Passenger 57 (1992)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Kevin Hooks

Writers (WGA):

Stewart Raffill (story) and
Dan Gordon (story) ...

Release Date:

6 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

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.

Plot:

An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Hijack | Ferris Wheel | Police Brutality | Terrorism

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	John Cutter
Bruce Payne	...	Charles Rane
Tom Sizemore	...	Sly Delvecchio
Alex Datcher	...	Marti Slayton
Bruce Greenwood	...	Stuart Ramsey
Robert Hooks	...	Dwight Henderson
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Sabrina Ritchie
Michael Horse	...	Forget
Marc Macaulay	...	Vincent
Ernie Lively	...	Chief Biggs
Duchess Tomasello	...	Mrs. Edwards
William Edward Roberts	...	Matthew (as Cameron Roberts)
James Short	...	Allen
Joel Fogel	...	Dr. Bauman
Jane McPherson	...	Nurse

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | France:Unrated | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

While on the plane Wesley Snipes reads the book 'The Art of War'. Snipes later stared in the film _Art of War, The (2000/I)_ that was loosely based on the book.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Cutter first enters the tent at the fairgrounds, the announcer can be heard talking into a microphone. When we see the announcer in the background, he is talking into the microphone but no voice is heard.

Quotes:

[on an airborne helicopter]
pilot: Mr. Delvecchio, I've got Mr. Ramsey on the line.
Sly Delvecchio: Oh. Well, I guess we can't tell him I stepped out, now can we?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (#4.0)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Too High

Just Pass It......

I wanna start by saying that I absolutely love "Die Hard", it's one of my favorite films of all time and its the film that changed the action genre forever. In the years following its release, many of the action flicks have borrowed the basic premise of "Die Hard", making it film about a cop or someone along those lines fighting the bad guys in a limited location, whether its on a bus (Speed), a battleship (Under Siege), a hockey stadium (Sudden Death). But now what we get here is "Die Hard on a plane" which goes by the name "Passenger 57".

It's not that good. I really didn't find myself caring about about the cop whose wife was killed in a holdup all because Snipes just doesn't give a lot of emotional depth in here. And its too bad that he wasn't given good material to work with since his lines seem so forced and awkward when he says them. In "Die Hard", it was totally different because Bruce Willis blended into the role of John McClane perfectly, he just soothed out his lines with heart, soul and personality. Snipes just does the opposite.

Also, the main villain Charles Rane didn't interest me that much, 'cause Bruce Payne's performance was somewhat wooden and dry. But I'll admit that the part when the little kid on the plane pretended to shoot him and Rane responded by pretending to shoot him back was somewhat amusing.

The martial arts action was another low-point for me, the sequences seemed to be very stilted and stiff. Every action flick has at least GOT to have good action, there's no denying that. But when I see the kind of action this film has to offer, it doesn't make me feel like I wanna do it in real life to someone I hate.

One thing that wasn't too shabby was the soundtrack and the composers skill to at least save the action scenes from falling apart completely.

I wouldn't call this "boring" to watch, but it's just a little bland and uninteresting, in fact its got a less than 90 minute runtime, so you could watch it if you REALLY, REALLY don't have anything to do.