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

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 5	3:00 PM	AMC
Thur. July 9	8:00 PM	MyNetwork

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

Also Known As:

Passagier 57 (Austria) (Germany) [de]
57. potnik (Slovenia) [sl]
Az 57-es utas (Hungary) [hu]
Matkustaja 57 (Finland) [fi]
Pasajero 57 (Spain) [es]
Passageiro 57 (Portugal) [pt]
Passager 57 (Denmark) [da]
Passager 57 (France) [fr]
Passagerare 57 (Sweden) [sv]
Passenger 57 terrore ad alta quota (Italy) [it]
Putnik 57 (Serbia) [sr]
Putnik 57 (Croatia) [hr]

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:

Factual errors: Bathroom doors on planes have a spring that shuts the door. When Cutter leaves the bathroom to get the phone, the bathroom door is swinging loose on its hinges. This is shown when the terrorist turns around to see what was making a noise, and sees the door swinging loosely. Then when Cutter returns to the bathroom, he has to push the door to see out. He repeatedly pushes the door, and relaxes pressure allowing the door to close by itself. It even closes by itself when he leaves the bathroom. Now the door seems to have the spring hinge that was absent earlier.

Quotes:

Charles Rane: "You wouldn't take advantage of a helpless man."
John Cutter: "Never stopped you."
Charles Rane: "It's the American way, isn't it, brother?"

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saints Row 2 (2008) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Too High

Good solid action flick. A must for Snipes fans.

Passenger 57 is an enjoyable and rather underrated action film. Although there is not too much of a storyline, the slick action scenes combined with some very good performances from Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne kept me entertained from start to finish.

While Passenger 57 offers nothing really new to the action genre, it does offer plenty of fast paced chaos and explosions and combined with some entertaining hand-to-hand combat skills by Snipes, it is certainly better than a lot of other standard action fares out there.

Snipes gives a very good performance as the lead and Bruce Payne is brilliant as the mentally unstable villain. The other cast are somewhat overshadowed by Snipes and Payne, but do an adequate enough job.

Overall I was very pleased by Passenger 57, so much so that it proudly belongs in my DVD collection. A very good choice for action fans and a must for Snipes fans. 8/10.

And don't forget...."Always bet on black!"