This is for Wesley Snipes what Ricochet was for Denzel Washington, a chance to show that he is a good sport, will play ball, is not too proud, is not uppity, has nothing against making money. Lots and lots of it. His role -- the titular passenger -- is that of a semi-retired security specialist ("the best," in his candid self-assessment) who just happens to be on board an airliner that's transporting an international terrorist to jail in Los Angeles, but also carrying an incognito team of terrorist allies. What a piece of luck for the civilized world! If the presence of Passenger 57 is convenient, so too is the location of the undersized Louisiana airfield on which the plane is forced temporarily to set down -- right next to a small-town carnival so that the action can spill out onto Ferris wheel and merry-go-round before piling back onto the plane for another takeoff, before returning to the same undersized airfield so that the hero can stroll off into the night beneath a shower of carnival fireworks. Directed by Kevin Hooks. (1992) — Duncan Shepherd
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