First-class actors abound in ‘Passenger 57’
“Passenger 57”
By Gerry Beltz
Staff Reporter
Wesley Snipes joins Seagal, Willis
and Van Damme in the exalted ranks
of “bad-guy stompers at the box of
fice” with his latest film “Passenger
57” (Douglas 3, Edgewood 3).
Snipes portrays John Cutler, an
anti-terrorist expert on a flight from
Florida to California to discuss a new
job that his buddy Sly Dclvccchio
(Tom Si/cmorc, “Flight of the In
truder”) helped him get.
Cutter recently has taken a “safe”
job, instructing flight crew members
on anti-terrorist techniques, after los
ing his wife to the bullet of a would
be convenience store robber who he
was attempting to apprehend.
However, his vacation is cut short
when a terrorist, who is being trans
ported by the FBI to California to
stand trial, decides that he has other
plans.
Charles Ranc (Bruce Payne, “Ab
solute Beginners,”) also known as
“The Ranc Of Terror,”and his band of
cronies seize control of the plane and
begin dropping bodies left and right.
Enter Culler, who just days before
told his class to “do what you arc told”
when confronted by a terrorist.
Let’s just say that Cutler doesn’t
practice what he preaches.
He kickboxcs his way through a
couple of terrorists and manages to
force the plane to land for an emer
gency refueling.
From there the action shifts from
the plane to a nearby Louisiana county
fair, complete with stereotypical
redneck police officers who assume
that Snipes is one of the terrorists.
Then, for reasons loo complicated
to go into, they end up back on the
plane.
Director Kevin Hooks (“Strictly
Business”) made the right choice by
gelling Wesley Snipes for the role of
John Cutter. Snipes is one of the hot- *
lest items at the box office right now,
after the blockbuster “White Men
Can’t Jump” and the highly acclaimed
“The Watcrdancc.”
Snipes is great as Cutler, the “bad
ass, bad-guy basher.” In the movie,
Snipes displays his real-life training
in Capocria, an African/Bra/ihan
martial arts form, and he is quite
impressive to sec in action.
Snipes also brings some depth to
Cutter, especially during his face-to
face con frontalions wi th Ranc. This is
depth that many of the “bad-guy
bashers” seem to miss or forget.
Payne is perfect as Charles Ranc.
He has the eyes of a snake and the
personal i ty to match, but he al so shows
the charisma that makes a terrorist
rcallydangcrous.Hcisbothcharming
and deadly, and has ice water in his
veins.
The big problem with this movie
that is questioned both on and off
screen is, “Why arc they transporting
the world’s most dangerous terrorist
in an airplane?”
Take a break from reality and shell
out the money to sec “Passenger 57.”
Hey, it’s worth three bucks alone
just to sec the results of the martial
arts training Snipes has undertaken.
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Courtesy ot Warner Brothers
Anti-terrorist expert John Cutter (Wesley Snipes) attempts to
capture airline hijackers in “Passenger 57.”
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