Passenger 57

Name: Passenger 57
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: November 6, 1992
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Alex Datcher, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce Payne, Elizabeth Hurley, Ernie Lively

1992

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: November 6, 1992 | R

Starring: Alex Datcher, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce Payne, Elizabeth Hurley, Ernie Lively, Marc Macaulay, Michael Horse, Robert Hooks, Tom Sizemore, Wesley Snipes

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

Director: Kevin Hooks

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 84 min

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Duane Byrge

With its superbly cast leads, including a well-selected Alex Datcher as a feisty stewardess who wins Cutter's heart with her heroics, Passenger 57 soars beyond its simple generic dimension. [06 Nov 1992]

Jay Carr

As Die Hard clones go, it's easier to take than most. [06 Nov 1992, p.38]

Stephen Holden

There are lots of oohs and ahs in this nasty shoot-'em-up story of a psychopathic terrorist who hijacks a jumbo jet. But beneath the thrill-by-numbers surface of the film, nothing makes much sense. Read full review

Dave Kehr

With most of the action confined to the body of the plane (though there is a brief stopover at a Louisiana airfield), the screenplay poses some significant challenges in staging, none of which Hooks seems to recognize or accept. [06 Nov 1992, p.B]

Kenneth Turan

The problem with Passenger 57 is that in fact the flight does not turn out to be all that interesting. Neither in the air nor in a pointless stopover on the ground does anything happen that arouses more than an entry-level of excitement. [06 Nov 1992, p.F1]

Jay Boyar

Passenger 57 was directed by Kevin Hooks, a former actor who directed last year's Strictly Business. He manages to keep the action fairly clear, which is something that can't be taken for granted in today's adventure movies. [09 Nov 1992, p.C1]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

An action thriller from the Joel Silver school of Big Bang filmmaking, Passenger 57 smashes on the runway, an inflated cartoon of excess without a modicum of charm, wit or sense. Read full review

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eva3si0n

Jan 31, 2022

Passenger 57 classic action movie of the 90s. The genre was still going through good times and did not slide into self-repetition. Wesley Snipes played a great role. The plot is as straightforward and simple as possible, you should not expect from it something level 2 part of Die Hard,Passenger 57 classic action movie of the 90s. The genre was still going through good times and did not slide into self-repetition. Wesley Snipes played a great role. The plot is as straightforward and simple as possible, you should not expect from it something level 2 part of Die Hard, although you want to draw analogies with this film. Passenger 57 is a great movie for the evening if you want to watch an action movie, there are shootings and blood and a delusional plot.… Expand

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 28, 2021

This is a crime/action film, which features themes including hijackers, terrorism, the FBI and machismo. Its a pretty run of the mill action film, with Wesley Snipes playing the atypical sharp and sneaky professional willing to do whatever it takes to try to save the plane. I found myselfThis is a crime/action film, which features themes including hijackers, terrorism, the FBI and machismo. Its a pretty run of the mill action film, with Wesley Snipes playing the atypical sharp and sneaky professional willing to do whatever it takes to try to save the plane. I found myself shaking my head when I realised that it was an English actor playing the villain (Bruce Payne, who plays Charles Rane) - a somewhat deranged one at that. Quite why Hollywood seems to have this preference for British villains I don't know but there you go. The music featured sounded very typical for the early 1990s, a mix of cheesy instrumentals, mostly drum and sax based during scenes with the main character, and some more sombre pieces during more frenetic scenes, of course. I didn't find it at all hard to figure out who the assigned 'bad guys' were, what with the 'doo doo, dum dum' type of background music, or perhaps more specifically noises, appearing at certain times - it was cheesily obvious if anything. I wouldn't recommend this be watched if your at all bothered by stereotypes and cliches, put it that way!.

The film did look, visually, quite dated but then I suppose thats to be expected, given its from 1992. I also noticed some flirting between airport employees and the main character, John Cutter, which seemed quite cheesy and outdated to me. The dialogue and plot are fairly predictable but it was still reasonably entertaining regardless.

Cast wise, Wesley Snipes plays John Cutter. He gives a decent performance, although its not particularly memorable but its alright. Other cast cast members include, as I say, Bruce Payne as the atypical English villian Charles Rane and Tom Sizemore as Sly Delvecchio, with Bruce Greenwood playing Stuart Ramsey and Elizabeth Hurley also appears, playing Sabrina Ritchie. The cast were about average overall I'd say, there's nothing much worth mentioning about the performances, as far as I can think.

There have been a lot of similar films both before and after this one came out and this one didn't seem to stand head over heels over others. The plot pace was, if anything, a bit slow for fans of constant fast action I suppose, which isn't great but I did feel it was a light, easy watch, so it wasn't horrendous either I guess. There were some amusing moments, with John finding himself having to deal with unintentionally frustrating situations.

Content wise, the film features no sex references or nudity but moderate violence, including gunshot wounds and fist fight type violence. There is some strong language, although nothing horrendously graphic, a few eff-words and the like and the film also conveys threat and peril which may frighten some people, particularly if anyone has had any form of involvement, or observation of, terrorist attacks. The film has been given a 15 rating in the UK, due to this.

No, overall I wouldn't specifically recommend this film, compared to other similar action/thriller films of the time. Its fair watchable and there are some amusing moments but it does contain a few stereotypes and the plot is pretty predictable/cliched, so it didn't particularly stand out to me.… Expand

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