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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]
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 whether to shoot down the plane and sacrifice the passengers, for the sake and safety of America. In the meantime, a gung-ho, multi-ethnic task force is sent into action, led by no-nonsense Austin Travis, and including intelligence analyst David Grant. They attempt to sneak onto the plane in midair, using an experimental aircraft that attaches to the bottom of the jetliner. However, Travis does not survive. Now, The tuxedoed Grant (who's more comfortable behind a desk) must lead the commandoes, and find a way to stop the terrorists -- before it's too late. [Less]

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

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Jun 1, 1999

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It finally gives us what Hollywood has been threatening for years, the movie nobody was waiting for: Airport '96.

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07/30/07 10:28 AM
Rob Gonsalves
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01/26/06 03:16 AM
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A nerve-racking thriller that's more topical today than it was in 1996.

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10/08/05 09:05 PM
Chuck O'Leary
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08/22/05 01:07 PM
Emanuel Levy
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04/09/05 04:05 AM
Robin Clifford
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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.

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12/22/04 11:33 AM
Michael Dequina
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Laughably, inexcusably, abjectly awful. How can I even count the ways?

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Leonard Schwarz
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05/20/03 05:10 PM
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Satisfying junk food.

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05/20/03 12:23 AM
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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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
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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Although the formula may be old, it is expertly handled.

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Robert Roten
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02/12/03 01:24 AM
Shannon J. Harvey
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A dishearteningly jingoistic thriller, saved by sharp action scenes and a few decent surprises.

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01/22/03 05:50 PM
Rob Vaux
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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.

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12/04/02 11:55 AM
Dragan Antulov
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12/01/02 09:25 AM
Chuck Rudolph
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11/07/02 01:22 PM
James Rocchi
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Adrenalin-pumping political thriller that doesn't let up from start to finish.

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08/22/02 11:07 AM
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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