Executive Decision Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stuart Baird
Genres: Action
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In this action thriller, a group of Islamic terrorists, led by Nagi Hassan (David_Suchet), highjacks a 747 jetliner with 400 passengers aboard, but Lt. Col. Austin Travis (Steven_Seagal), a United States intelligence agent, is convinced that this isn't an ordinary case of air piracy. His suspicions are soon confirmed; Hassan's men have obtained a large cache of stolen Soviet nerve gas, and they are using the 747 to smuggle the deadly gas into the United States, where they intend to use it to wipe out Washington D.C. and possibly the entire East Coast. As the jet approaches the U. S., engineer Dennis Cahill (Oliver_Platt) designs a plan in which a military plane will be able to transfer U.S. soldiers onto the 747 and regain control of the plane and its deadly cargo. However, when Travis dies in the course of the mission, intelligence agent Dr. David Grant (Kurt_Russell) is forced to take his place alongside explosives expert Cappy (Joe_Morton), commando Rat (John_Leguizamo), and stewardess-turned-anti-terrorist Jean (Halle_Berry). Executive Decision was the first directorial assignment for veteran film editor Stuart_Baird; he cut the film as well. Mark Deming, Rovi
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