Non-Stop (2014)

Most people think so. 79% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 59%.

Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board. Wikipedia ↗

Non-Stop is a 2014 American action thriller directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Liam Neeson stars as Bill Marks, a disillusioned, alcoholic U.S. air marshal on a transatlantic flight from New York to London who begins receiving anonymous text messages demanding that $150 million be transferred to a bank account — or a passenger will die every 20 minutes. As Marks tries to identify the sender among 150 passengers and crew, the evidence is manipulated to make it appear that Marks himself is hijacking the plane, turning the passengers against him.

Jaume Collet-Serra, who would direct Neeson in four films, demonstrated particular skill with confined-space thrillers, using the airplane's claustrophobic layout to create tension from the simple act of watching a man walk down an aisle while every face is potentially the enemy. The text message gimmick was cleverly deployed on screen. Non-Stop earned $222 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.