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A 747 traveling from Athens to Washington DC is hijacked by a group of terrorists. They claim it's to force the government to release their leader, but covert intelligence man David Grant doesn't believe it. He tries to persuade the authorities to keep the plane out of US airspace while a rescue mission is put together. This mission involves the use of a high tech plane specifically designed for mid-air crew transfers. With Grant, they make it aboard the 747 only to find that they must overpower the terrorists and disable a bomb with enough nerve gas to knock out all of Washington DC below.

1996 · 2h 12m
Director Stuart Baird

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A 747 traveling from Athens to Washington DC is hijacked by a group of terrorists. They claim it's to force the government to release their leader, but covert intelligence man David Grant doesn't believe it. He tries to persuade the authorities to keep the plane out of US airspace while a rescue mission is put together. This mission involves the use of a high tech plane specifically designed for mid-air crew transfers. With Grant, they make it aboard the 747 only to find that they must overpower the terrorists and disable a bomb with enough nerve gas to knock out all of Washington DC below.

COMMON SENSE

1990s action thriller has terrorism, violence, stereotypes.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.2
Reviews 42
Fresh 26
Rotten 16

Information

Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1996
Run Time
2 hr 12 min
Rated
R for violence and brief language.
Region of Origin
United States
© 1996 Warner Bros. Contenido del Programa, Arte y Fotografía. © 1999 Warner Home Video.

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Thai

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.