Airborne opens with the UK gripped by severe storms: shop
fronts blown out, transport networks gubbed – typical summer weather
basically. It’s the only convincing element in a plot that groggily
veers from post-9/11 terrorism to ancient Chinese vase-demons, with
minimal sense of threat, tension, or excitement. A bunkum storyline
needn’t be a problem in a film like this, of course, but a couple of
effective stingers aside, the results are dull, as a curious cast of
soap stars, B-movie regulars and, er, Mark Hamill struggle gamely with
thinly-sketched characters and unconvincing dialogue. The ex-Skywalker
stays grounded in a largely pointless role – an aviation chief on (would
you believe it?) his last shift before retirement – but on the plus
side he gets to deliver a bizarre introductory voiceover reminiscent of a
paranormal anthology series like The Outer Limits. “It’s a universal truth that sometimes we see things that can’t be explained,” he wearily intones; we wholeheartedly agree.
Out 30th July
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