Movies like Sonic Impact

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Sonic Impact (1999)
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Sonic Impact (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A dangerous criminal hijacks a plane with his fellow prisoners and threatens to crash it into a populated area. The agent who captured him sets out to stop him.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
Plot: hijacking, die hard, airplane hijack, airplane, hostage, danger, law enforcement, confined, daring rescue, special agent, abduction, fbi, murder, fbi agent, hijacker, convict, federal bureau of investigation, disaster, air disaster, empire, cabin, aircraft cockpit, hostages, special agents, crimes
Time: 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about danger, confined, chases and races, die hard, heroes, hijacking and rivalry mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Sonic Impact: Strategic Command (1997), Air Rage (2001), No Tomorrow (1999), Air Marshal (2003), Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Strategic Command (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab. They steal large ...
Style: mockbuster, independent film, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: die hard, aviation, disaster, aeroplane, hijacking, biological warfare, hostage, tough heroes, airplane, heroes, chases and races, rivalry ...
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Air Rage (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, fast ...
Plot: terrorism, airplane, save the day, daring rescue, hostage, rivalry, danger, government agency, air disaster, hijacking, die hard, escape ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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No Tomorrow (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal is struck to secure a multi-million dollar arms transaction. As word of the sinister deal spreads through the ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: rivalry, gangster, hip hop, injustice, criminal heroes, law enforcement, urban ghetto life, martial arts, arms deal, arms dealer, hip hop culture, black ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 2.9
 570
Air Marshal (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A commercial jet plane has been hijacked by a group of terrorists who don't realize that a U.S. Air Marshal, Brett Prescott (Dean Cochran), is among the passengers. The fate of dozens of people lies in the hands of Prescott, who must forge a ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hijacking, airplane, terrorism, danger, heroes, strong violent content, aviation, hijacker, terrorist, muslim, die hard, pilot ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While being escorted to prison from Phoenix to New York, crazed killer Peter Cronin (Anthony Michael Hall) hijacks a commercial jet in flight with the help of accomplices. Holding the 200 passengers and the crew members hostage, Cronin forces the ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: jet plane, disaster, space, aviation, hostage negotiator, fbi agent, hijacking, terrorism, hostage, elderly couple, killer, air traffic control ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Turbulence (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various people on board fall victim to Weaver, it is ultimately down to flight attendant Teri Halloran to keep ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, intense, suspense, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: airplane, christmas, stewardess, hijacking, aviation, murder, disaster, psychopath, serial killer, danger, airplane accident, pilot ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A passenger of a hijacked airliner who happens to be an airplane engineer works to deactivate a chemical weapons bomb after the hijackers kill the pilot and threaten to kill all the passengers on the plane.
Style: serious, suspense, independent film, fast, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, tough heroes, rescue, aviation, forces of nature, heroes, save the day, danger, one man army, daring rescue, disaster, hijacking ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)
Genre: Action, Music, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Rock superstar Slade Craven has decided to hang up his rock & roll shoes and has planned something very special for his final show -- instead of a typical concert in some sports arena, he'll play a set aboard a 747 jumbo jet, flying from ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, aviation, law enforcement, danger, one man army, daring rescue, rescue, escapades, heroic mission, concert, hostage ...
Time: 2000s
Place: los angeles, kansas, usa, canada, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Diplomatic Siege (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, rescue, race against time, danger, save the day, politics, secret agent, special agent, government agency, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Having taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot Mike Hogan has been on administrative leave indefinitely; however when the airline is desperately short of staff, he is offered to be first officer and accepts, without enthusiasm, ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: disaster, heroes, heroic mission, flight attendant, confined, danger, airplane, pilot, die hard, airport, space, aviation ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.2
 400
Heaven's Fire (1999)
Genre: Thriller, Action
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Terrorists seize a building with intent to blow it up. However, one of the men trapped in the building is an ex-treasury agent, who just happens to be there with his wife and children in a tour group. Having to fight the terrorists and fires that ...
Style: fast, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, disaster, natural disaster, die hard, fire, tower, secret agent, heist, hijacking, save the day, rivalry, heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.6
 1K
Judgment Day (1999)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from ...
Style: apocalyptic, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: disaster, terrorism, asteroid, outer space, post apocalypse, die hard, dystopia, hostage, kidnapping, one man army, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 2.7
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Target (2004)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in L.A.
Style: realistic, serious, rough
Plot: terrorism, sniper, rivalry, soldier, danger, state affairs, chases and races, law enforcement, hostage, kidnapping, save the day, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.7
 2K
Blast (2004)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A terrorist posing as environmentalist hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California with the intent of detonating an electromagnetic bomb over the US.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, daring rescue, hidden identity, isolation, escapades, danger, save the day, undercover, rivalry, law enforcement, disguise, gunfight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Arctic Blue (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An environmentalist gets involved in transporting an accused killer (Ben) from an isolated Alaskan town to the authorities. Ben is determined to escape, and his fellow trappers are ready to help
Style: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddies, die hard, wilderness, struggle for survival, environmentalist, prison life, isolation, prison, danger, confined, heroes, on the run ...
Time: 90s
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Crash Point Zero (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, tough heroes, save the day, confined, danger, survival, undercover, daring rescue, heroes, race against time, aviation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.1
 901
The Alternate (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The President of the United States, in the midst of negative public opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function. However, this is all part of a plan to boost his ratings, the 'kidnappers' being a CIA black ops team. It seems ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, undercover, rescue, daring rescue, heroes, save the day, president, secret agent, special agent, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.7
 921
Crash Landing (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, airplane, terrorist, martial arts, hijacker, disaster, confined, heroic mission, danger, save the day, violence spree ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Last Passenger (2013)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Independent British thriller starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon. Lewis (Scott), an overworked doctor, is on his way home from London with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama). Clearly exhausted from his work, Lewis decides to take a nap on the ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, hijacking, danger, confined, chases and races, vengeance, family relations, race against time, negotiation, group of strangers, mind game, trapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Top of the World (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, casino, false accusation, criminal heroes, police investigation, crime gone awry, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, chases and races, dishonesty, partner, die hard ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Con Air (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching ...
Style: exciting, suspense, serious, action packed, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: airplane, prison, hijacking, master criminal, aviation, law enforcement, machismo, convict, colombian drug cartel, fugitives, die hard, confined ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: utah, las vegas, usa, north america, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Hijack (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, danger, heroes, confined, law enforcement, race against time, save the day, die hard, terrorist plot ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 704
Final Approach (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, terrorism, rescue, daring rescue, master criminal, save the day, tough heroes, danger, heroes, one man army, aviation, air disaster ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Depth Charge (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jason Gedrick and Eric Roberts lead the cast of this thriller about a submarine captain who attempts to hold Washington, D.C. hostage for a billion dollars, and the heroic doctor who struggles to thwart the plan before the situation escalates.
Style: rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: submarine, confined, hostage, save the world, danger, terrorism, good versus evil, state affairs, save the day, nuclear threat, blackmail, extortion ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A ship captained by the father (Dale Dye) of the leader (Michael McGrady) of Delta Force is taken hostage by terrorists. As might be expected the force is sent in to stop them.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorist, hostage, admiral, terrorism, submarine, boat, cavalry, die hard, cruise ship, captain, tough heroes, leadership ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Default (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pirate, confined, found footage, journalism, media, rivalry, terrorist, danger, interview, confined space, journalist, reporter ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 3.3
 834
Submerged (2000)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, race against time, daring rescue, heroes, rivalry, gang, confined, save the day, escapades, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 3.4
 732
Ablaze (2001)
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Hoping to make a killing on the insurance money, oil refinery owner Wendell Mays decides to burn the place to the ground. His greed endangers the lives of the entire town as the fireball creates a spreading inferno threatens to engulf the entire ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: firefighter, firefighting, hospital, fire, law enforcement, police investigation, danger, chaos, evacuation, disaster, firefight, pandemic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 3.8
 4K
Hijacked (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, save the day, danger, secret agent, hijacking, confined, rivalry, air disaster, police officer, murder, erotica ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hijacking, hostage, train, save the day, race against time, danger, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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