Executive Decision (1996)

Name: Executive Decision
Released: 1996
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt

• Movies, Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

• 132 min

6.3

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.

Directed by: Stuart Baird
Casting: 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
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1996-03-15
Status: Released

Tags: rescue, airplane, panic, bomb, ransom, hostage, hijacking, terror cell, special unit, deception, flashback, survival, covert operation, disaster, shootout, terrorism, explosion, surveillance, night vision goggles, flight attendant, intelligence agent, hand to hand combat, nerve gas

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.