I 2009 blev MV Maersk Alabama, som det første amerikanske fragtskib i over 200 år, kapret af somaliske pirater. Det var den amerikanske skibskaptajn Richard Phillips, som førte skibet, og trods det at han og besætningen udsatte sig for stor fare, valgte de at kæmpe imod piraternes overtagelse af skibet

Liam Neeson spiller U.S. Air Marshall Bill Marks i denne actionfyldte spændingsfilm, som foregår i 12 kilometers højde. På et fly fra New York til London får Bill en SMS-besked om, at han skal få flyselskabet til at overføre 150 mio. dollars, ellers vil en passager dø hvert 20. minut. Det bliver langt fra endnu en almindelig dag på jobbet for Bill Marks.

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.

Den flotte og hurtigtskydende Doc er lige i hælene på desperadoen Bill San Antonio og hans folk, der netop har røvet et tog og dræbt alle om bord. Forsikringsdetektiven Earp følger efter Doc, da han finder ud af, at Doc kan lede ham til forbryderne. I fællesskab får Doc og Earp fingre i tyvekosterne, som de gemmer. Uheldigvis når de ikke selv at komme af vejen. I filmens eksplosive finale kæmper de den benhårde kamp mod Bill San Antonio helt til ende.

Gadedrengen Tsotsi ('Tsotsi' betyder bandit) er leder af en lille Soweto-bande, der med hensynsløs brutalitet skaffe er sig til dagen og vejen ved røverier og andet forefaldende vold. Men en dag løber tingene helt løbsk: et rutinerøveri i S-toget udvikler sig til koldblodigt mord. Drabet får banden til at gå i opløsning. Tsotsi drager ud på egen hånd og ender med at skyde en rig, sort kvinde og stjæle hendes bil. På vild flugt i BMW 'en er det så, at han opdager babyen på bagsædet. Selvfølgelig skulle han aflevere barnet tilbage, men han ta'r det med hjem. For Tsotsi har set sin mor dø af AIDS og set sin far drikke sig fra sans og samling. Instinktet byder ham at beskytte den hjælpeløse lille dreng og give ham et bedre liv, end han selv har haft. En beslutning, der er dømt til at føre til undergang...

Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles Calvert. Because Charles refuses to share his wealth with his sons, Stefane and Antony ask hip American thrill-seeker Duffy to help steal the money they believe is their birthright. When Charles decides to move a large portion of his savings from Morocco to France, Duffy has an opportunity to stage a daring burglary attempt at sea.

German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to be extradited to the USA. The father of one of the stewardesses decides he can no longer wait for diplomacy, and so flies out to Germany. There, frustration leads him to hire a former SAS counter-terrorism expert. Together they hunt down the terrorists.

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.

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.

When a team of unlikely heroes hijacks a steam-powered battle wagon, a daring young wizard (Marek) steals the final piece of the all-powerful Darkspore and embarks on a desperate quest to deliver the cursed artifact to the gods for safe keeping; but when they are caught in a death race between a ruthless team of elite mercenaries and a trinity of demons, Marek must learn to believe in herself before her friends are killed and the Darkspore is lost, to stop the evil necromancer (Szorlok) from uniting the Darkspore and flooding the living world with his legions of undead.

Skibskokken Mikkel og maskinmesteren Jan er blandt de syv sømænd om bord på fragtskibet MV Rozen, der glæder sig til at komme i havn og hjem. Men i Det Indiske Ocean kapres skibet af pirater, der tager besætningen som gidsler og forlanger en ublu løsesum på mange millioner dollars. Det er nu op til den danske skibsreder at forhandle sømændene og skibet ud af de somaliske piraters kløer.

Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.

In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has been threatening to destroy the mother's happy marriage to the governor.

A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.

Thieves hijack an aircraft loaded with diamonds, and then must face deadly Amazonian headhunters when the plane crashes in the jungles of Caxambu, Brazil.

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.

In a lawless futuristic society, a rebel must prevent a tandem of renegades from destroying Los Angeles. An ex-star pilot is forced to stop a mad criminal and his gang after they've hi-jacked a huge space freighter with the intent of crashing it into Los Angeles destroying what is left of civilization. Time is running out.

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?

On 5 September 1986, Palestinian terrorists stormed Pan Am Flight 73 as it stalled on the Karachi Airport tarmac. Exploring what happened over the next 16 hours, including the death of 21 passengers, in a day that would change terrorist operations for ever.

A man feels obligated to hijack the plane his boss is on after he has gambled himself into overwhelming debt.