EXECUTIVE DECISION (1996)

EXECUTIVE DECISION

Your stereotypical Arab terrorists take over a 747 with 400 passengers and defy even their own cooler, wiser leaders to try a nerve-gas bombing on Washington, D.C. A team of high-tech commandos, accompanied by tuxedoed C.I.A. guy Kurt Russell (fresh from a cocktail party), drop on board in midair, and try to save the Beltway and the peace.

It’s not very credible, but each new big-budget action movie has to stretch all previous exaggerations. Not meant to be a treatise on international understanding, it works as a schlocky thriller, with lots of intended (and unintended) humor. Halle Berry is a noble flight attendant, and David Suchet takes a turn as the implacable fanatic bad guy. Above average action flick still, beware of heavy genre violence satisfactory for mature youth and adults.

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