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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

Genre: Action/Adventure

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... 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. [More]

Starring: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, David Suchet

Starring: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, David Suchet, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton

Director: Stuart Baird

Director: Stuart Baird
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Screenwriter: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Producer: Joel Silver

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Aug 22, 1997

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Leonard Klady

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Rob Gonsalves

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

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Chuck O'Leary

A nerve-racking thriller that's more topical today than it was in 1996.

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Emanuel Levy

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Robin Clifford

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Michael Dequina

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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Nick Davis

Laughably, inexcusably, abjectly awful. How can I even count the ways?

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Josh Bell

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Carol Cling

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Leonard Schwarz

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Desson Thomson

Satisfying junk food.

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Washington Post

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Alex Sandell

Seagal's best movie - due largely in part to the fact that he's barely in it.

comment Comment | Apr., 22 2003 09:36 PM

Juicy Cerebellum

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Robert Roten

Although the formula may be old, it is expertly handled.

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Shannon J. Harvey

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Rob Vaux

A dishearteningly jingoistic thriller, saved by sharp action scenes and a few decent surprises.

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Dragan Antulov

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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Chuck Rudolph

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James Rocchi

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