An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | |
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Duchess Tomasello | ... | Mrs. Edwards |
| William Edward Roberts | ... | Matthew (as Cameron Roberts) | |
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James Short | ... | Allen |
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Joel Fogel | ... | Dr. Bauman |
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Jane McPherson | ... | Nurse |
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Air travel is the safest, the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. "The Rane of Terror" has masterminded four terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth -- and that's bad news for the passengers on Flight 163. But there's good news too: the man in seat 57! Wesley Snipes plays John Cutter, an undercover security operative who enters the lavatory and exits to find Rane (Bruce Payne) and his gang have taken over. Cutter's next move is clear. Do. Or be done to. Written by Robert Lynch <docrlynch@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords:
man murders a woman | man wears eyeglasses | terrorist | passenger | security expert |Taglines:
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.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 November 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Pasajero 57 See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$10,513,925, 8 November 1992, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$44,065,653Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Written by Stevie Wonder
Performed by Norman Brown
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
Single on MoJazz
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The original draft of the screenplay set the action at night; it was changed to a daylight story setting to save money. See more »Goofs
Hat on state trooper's head while being beat up by Cutter. See more »Crazy Credits
The first part of the credits scroll while John Cutter and Marti Slayton walk along the runway towards the fairground in the distance as fireworks go off in the night time sky See more »Alternate Versions
German TV- and Retail-Version were cut to obtain a 16-rating See more »Soundtracks
Too HighWritten by Stevie Wonder
Performed by Norman Brown
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
Single on MoJazz
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"Passenger 57" is one of the many films that followed in the wake of the action film that re invented the genre, 1988's "Die Hard" with Bruce Willis in the lead. When I first saw P57, rented on video in the mid nineties, I wasn't expecting a re-run of Die Hard, but i was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable an action flick it was.
Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne spark well off each other as the troubled hero and psychotic villain. They are given competent support by the rest of the cast, although one of my small complaints is how under utilised the other actors are. That said, Ernie Lively does a nice turn as the local police chief and Robert Hooks (father of director Kevin Hooks) is good as an FBI Agent.
Essentially, Passenger 57 is a solid little action movie which is well paced and has enough intriguing characters and good action scenes to keep you interested right through to the finale. The story is perhaps a little thin and the script could have used a bit more depth to develop the characters, but it's very enjoyable none the less.
Don't view this expecting a great movie, but if you have an hour and a half to kill this film is well worth a watch.