Release Year: 1996 Rating: R Duration: 134 minutes Other Title: Critical Decision Director: Stuart Baird Producer: Joel Silver Distributor: Warner Brothers
synopsis
An elite military team must board an airborne, hijacked plane to defuse a nerve gas bomb that could wipe out the entire East Coast. The plot follows a "Die Hard" formula, providing competent suspense.
cast
Kurt Russell as Dr. Phil. David Grant
quote
[One of the Navy planes tilts so its missiles are visible]
747 Captain: Jesus Christ. What the hell are they doing?
747 First Officer: They're getting ready to light us up.
Aircraft silhouetted against an afternoon sky. The music on the soundtrack surges; the actors grow into terse, tense expressions. A dangerous mid-air transfer is about to happen onto an endangered 747. Could it be Charleton Heston, about to be lowered into a cockpit to rescue Karen Black? No! It's never-aging Kurt Russell and a team of commandos raiding a hostage-held jetliner that's armed with nerve gas for use on a suicide mission. Wohoo! The disaster film lives!
