The Haunted Airman
The Haunted Airman
R | 31 October 2006 (USA)
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An injured RAF pilot, confined to a wheelchair is committed to an eerie hospital where he starts to lose his mind.

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reeseslightning

First, let me say that I had not seen Twilight when I originally rented this back in 2009 (and the only reason I am writing this now is because this atrocity was on chiller last night). I got it out of Redbox and watched it with my brother for an annual movie night.Second, I'm a huge movie watcher. There's rarely a movie I don't like because I can find something to like about it.This is not one of those movies. In fact, can this even be considered a movie?? It's like someone in Britain said, "Hey, this guy is somewhat good looking so we need to make a movie with him in it that's based on a great book. While we're at it, let's throw the scrabble letters against the wall every time we want some dialogue in this 'movie' and that will be what the actors say." If this was the case...mission accomplished.I honestly can't even begin to describe how horrible this movie is. To name the bad things that 1) happened in the movie, 2) how the movie was made, and 3) what the movie is about would be a massive list that I neither have the time nor the patience to write. If you want to know what's the worst part about it - cast wise to the direction, editing, script, etc.- I would answer you, "All of it. Literally." I actually asked my brother if he would turn if off because not only was I bored to near sleep, but I was incredibly confused at the ending. I kept waiting for a real one to come up.Whoever thought this movie was a great idea not only needs to be banned for life from everything media but needs to be told not to base a concept of a movie from his drug - induced, scrabble letter throwing haze.

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treeline1

During WWll, a young pilot (Robert Pattinson) who was crippled in combat is sent to a mysterious sanitarium for shell-shocked soldiers. Not only is he tortured by nightmares, but his therapist (Julian Sand) has some pretty unorthodox techniques.This BBC pseudo-thriller is big on shadowy atmosphere but short on every other essential; there is no coherent plot, the music is terrible, and it all seems sadly pointless. Made two years before "Twilight," Pattinson doesn't yet have the shaggy hair, bushy eyebrows, and blank gazes that would make him so popular as a vampire; here he's clean cut, youthful, and gives a fairly good performance, albeit one that relies heavily on long, slow drags on his cigarettes. As his doctor, Julian Sand's character and motives are never explained; most of his performance must have ended up on the cutting room floor. In any event, he is wasted in the part. The problem is the script - it is completely incoherent. The characters aren't developed and the action is confusing. We never know if what we are seeing is real or a dream and the dialogue had me rolling my eyes and scratching my head.This low-budget flick makes no sense. It's an utter waste of time except for those who want to see pre-Edward RPattz.

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mandykittycat

What an awful movie!! I could barely manage to watch it for the hour it lasted — any longer and it would've been off.Low-budget I can handle. Weak supporting performances, poor special effects, bad editing… OK, fine. But there is no way to get past a film that is painstakingly slow, boring, and completely lacking a plot (or even an explanation)! Nothing happened! I watched the whole thing and still couldn't really say what it was about. Basically it's a guy who's scared of the shadows. Is he crazy? Why is he in a mental hospital? Is he imagining the spiders and the moving shadows? Who knows — or, more importantly, who cares? Sorry, but a slightly moving shadow on the floor in the middle of the night means nothing, especially when the curtains are open; it's probably just a branch moving outside the window.Robert Pattinson is attractive as ever and turns in a pretty good performance, but there was no way he could salvage this piece of crap.My response in a nutshell: yeah, it was only an hour lost…but I can think of so many better and more interesting things I could have done in that hour. Like, the dishes.

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Ryan Gustafson

Made for TV movies should stay on the 1AM slot of the station they were made for... How this flick ever made it to the "Number 7 Pick" at Rogers Video I'll never know. With all the cigarettes that are smoked throughout the movie (the protagonist has a cigarette in his mouth for 80% of the movie), you'd think the tobacco companies put this one out. Ruined from the start by amateur acting and camera work, this flick has very few redeeming qualities. I wasn't expecting much from Robert Pattinson, but he under-delivered yet again. Leave this one behind and look for something else... Or head outside and watch the grass grow... Either way, you'll be more entertained.

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