Sky Marshal - Fictional References

Fictional References

In the film Executive Decision, the fictional Oceanic Airlines Flight 343 carried a sky marshal armed with a pistol, who played a minor role in subduing the Algerian hijackers.

The movie Anger Management starts off with a confrontation between Adam Sandler's character David "Dave" Buznik and an air marshal (played by Isaac C. Singleton Jr).

The air marshal played by Peter Sarsgaard is a central character in the suspense thriller Flightplan, starring Jodie Foster, Erika Christensen and Sean Bean.

In the film Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, air marshals tackle the titular protagonists to the ground after a passenger sees Kumar's marijuana bong in the lavatory, believing it to be a bomb, and the smoke coming from it poison gas; they are then sent to Guantanamo Bay as suspected terrorists.

In Passenger 57, the Chief Air Marshal of Atlantic International Airlines stops a group of hijackers from taking over a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar airliner.

In the movie Get Smart, the main character Maxwell Smart is mistakenly tackled by a sky marshal while beginning a mission on board a plane.

In the film Due Date, Robert Downey Jr.'s character is shot with a rubber bullet by a sky marshal who mistakes him for a terrorist

In the film Bridesmaids, one of the main characters, Megan, is seated next to 'Air Marshal John', who repeatedly denies being an air marshal until trouble commences.

In the novel Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy the two main protagonists foil a hijacking attempt on their way from the United States to the United Kingdom; after this they then pose as having been Air Marshals so as not to blow their cover as a covert special forces team that just happened to be on the hijacked aircraft.

In the series NCIS a flight marshal is killed (Season 7, Episode 13)

In the movie You Again, Dwayne Johnson plays the Air Marshal who detains Kristen Bell character Marni Olivia Olsen.