Charles Rane

"Ladies and gentlemen. I'm afraid your in-flight entertainment program has been cancelled. The weapons being carried by my staff are real, so is their desire to use them if provoked. I am prepared to do whatever is necessary in order to achieve my goal. If you do as instructed, you will not be harmed. If you disobey or interfere with our activities, you will be shot."

- Charles Rane as he hijacks Flight 163

Charles Rane is the main antagonist in the 1992 film Passenger 57.

He is portrayed by Bruce Payne, who also portrays Damodar.

Biography
A British aristocrat, Rane's father beat him and his sister as a young child. He would later kill in a fit of blind vengeful rage.

As an adult, Rane, known as 'The Rane of Terror', he was an famous terrorist, responsible for several bombings in England and Northern Ireland and some airliner bombings and hijackings. He was caught by FBI agents after attempting to have plastic surgery performed on him. He is put on board a Atlantic International Flight 163 to await trial, but he manages to get free and take control of the aircraft with the help of his fellow terrorists (who are already on board). However, he is thwarted in his attempts to use the passengers as hostages by former police officer John Cutter, the passenger sat in seat 57.

At one point, Rane releases half the passengers on the plane in exchange for fuel, but while they are leaving Rane takes the opportunity to escape unnoticed. However, Cutter suspects this and chases Rane to a fairground, eventually tackling the terrorist to the ground and leaving him to be arrested for the second time. Rane informs Cutter that if he is not released, the other terrorists still on the plane will kill the rest of the hostages. Cutter and his people arrange for Rane to be allowed back on the plane but to have a sniper shoot him just as he's boarding. Unfortunately, one of Rane's men kills the sniper and takes his place, allowing Rane to get back on the plane unharmed. Cutter catches up to it and just manages to get inside before it takes flight.

Inside the plane, Cutter quickly beats the last few terrorists before fighting Rane himself. One of the windows gets shattered which causes depressurisation in the cabin, destroying the door in the process. After an intense battle, Cutter manages to kick Rane out of the open doorway where he plunges to his death.

Psychological Profile
Charles Rane is a textbook sociopath. The sociopathy likely started due to the abuse he and his sister suffered from their father. After killing his father, Rane never hesitated to kill people. He had no remorse for his actions and he mastered his skills in the art of deception.