Saturday, May 20, 2023

Passenger 57 (1992)

  Is Passenger 57 a cinematic masterpiece to rival Citizen Kane?  Okay, no, but(!) it is a magnificent slice of 90s action cheese that should have spawned four sequels like Die Hard culminating in a crossover movie where John Cutter and John McLane have to buddy up to save each other's kids by storming across England to fight their final villain, Charles Dance.

Airline security expert John Cutter (Wesley Snipes) is on his way to Los Angeles to get a promotion he doesn't really want.  At the last minute, the FBI commandeers seats on the same airplane to transport notorious hijacker Charles Rane (Bruce Payne).  Of course, being an evil genius, Rane anticipated the flight and has a handful of cronies on board to help him take over.  It's up to Cutter and Plucky Flight Attendant/Love Interest Marti (Alex Datcher) to foil the hijackers and land the plane safely.

I cannot stress to you how entertaining this movie is.  It is perfect.  Which is probably why it is not available for streaming anywhere.  You can rent it and you definitely should.  I immediately bought a copy because this is going into rotation along with Under Siege, Broken Arrow, and True Lies.

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