Executive Decision( 1996)

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Five miles above the earth, an elite team of six men must make an air to air transfer, in order to save 400 lives on board a 747...and 40 million below.

Overview

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

Top Billed Cast

Kurt Russell
David Grant
Steven Seagal
Lt. Colonel Austin Travis
Halle Berry
Jean
John Leguizamo
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Oliver Platt
Cahill
Joe Morton
Cappy
David Suchet
Nagi Hassan
BD Wong
Louie
Len Cariou
Secretary of Defense Charles White
Whip Hubley
Baker
Andreas Katsulas
Jaffa
Mary Ellen Trainor
Allison
Marla Maples
Nancy
J.T. Walsh
Senator Mavros
Ingo Neuhaus
Doc
William James Jones
Catman
Nicholas Pryor
Secretary of State Jack Douglas
Stanley Grover
General Price
Eugene Roche
Admiral Lewis
Ken Jenkins
General Wood
Charles Hallahan
General Sarlow
Dey Young
Gail
Richard Riehle
Air Marshal
Robert Apisa
Demou
Granville Hatcher
Ahmed
Christopher Maher
Kahlil
Jay Tavare
Terrorist
Ahmed Ahmed
Terrorist
Shaun Toub
Terrorist
Majed Ibrahim
Terrorist
Jon Huertas
Terrorist
Joey Naber
Terrorist
Ray Baker
747 Captain
Michael Milhoan
747 First Officer
Julie Wright
Flight Attendant
Sunni Boswell
Flight Attendant
Gregg Artz
Assistant to Senator Mavros
Yvonne Zima
Little Girl
Will Schaub
Assistant to Senator Mavros
Marianne Muellerleile
Diabetic Woman
Brad Blaisdell
Beckings Institute Aide
Don Fischer
Remora Pilot
John Rixey Moore
Flight Instructor
Warren Munson
American Ambassador
Lance August
American Embassy Duty Officer
Maggie Egan
CNN Reporter
James C. Victor
Spider
Tim Kelleher
Bulldog
David Birznieks
Fire Fighter
Paul Bollen
Fire Fighter
Nick Jameson
London Maitre'D
Juan Fernández
London Bomber
Todd Jeffries
Collins
Joe Cook
Chechen
Ilia Volok
Chechen
Borovnisa Blervaque
Yugoslavian Girl
Joseph Makkar
Arab Co-Pilot
Damon Lee
Translator
Magdalene St. Michaels
London Hostess
Robert Londberg
Diamond Smuggler
Edmond Brown
FBI Agent
Michelle Boudreau
Party Girl
Kurt Kohler
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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Sun Jun 04 2023

**_Suspense at 33,000 feet with Kurt Russell_** An intelligence analyst (Russell) inadvertently joins a special forces operation to save a Boeing 747-200 hijacked by terrorists before it is used to attack DC. Steven Seagal plays the mission commander, Halle Berry a flight attendant and Oliver Platt an aeronautics engineers, amongst other notables. “Executive Decision” (1996) is an airliner-in-trouble flick from the angle of “Under Siege” (1992) directed by the editor of “Die Hard 2” (1990). I bring up the latter because this one’s very similar except that it takes place in the air rather ...