator Mavros

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      Yvonne Zima

      Little Girl

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      Will Schaub

      Assistant to Senator Mavros

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      Marianne Muellerleile

      Diabetic Woman

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      Brad Blaisdell

      Beckings Institute Aide

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      Don Fischer

      Remora Pilot

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      John Rixey Moore

      Flight Instructor

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      Warren Munson

      American Ambassador

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      Lance August

      American Embassy Duty Officer

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      Maggie Egan

      CNN Reporter

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      James C. Victor

      Spider

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      Tim Kelleher

      Bulldog

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      David Birznieks

      Fire Fighter

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      Paul Bollen

      Fire Fighter

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      Nick Jameson

      London Maitre'D

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      Juan Fernández

      London Bomber

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      Todd Jeffries

      Collins

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      Joe Cook

      Chechen

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      Ilia Volok

      Chechen

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      Borovnisa Blervaque

      Yugoslavian Girl

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      Joseph Makkar

      Arab Co-Pilot

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      Damon Lee

      Translator

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      Magdalene St. Michaels

      London Hostess

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      Robert Londberg

      Diamond Smuggler

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      Edmond Brown

      FBI Agent

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      Michelle Boudreau

      Party Girl

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      Kurt Kohler

      MP

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Sun Jun 04 2023
    **_Suspense at 33,000 feet with Kurt Russell_** An intelligence analyst (Russell) inadvertently joins a special forces operation to save a Boeing 747-200 hijacked by terrorists before it is used to attack DC. Steven Seagal plays the mission commander, Halle Berry a flight attendant and Oliver Platt an aeronautics engineers, amongst other notables. “Executive Decision” (1996) is an airliner-in-trouble flick from the angle of “Under Siege” (1992) directed by the editor of “Die Hard 2” (1990). I bring up the latter because this one’s very similar except that it takes place in the air rather ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    55000000.00

    Revenue

    121969216.00

    Keywords

    • rescue
    • airplane
    • panic
    • bomb
    • ransom
    • hostage
    • hijacking
    • terror cell
    • special unit
    • deception
    • flashback
    • survival
    • covert operation
    • disaster
    • shootout
    • terrorism
    • explosion
    • surveillance
    • night vision goggles
    • flight attendant
    • intelligence agent
    • hand to hand combat
    • nerve gas