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Bloody hell, I knew it was a mistake to watch a film starring Mark Hamill neither playing Luke Skywalker nor voicing The Joker.

I’m always one to give Video On Demand (VOD) films their fair shot, as sometimes it’s just a matter of lesser known foreign films or surprise independent hits getting proper distribution, but then again there are some films that are just so bad they don’t deserve a theatrical release in the slightest.

Airborne is one of those films, being a rancid airplane thriller which flaunts itself as a brutal horror watch. Unless just the sight of flying sends you into a tizzy, Dominic Burns’ empty thriller will leave you scrambling for a parachute and a quick access escape, jumping to safety while avoiding the entire monotonous flight. Even if there isn’t a parachute, jumping still is probably the better option, sadly.

This Paul Chronnell...

Watch the trailer for Image Entertainment's Airborne thriller, starring Mark Hamill, Craig Conway, Billy Murray and Julian Glover. Dominic Burns directs the film from the script by Paul Chronnell, with a cast which also includes Sebastian Street, Alan Ford, Peter Barrett and Kimberly Jaraj When a storm starts closing in, air traffic controller Malcolm (Hamill) sends one last plane into the sky – but after takeoff, the passengers aboard discover the pilots have been brutally murdered. Suddenly the plane disappears from radar, and one by one, the people aboard turn into dangerous, bloody psychopaths. With time running out, the survivors must unlock the deadly mystery in their midst – and find a way to land the plane before their ultimate nightmare is unleashed!

Watch the trailer for Image Entertainment's Airborne thriller, starring Mark Hamill, Craig Conway, Billy Murray and Julian Glover. Dominic Burns directs the film from the script by Paul Chronnell, with a cast which also includes Sebastian Street, Alan Ford, Peter Barrett and Kimberly Jaraj When a storm starts closing in, air traffic controller Malcolm (Hamill) sends one last plane into the sky – but after takeoff, the passengers aboard discover the pilots have been brutally murdered. Suddenly the plane disappears from radar, and one by one, the people aboard turn into dangerous, bloody psychopaths. With time running out, the survivors must unlock the deadly mystery in their midst – and find a way to land the plane before their ultimate nightmare is unleashed!

*here be some spoilers. Director: Dominic Burns. Writer: Paul Chronnell. Cast: Mark Hamill, Craig Conway, Billy Murray, Sebastian Street, Simon Phillips, Julian Glover, Alan Ford, Gemma Atkinson, Rita Ramnani, and Andrew Shim. Chelsea Films is releasing Airborne across the United Kingdom on DVD July 30th. This is a film that puts a dozen passengers on a doomed flight across the Atlantic. One of their passengers is an ancient Chinese spirit that likes to possess the living. The other flight crew and trapped passengers are understandably shook up when the ghost of Chang starts offing characters via gory suicides. The action is almost laughable as the plot of a cursed vase threatens to ground this aircraft for good. And, something strange begins to happen as you watch this film. If you are a United Kingdom film fan, then you might notice that director Dominic Burns has recruited a few familiar faces.

Airborne

Stars: Mark Hamill, Craig Conway, Billy Murray, Sebastian Street, Simon Phillips, Julian Glover, Gemma Atkinson, Alan Ford | Written by Paul Chronnell | Directed by Dominic Burns

A product of British indie outfit Black and Blue Films, Airborne stars a veritable who’s who of British film and television (most of whom have appeared in previous Black and Blue Films productions) along with the movies main draw – former Star Wars actor, Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill.

The film follows Atlantic Sky Airways Flight 686, the last flight out of East Midlands Airport thanks to a severe storm. Shortly after take-off, several passengers become concerned when one of their number inexplicably goes missing. Their anxieties are further increased when it becomes apparent that the flight has veered off course and it is revealed that the plane is carrying an interesting item of cargo: a rare and extremely valuable ancient Chinese vase. The assumption is that terrorists are responsible,...

Airborne aka Panic Zone is a thriller that was shot in the United Kingdom. Now, Image Entertainment has brought the high flying screams over to North America. Airborne will release in this territory October 16th on DVD and the official artwork is hosted left. Craig Conway (Dog Soldiers), Simon Phillips (Jack Falls), Gemma Atkinson and Mark Hamill will also be coming over for the ride as they star in this murderous feature. Airborne creates a dangerous situation early. A deadly storm is grounding most air flights. But, one last airplane shuttles down the runaway. Shortly after takeoff, the pilots are found murdered and the passengers are turning into psychopathic killers (Image). Chaos ensues 30,000 feet in the air with one air traffic controller trying to find some calm in the raging storm. The film's trailer is hosted below. Release Date: October 16th, 2012 (DVD). Director: Dominic Burns. Writer: Paul Chronnell. Cast: Craig Conway,...

“Airborne” is a Brit horror directed by Dominic Burns (“Cut”), whose main draw is probably the presence of “Star Wars” favourite Mark Hamill, making his first appearance in a film from these shores. With a script by TV comedy writer Paul Chronnell, the film also stars a host of semi recognisable Brit talent, including Andrew Shim (“This is England”), Julian Glover (“Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade”), Alan Ford (“Snatch”) and Billy Murray (“Rise of the Footsoldier”). Having recently played the British Independent Film Festival, the film arrives shortly on Region 2 DVD via Chelsea Films. Hamill provides the opening narration, though doesn’t actually make it into the air himself, playing a traffic controller trying to keep track of a flight which suddenly diverts from its planned course during a wintery storm. The passengers (made up of a motley mix of gangsters, soldiers, the inevitable sexed up couple, a priest...

British genre specialists Black and Blue Films, partnering with Press On Features, Templeheart and Hawthorn Productions, look to the skies with the new horror-thriller Airborne. Directed by Dominic Burns from a script by Paul Chronnell, Airborne stars Craig Conway, Simon Phillips, Gemma Atkinson, Sebastian Street, Kimberly Jaraj, Fiona Ryan, Jazz Lintott with Raji James, Andrew Shim, Alan Ford, Julian Glover, Billy Murray and Mark Hamill. The film is set for release sometime in 2012.

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The new feature from Dominic Burns (Cut) is one part thriller and one part suicide cult, as the film's first poster beckons you to "come die with me." In the trailer for this feature, a plane at 20,000 is ever going down, down, down...And actors Mark Hamill, Craig Conway (Dog Soldiers), Simon Phillips (The Last Seven) and Julian Glover (Mirrors) welcome you aboard one terrifying flight. Have an early look at this United Kingdom shot film, which will have you asking the stewardess for more booze and valium, in just under two minutes (courtesy of Dread Central).

The synopsis for Airborne is here:

"As a snowstorm closes in, one final plane takes off. The plane reports to the ground that both pilots are dead, while the slowly dwindling number of passengers on the plane wish that they'd never left the ground" (Dread).

Release Date: 2012.

Director: Dominic Burns.

Writer: Paul Chronnell.

This week has been completely nuts and I still can’t believe I get to do these things! In the last few days, I got to the Baftas, meet Sir Paul McCartney, have dinner with multiple Hollywood legends and now this evening (or last night by the time you’re reading this), Colin and myself got to go to the set of a new movie which was shooting on the Jumbo Jet which you’ll probably have seen in the background of multiple shots if you’re a fan of the BBC TV show, Top Gear.

Wednesday is actually the day that Top Gear is filmed and as we arrived at the aerodrome in Surrey, there was amass of 200 odd cars leaving the airfield as the Top Gear show had just finished filming for the day. It was quite surreal being the only car going in while everyone else left!