Executive Decision

1996 6.3 (959 votes) 2h 12m

Genres

Action Adventure Drama Thriller

Production Companies

Silver Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Entertainment

Five miles above the earth, an elite team of six men must make an air to air transfer, in order to save 400 lives on board a 747...and 40 million below.

Overview

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.