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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Executive Decision (1996)

Directed by Stuart Baird

Thriller | Action

Most recently watched by sensoria, schofizzy

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.

Rated R | Length 132 minutes

Actors

Kurt Russell | Steven Seagal | Halle Berry | John Leguizamo | Oliver Platt | Joe Morton | David Suchet | BD Wong | Len Cariou | Whip Hubley | Andreas Katsulas | Mary Ellen Trainor | Marla Maples | J.T. Walsh | Ingo Neuhaus | William James Jones | Nicholas Pryor | Stanley Grover | Eugene Roche | Ken Jenkins | Charles Hallahan | Dey Young | Richard Riehle | Robert Apisa | Granville Hatcher | Christopher Maher | Jay Tavare | Ahmed Ahmed | Shaun Toub | Majed Ibrahim | Jon Huertas | Joey Naber | Ray Baker | Michael Milhoan | Julie Wright | Sunni Boswell | Gregg Artz | Yvonne Zima | Will Schaub | Marianne Muellerleile | Brad Blaisdell | Don Fischer | John Rixey Moore | Warren Munson | Lance August | Maggie Egan | James C. Victor | Tim Kelleher | David Birznieks | Paul Bollen | Nick Jameson | Juan Fernández | Todd Jeffries | Joe Cook | Ilia Volok | Borovnisa Blervaque | Joseph Makkar | Damon Lee | Magdalene St. Michaels | Robert Londberg | Edmond Brown | Michelle Boudreau | Kurt Kohler

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Viewing Notes

I had this down for my 90s Revisit Project but I haven’t seen this. Always thought I had but nope. I really like Seagal’s role. Outside of Kurt Russell I didn’t know about the others in this cast but it’s a solid cast for a mid-90s flick. We almost saw this in theater when I tagged along as a third wheel with my brother and his date. Instead we went to see the remake of Diabolique. I dug that movie but I think we should’ve gone to see this instead.

This really is the epitome of thriller. Almost non-stop intensity and tension once the mission team boards the plane. Some great sequences make it effective. I love that John Leguizamo has such a big role here as well as BD Wong. Throw in Halle Berry and Joe Morton to make for wonderfully diverse cast. Surprised this has a sub-7.0 rating at IMDb. 

I’m still okay with the sacrifice Seagal’s character makes as it adds to the stakes but it would’ve been cool to see him on that plane with the others. But it serves a cool device to make the others step up.

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