![]() ![]() The banter between Sizemore and Snipes is great and of high value especially for an action movie, where emphasis is usually mainly placed on special effects and fight scenes. The film continues with Cutter trying to find ways to bring down the plane and eliminate Rane and the terrorists, with battles in the skies and on the ground this film stands out as action-packed with a few twists along the way, such as a local private airline boss capturing Cutter thinking he’s the man behind all this. When Cutter realises what is going on he reaches for the phone to call friend and fellow cop Sly Delvecchio ( Tom Sizemore), interrupted by one of the gunmen, Sly overhears and figures out what is going on, Cutter disarms the gunman and holds him hostage in front of Rane who in turn picks up Douglas, a family man on the flight alone, Cutter refuses to listen to Rane and drop his gun so Douglas is shot and Cutter is targeted, he flees to the lower deck taking Marti with him. The terrorists take over the plane at the time when Cutter goes to the toilet to escape his old irritating female neighbour on the plane, and so Cutter has the advantage of not being known to be aboard. Hurley plays Sabrina Ritchie a new air stewardess working alongside fellow air attendant Marti Slayton ( Alex Datcher) who was Cutter’s student who disobeyed his orders in his last lesson on her first flight but once the terrorists have control we learn that she is one of them. ![]() ![]() to meet the board of directors, little does he know he’ll be sharing a plane with Charles Rane and his henchmen. Cutter now works with airlines to improve their security, teaching the stewardess’ what to do in a hostage scenario, however he is offered a new position as Vice President of airline security and is flown out to L.A. We then meet John Cutter (Snipes) who was once a successful cop, a career ended by the death of his wife, which he holds himself responsible for as they were in a shop and a robber came in and told everyone to get down, Cutter tried to reason with him angering the robber who shot Cutter’s wife due to him not following instructions. The film starts with Charles Rane (Payne) who is an international terrorist, with his nickname ‘The Rane of Terror’ for already having brought down four airlines, in the operating chair about to undergo face altering surgery, the reason he has kept avoiding prison, when the FBI interrupt and, after a quick chase capture Rane. It was made in 1992 and starred Bruce Payne, who had only starred in TV movies up until the pint apart from a role as the Devil in the disappointing comedy Switch, and Wesley Snipes who was starring in his first martial arts film after making a series of successful dramas such as The Waterdance and Jungle Fever, the film also saw English actress Elizabeth Hurley make her hollywood debut. Although Passenger 57 has a typical high-flying action thriller storyline it also has something different to offer as it doesn’t just have one dimension like most films made today have. ![]()
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