I can't believe Steven Seagal died so early.. Why would he even agree to the part? Good actors though

I saw EXECUTIVE DECISION soon after its first release and remember being disappointed by the experience. I was a teenager back then and hoping for a ton of DIE HARD-on-a-plane style action, which I didn't get; even worse, the film was missold to me as a Steven Seagal movie, and the poor guy gets bumped off half an hour in. I wasn't impressed, and spent the rest of the film sulking.Watching it some twenty years later, time has been kind to this film. It's actually better for NOT being another DIE HARD clone; there's a ton of suspense inherent in the premise of the guys having to hide from the terrorists and stay hidden for much of the running time. Sure, the bomb plot is done to death and Oliver Platt isn't a great actor, but everything else works nicely, particularly the direction which maximises every drop of tension from the narrative. Stuart Baird is best known for his work as an editor but also did U.S. MARSHALS, which I loved as well.To say too much about this film's plot would be to spoil it, but it works nicely. Kurt Russell isn't bad as the hero but is outshone by almost everyone else, apart from the poor Halle Berry. David Suchet's villain is a scary one, but I liked the characters of the special forces team best. Joe Morton does injured very well again after TERMINATOR 2; John Leguizamo supplies attitude and a good tough guy demeanour; B.D. Wong has more screen time than JURASSIC PARK. Even J.T. Walsh is present in a minor role. The action, when it hits, is exciting stuff, and the film is only occasionally cheesy which is a surprise - it was the 1990s, after all.

What does Kurt Russell have in common with Tom Cruise? Give up? That one expression stupid tongue between teeth dumbbell smirk.Extremely boring 'action' film which is 90% close-ups of wires stretching, pulleys rolling, compartment doors sliding.... zzzzzzzzz -- oh, sorry! What were we talking about?...... huh?...... executive decision? What's that?.... oh, the movie, yeah...... um..... well..... can we talk about something more interesting like what flavor pop tart I had this morning? It was Frosted Strawberry! Mmmmmm.......Do yourself a favor and pass on this sleep-aid film which has all the suspense of a turtle nibbling on a lettuce leaf.

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.