An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.
Acting
Egerton's panic is so visceral you'll need a paper bag.
Direction
Collet-Serra squeezes every drop of tension from fluorescent lighting.
Editing
Real-time pressure cooker that never lets you breathe.
Director
Jaume Collet-Serra
Taron Egerton
Ethan Kopek
Jason Bateman
Traveler
Sofia Carson
Nora Parisi
Danielle Deadwyler
Elena Cole
Theo Rossi
Watcher
Logan Marshall-Green
Agent Alcott
Dean Norris
Phil Sarkowski
Sinqua Walls
Jason Noble
Gil Perez-Abraham
Eddie
Tonatiuh
Mateo Flores
Curtiss Cook
Lionel Williams
Joe Williamson
Ron Dunn
Josh Brener
Herschel
Benito Martinez
Security Director Marm Bellows
Edwin Kho
Lance
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Collet-Serra shot this back-to-back with Black Adam, making 2024 his year of trapped heroes in tight spaces.
The entire film unfolds across roughly 4 hours of real time, with Ethan never leaving LAX—a claustrophobic choice that mirrors his economic trap.
US
