Executive Decision (1996)
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Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 24 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Synopsis:
A flight en route to Washington, D.C. is hijacked by Islamic terrorists, who demand $50 million and their leader's release. To show that they mean business, the men have smuggled enough nerve gas onboard to wipe out half of the U.S. The government must now make an "executive decision" as to... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, David Suchet, John Leguizamo
Director: Stuart Baird
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Screenwriter: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Producer: Joel Silver
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Screenwriter: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Producer: Joel Silver
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It finally gives us what Hollywood has been threatening for years, the movie nobody was waiting for: Airport '96.
07/30/07 10:28 AM
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01/26/06 03:16 AM
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04/09/05 04:05 AM
Take a late-blooming action star and an action hero whose career is in a downslide, and you get an action film seriously lacking in... action.
12/22/04 11:33 AM
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05/20/03 05:10 PM
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Seagal's best movie - due largely in part to the fact that he's barely in it.
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04/22/03 09:36 PM
A dishearteningly jingoistic thriller, saved by sharp action scenes and a few decent surprises.
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01/22/03 05:50 PM
Russell plays this role very well, relying more on his intellectual image than muscles in the same manner as his character who uses more brain and less physical power to achieve his task.
12/04/02 11:55 AM
Adrenalin-pumping political thriller that doesn't let up from start to finish.
08/22/02 11:07 AM
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