Passenger 57

Rip-roaring action yarn starring Wesley Snipes as an airline security expert who gets caught in a plane hijacking masterminded by an infamous terrorist and his band of thugs. Using street smarts and martial arts mastery, Snipes pulls out all the stops to thwart them. With Tom Sizemore, Bruce Payne. 84 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailers.

It's Die Hard on a plane in this action thriller, starring Wesley Snipes as an antiterrorist specialist whose early retirement is interrupted when his flight is overtaken by a bloodthirsty villain (Bruce Payne). Watching this at home is pretty much an excuse to order pizza and kick back, as the familiar rhythms of maverick-cop-versus-international-criminal take over and nothing new or fresh in the formula emerges. The supporting cast includes Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery) as a gun-wielding, junior terrorist, which is fun simply for being unexpected. --Tom Keogh