Airborne (1998)

Bill McNeil heads a black ops team called "Mach 1" called in to retrieve a cannister of deadly viral agent which was stolen from the government by an arms dealer. The team retrieve the ... See full summary »

Director:

Julian Grant

Writers:

Julian Grant, Tony Johnston,

Stars:

Steve Guttenberg, Kim Coates, Torri Higginson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Guttenberg	...	Bill McNeil
Kim Coates	...	Bob Murdoch
Torri Higginson	...	Sara Gemmel
Philip Akin	...	Romeo Cortez
David Fraser	...	Mr. Samuels
Colm Feore	...	Ron Simpson
Sean Bean	...	Dave Toombs
Philip DeWilde	...	Video Technician #1
Sara Sahr	...	Video Technician #2
Panou	...	Man #1
Yoav Deckelbaum	...	Man #2
John Jay Hebert	...	Pilot
Don Allison	...	Scientist
Linda Barnett	...	Waitress
Shawn Lawrence	...	Cop #1

Storyline

Bill McNeil heads a black ops team called "Mach 1" called in to retrieve a cannister of deadly viral agent which was stolen from the government by an arms dealer. The team retrieve the weapon but the team is setup. Bill knows a traitor is behind things.

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Plot Keywords:

virus | arms dealer | hijacking | biochemical weapon | airplane | 

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 July 1998 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Airborne - Bete, dass sie nicht landen!

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Le Monde Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Climax scene used tanks and actual military crews from nearby Canadian Forces Base

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Goofs

When McNeil, and Gemmel are retrieving the Virus from the storage area. It shows an exterior shot of Gemmel using what looks like a laser pointer to cut the hatch of the virus storage unit. The exterior shot shows her just tracing a circle very fast around the edge of the hatch with no smoke, or evidence of the laser cutting the metal. Yet the interior shot that they keep jumping to shows the circle being cut slower. It also shows not only smoke, but burning metal as would be seen when using a cutting torch.

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Connections

Edited into Supreme Sanction (1999)

User Reviews

surprising, straight to video action yarn

A cut above from the usual straight to video actioneer, Airborne has enough in the tank to keep it going for the full 90 minutes, although you can't help but think of how low former '80's comedy golden boy Steve Guttenburg has stooped to be in such a cheap production (and playing a hard man too!). The plot is simple, the baddies have stolen a deadly virus and Guttenburg and the rest of his goodie pals are sent to retrieve it, Not bad of its kind but not in the same league (obviously) as the films it is compared too on the cover such as AIR FORCE ONE and CON AIR. The cast is good though, with Sean Bean reprising his Brit.-bad guy character which we have had a glimpse of in such box office smashes as GOLDENEYE and PATRIOT GAMES.