 Stevens noted Parker was destined for more substantive performances.The story was hailed as a well-written believable romance with depth by many critics such as Travers and Ebiri, earning an 82% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes.In the airplane terrorism mystery film "Non-Stop", Parker plays a computer programmer, who by the end of the film, is revealed as one of the two criminal masterminds behind the film's extortion plot.