Review of Airborne

Airborne (1993)
3/10
The ending almost makes up for it
16 November 1999
I cannot begin to stress how bad this movie is -- but I also can't stress enough how sweet the final scene is.

The first hour-fifteen of this snore-fest is only slightly less painful than having teeth pulled with a pair of pliers. The movie doesn't take off (No pun intended...honest.) until the end when the principle characters (and a slew of extras who can haul on a pair of in-lines) settle their differences with a race through most of downtown Cincinnatti. The sequence the follows -- as 'bladers fly down hills, through intersections and underneath semis before finishing at Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium) -- flat-out rocks and is almost worth sitting through the 75 minutes of lifeless dialogue...but not quite.

Since "Airborne" is revived on basic cable pretty much on a weekly basis, channel surf until the last twenty minutes. You'll thank me for it.
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