Passenger 57
Passenger 57 is a 1992 American action film directed by Kevin Hooks. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne. The films success made Snipes a popular action hero icon. It also introduced Snipes famous line Always bet on black.
John Cutter Wesley Snipes is a former police officer haunted by the death of his wife in a convenience store robbery, and has taken to training flight attendants in selfdefense, including Marti Slayton Alex Datcher. After one class, Cutter is approached by an old friend, Sly Delvecchio Tom Sizemore, who offers Cutter the vicepresidency of a new antiterrorism unit for his company, Atlantic International Airlines. Cutter is reluctant, but Delvecchio and the companys president, Stuart Ramsey Bruce Greenwood, convince him to accept the offer.Cutter boards as the 57th passenger on an Atlantic International flight to Los Angeles, where Marti is one of the flight attendants. Rane and his two FBI escorts are also aboard. After the flight takes off, several men in Ranes employ, posing as flight attendants and passengers, kill the FBI agents, release Rane and secure the plane by also shooting the captain. Cutter, in the lavatory at the time, manages to use the planes Airfone to warn Delvecchio of the situation, but Cutter is soon discovered by one of Ranes agents. Cutter overpowers the agent and takes his weapon he then uses the agent as a shield to confront Rane. Rane is indifferent and shows his ruthlessness by taking a passenger hostage and then killing him without mercy. Rane also shoots his own agent in a further show of force. Cutter realizes he is outmatched and escapes with Marti to the planes cargo hold, dispatching another of Ranes menVincent, disguised as a caterer. Cutter dumps the planes fuel, forcing Rane to order the surviving pilots to land at a small Louisiana airfield. Cutter jumps from the plane as it lands, but Marti is caught by Rane and kept aboard. The local sheriff, Chief Leonard Biggs Ernie Lively, arrests Cutter, thinking he is a terrorist and takes him to the airport building. ........
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