Airborne (1998): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1998, Airborne is an action film directed by Julian Grant, running about 94 minutes. “A Secret War. An Unknown Enemy.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. A gang of thieves break into a top secret government research centre and steal a deadly virus. Mach 1, a top secret special operations team, is called in to recover it. The team, lead by Commander Bill McNeil (Steve Guttenberg), boards the thieves' plane midflight and recovers the virus. When two members of the team are subsequently murdered, McNeil suspects that the thieves might have inside help. In an attempt to track down who was responsible, the team steals the virus in a hope that the thieves will come after them.

Who’s in it. Airborne stars Steve Guttenberg as Bill McNeil, Sean Bean as Dave Toombs, Kim Coates as Bob Murdoch and Torri Higginson as Sara Gemmel, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 3.0/10, Airborne has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Airborne page.

If you liked it. Fans of Airborne tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.