Executive Decision

1996 "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."
6.5| 2h12m| R| en
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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.

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Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Nadine Salakov I just did a review about how "Passenger 57" and "Red Eye" are the only decent aeroplane thrillers out there, but now i will add "Executive Decision" to that list. Aeroplane thrillers are very standard and it's always the same plot, but "Executive Decision" changes it up a bit by having the SWAT team be on the bottom part of the plane while having to deal with an active bomb. Kurt Russell does a good job in his role as well as the rest of the cast. The dialogue is okay, but has a lot of blasphemous words, as a Christian this is something that i can't stand about movies, if they have to swear then at least leave Jesus' name out of it."Executive Decision" is the type of movie that only needs to be watched once. It isn't as good as the films i mentioned earlier, but it's watchable.
Mr-Fusion As "Die Hard" clones go, "Executive Decision" isn't bad, but its thrills are fairly sporadic. I remember seeing this 20 years ago and being blown away by the death of a major character; but that's all I'd remembered.Watching it today, I really like that the macho strike team doesn't pervade the rest of the movie. A lot of the tension is in the quiet scenes; stealth and reconnaissance. There are moments that are genuinely riveting, and even some surprises (like the plane's depressurizing). But this has been done before (even pre-96), and better.6/10
Tracy Winters What does Kurt Russell have in common with Tom Cruise? Give up? That one expression stupid tongue between teeth dumbbell smirk.Extremely boring 'action' film which is 90% close-ups of wires stretching, pulleys rolling, compartment doors sliding.... zzzzzzzzz -- oh, sorry! What were we talking about?...... huh?...... executive decision? What's that?.... oh, the movie, yeah...... um..... well..... can we talk about something more interesting like what flavor pop tart I had this morning? It was Frosted Strawberry! Mmmmmm.......Do yourself a favor and pass on this sleep-aid film which has all the suspense of a turtle nibbling on a lettuce leaf.
peefyn This is a great 90s action movie. It has the exciting moments, the interesting plot and the mixture of characters that the period's action movies all tried to have. But at the same time, it downplays the one-man heroism that is often a big part of them (looking at you, McClaine!). The movie refers to this with the character played by Segal.The most important part of this movie is the team. Early on people tries to break with the team, but mostly everyone is on the same page throughout the movie. At the end of the movie, one character kind-of goes against his team, but the focus is also on trusting one's teammates, something that the other guys does during this moment.If you want a quintessential 90s action flick, this is a good pick!