Passenger 57

""Always bet on black.""

An infamous terrorist named Charles Rane (Bruce Payne) has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Rane hijacks a commercial airline plane with a security personnel on board named John Cutter (Wesley Snipes). Now Cutter must fight back and stop Charles's Rane of terror amongst the passengers. This movie was the star gate vehicle to Wesley Snipes career as an action hero.

This film provides examples of:

 * Action Hero: Cutter.
 * Evil Brit: Rane.
 * Die Hard On an X
 * Finger Gun
 * I Know Karate: Cutter of course.
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: Charles Rane is apparently known as "The Rane Of Terror".
 * Knight in Sour Armor: Cutter
 * Lack of Empathy: Rane, big time.
 * Large Ham: Rane again.
 * Madness Mantra: Charles Rane is not insane.
 * Mistaken for Terrorist: Cutter is at first thanks to Rane fooling the police in to thinking he worked for him.
 * Stuffed Into the Fridge: Cutter's wife was killed in convenient store robbery shown via flashback.
 * Western Terrorist: Charles Rane is a, Type 1, Terrorists Without a Cause. The movie pretty much implies he enjoys causing mayhem for his own amusement rather than any long term goals.
 * Wrong Name Outburst