Film

Executive Decision

1996 · 2h 12m · Action · Adventure · Drama

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.

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

63%

Metacritic

62

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

Kurt Russell

David Grant

Steven Seagal

Lt. Colonel Austin Travis

Halle Berry

Jean

John Leguizamo

Rat

Oliver Platt

Cahill

Joe Morton

Cappy

David Suchet

Nagi Hassan

BD Wong

Louie

Len Cariou

Secretary of Defense Charles White

Whip Hubley

Baker

Andreas Katsulas

Jaffa

Mary Ellen Trainor

Allison

Marla Maples

Nancy

J.T. Walsh

Senator Mavros

Ingo Neuhaus

Doc

William James Jones

Catman

• Stuart BairdDirector · Editor
• John ThomasProducer · Writer
• Jim ThomasProducer · Writer
• Joel SilverProducer
• Steve PerryExecutive Producer
• Alex ThomsonDirector of Photography
• Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
• Frank J. UriosteEditor
• Kevin StittEditor
• Derek BrechinEditor

Trailer 2Executive Decision - Trailer

Release date

March 15, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 12m

Rated

R

Budget

$55,000,000

Revenue

$121,969,216

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

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