Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

A Major Disappointment

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I saw this movie at the cinema back in 1996 and i've always considered it one of the best action movies ever.It reminds me a bit of Die Hard, but in a plane. The situation with the terrorists on board, their demands, the bomb, the political consequences, whether to shoot down the plane or not, the special ops team ready to engage, all of it mixed end up in a very thrilling and exciting movie, with the right amount of action, just like it was back in the 90's. I really miss more movies like this today.

As "Die Hard" clones go, "Executive Decision" isn't bad, but its thrills are fairly sporadic. I remember seeing this 20 years ago and being blown away by the death of a major character; but that's all I'd remembered.Watching it today, I really like that the macho strike team doesn't pervade the rest of the movie. A lot of the tension is in the quiet scenes; stealth and reconnaissance. There are moments that are genuinely riveting, and even some surprises (like the plane's depressurizing). But this has been done before (even pre-96), and better.6/10

The plot and story of the movie can be narrated in one line like hijacking and then rescuing. But my word! the ingredients and flavors added to this one line plot are absolutely breathtaking.I watched this movie on TV. I was just going through all the channels and only by chance I tuned in to this one. From the moment I started watching it I never left my seat. It is that thrilling. The suspense in the movie is one of the best I have ever seen. Full credit to the director. I have watched many other hijack movies like The Air Force One, Con Air....many I forgotten the name also but "Executive Decision" is cut above the rest. Last but not the least, the end of the movie could have been better. Should have given more credit to the commandos and the landing of the flight could have been shown on the main airport. Thank you for reading.

Most definitely a taut thriller and really appropriate due to the present world conditions regarding terrorism.This fascinating film deals with one terrorist who has his own ambitions and even when prodded by his superior, he defies everything. Attaching the commandos to the plane was something in itself.Other than the doomed U.S. Senator whose aboard the hijacked aircraft, the film doesn't delve in the personal lives of the affected passengers aboard. In other words, it's not a plane in trouble in the way that we saw 1954's The High and the Mighty.A wonderful cast keeps the tension growing, especially Halle Berry as the courageous stewardess and Kurt Russell.Just when you think that the terrorists have been thwarted, there is more excitement when the plane is crippled by dying terrorists shooting it up and that landing was memorable.