
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... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Passenger 57.
| The SpectatorVanessa LettsIt is a disaster... and the film is in no way thrilling. |
| Independent (UK)Adam Mars-JonesThe film that Passenger 57 would like to be when it grows up is Die Hard, not most people's idea of a grown-up film in the first place. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...a briskly paced (yet undeniably dated) thriller that's been jam-packed with exciting, memorable action set-pieces... |
| The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeA film whose each subsequent plot turn makes less sense than the last, Passenger 57 is just about the epitome of clichéd 1990s action nonsense—and as such, it’s the perfect vehicle for Wesley Snipes and his particular brand of over-the-top, don’t-tread-on-me heroism. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThough there are a few rather large nits to be picked from the sloppy plot - the action takes at least one unfathomable turn and, as a terrorist, Payne seems to have entirely forgotten to have a cause - if you enter into the spirit, this is thunderously good fun. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenThere 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. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIn a few of the action sequences, director Kevin Hooks evokes the entertaining preposterousness of the James Bond series. Still, as high-wire action melodrama Passenger 57 is almost laughably implausible. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonIt's a kung-fu Die Hard picture, and, frankly, just plain silly. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAn 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. |
| Movie GurusJames O'EhleyWatching Snipes beat up Elizabeth Hurley isn't exactly what I was expecting from an against-all-odds-type action movie . . . |