However, his efforts trigger a 30-minute timer for a bomb, forcing Marks to race against time to save the lives of the passengers while dealing with the mysterious hijacker. Marks takes computer programmer Zack White’s help to uncover the hijacker’s identity after realizing the culprit is on the plane. Moreover, the bank account which is supposed to receive the ransom money is revealed to belong to Marks, further implicating him in the crime. The video blows up on intent, framing Marks as the hijacker. However, one passenger records a video of Marks mistreating and shoving Tom Bowen (Scoot McNairy of ‘ True Detective‘), a school teacher traveling on the flight. Marks continues searching for the potential hijacker and questions the passengers.

Meanwhile, the plane’s pilot Captain David McMillan is poisoned and killed, forcing co-pilot First Officer Kyle Rice (Jason Butler Harner of ‘ Rabbit Hole‘) to take over. However, Marks soon realizes the true perpetrator blackmailed Hammond to do their dirty bidding. Marks and Hammond’s scuffle ends with the latter’s death, which coincides with the hijacker’s 20-minute death threat. When Hammond tries to bribe him, Marks realizes that the text message is a credible threat and that the lives of the passengers are in danger. Eventually, Marks discovers Hammond conversing with a mysterious person over the phone. Marks asks Summers and flight attendant Nancy (Michelle Dockery of ‘ Defending Jacob‘) to monitor the security footage. Marks goes against protocol to discuss the threat with Jack Hammond (Anson Mount of ‘ Star Trek: Discovery‘), who dismisses it as a prank.

Summer exchanged her seat to get a window view, and she quickly befriends Marks.Īfter the plane takes off, the seemingly mundane and routine flight runs into trouble when Marks receives a text message claiming that someone on the aircraft will be killed every twenty minutes if $150 million is transferred to the bank account mentioned in the message. On the plane, Marks meets Jen Summers ( Julianne Moore), sitting beside him. Marks is a former NYPD officer who was fired from his job around the time of his retirement. Marks boards a direct transatlantic flight from New York City to London. It is implied that Marks lost his young daughter and has turned to alcoholism to deal with the pain. ‘Non-Stop’ opens with William “Bill” Marks ( Liam Neeson), a US Air Marshal who arrives outside the airport.

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