After Die Hard celebrated a groundbreaking success in 1988, it triggered a wave of imitators in the years that followed. Numerous stars channeled their inner Bruce Willis to create their own Alone against terrorist hit to land, be it Wesley Snipes in Passenger 57, Jean-Claude Van Damme in Sudden Death or Harrison Ford in Air Force One.
Lonely Decision from 1996 also uses this scheme, but thanks to a small trick it distinguishes itself pleasantly from the subgenre representatives mentioned. Because the main actor Kurt Russell doesn’t play the hardened lone fighter here, but rather uses the help of a competent team to put a stop to the bad guys.
Action classic Lonely Decision on TV: That’s what the film is about
Under the leadership of Nagi Hassan (David Suchet), Arab terrorists have taken control of a Boeing 747 to blackmail the release of their leader. The US government then commissions the military special unit of the grumpy Lt. Colonel Austin Travis (Steven Seagal). This wants to be done with the help of one spectacular rescue operation Get onto the plane unnoticed and eliminate the extremists one by one.
Rather unwillingly, the secret service analyst accompanies Dr. David Grant (Kurt Russell) the mission. The clever anti-terrorism expert suspects a secret one Nerve gas bomb on board and consequently an even more cruel plan by the kidnappers. Can flight attendant Jean (Halle Berry) help prevent a devastating attack?
Kurt Russell as an atypical action hero against terrorists
Director Stuart Baird, otherwise better known as an editor, presented an extremely successful directorial debut with Lonely Decision. Even though years later he was accused of an incompetent production of Star Trek: Nemesis, here he demonstrated his excellent instinct extremely exciting and entertaining action cinema.
Baird treated the somewhat adventurous story with the perfect mixture of seriousness and tongue-in-cheek. This is how this came about unmistakable 90s charmwhich defined many genre films from that decade.
Protagonist Dr. David Grant, who is not the typical one-liner action hero, but an academic inexperienced in field operations who sees teamwork with the special unit as the key to the success of the mission. Kurt Russell brilliantly embodies this brainiac who goes beyond himself.
But also those Halle Berry, who was still waiting for her breakthrough at the time as Jean and the rest of the cast (including John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton) are convincing across the board.
When is Lonely Decision on TV?
If you want to see Kurt Russell and Halle Berry fight back against terrorists, you should tonight on October 21, 2024 Kabel Eins turn on. The channel shows Lonely Decision at 11 p.m and the repeat a few hours later at 3:45 a.m. The action film is currently also available as a streaming flat rate for all WOW subscribers.