PASSENGER 57 (1993, ERA, 81 minutes) WESLEY Snipes stars in this airborne Die Hard -style thriller as an ex-secret service agent turned airline security expert who gets caught up in a hijacking. Bruce Payne plays the super-terrorist and Snipes' nemesis.
Like all half-decent action thrillers, Passenger 57 keeps its build-up to a minimum and moves along quickly, relying on a break-neck pace to overcome plot inadequacies.
There is hardly any characterisation to speak of apart from a gratuitous attempt to humanise Snipes' character with a single slow-motion flashback scene. All the other characters could have come from any other '80s action thriller.
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992, ERA, 123 minutes) A LEAGUE of Their Own was Penny Marshall's star vehicle from last year.
With a cast including Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna, there was a great deal of interest surrounding the film before its release, thanks to a large extent by the bickering between Madonna and Debra Winger, who dropped out.
A League of Their Own tells the story of America's women's baseball league, formed to sustain interest in the game during World War II.