Airline security specialist John Cutter, finally returning to the job after his wife's death, finds himself stuck on a flight being hijacked by notorious terrorist Charles Rane. Unfortunately for the terrorists, they're also stuck with him.

Wesley Snipes
as John Cutter

Bruce Payne
as Charles Rane

Tom Sizemore
as Sly Delvecchio

Alex Datcher
as Marti Slayton

Bruce Greenwood
as Stuart Ramsey

Robert Hooks
as Dwight Henderson

Elizabeth Hurley
as Sabrina Ritchie

Michael Horse
as Forget

Marc Macaulay
as Vincent

Ernie Lively
as Chief Biggs
Per Gunnar Jonsson
This movie is acceptable as 85 minutes of light entertainment but it really never rises above mediocrity. The plot is unimaginative with all the usual elements. Terrorist is transported by FBI on commercial flight, terrorist escapes with the help of an insider on the plane, our hero gets arrested by...
John Chard
Wesley Snipes vs The Rane Of Terror. Or should that be our Pain at the Terror? Of all the Die Hard clones there have been, and there have been many! Passenger 57 may just be the worst. The story follows Wesley Snipes' airline security expert John Cutter, who whilst undertaking a flight to L.A. ge...
CinemaSerf
“Cutter” (Wesley Snipes) is grieving the death of his wife as he travels on an aircraft that finds itself hijacked by the dastardly “Rane” (Bruce Payne) and his henchmen - including one of the hostesses with the mostest. What “Rane” hadn’t factored in as he makes outrageous demands of “Atlantic Inte...