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Nowhere To Land on Hallmark Ent

Hallmark Entertainment has an engrossing action drama in store for its viewers. The channel will premiere Nowhere To Land July 23, at 10.00 p.m. The film stars Jack Wagner, Christine Elise, James B. Sikking, Mark Lee and Ernie Hudson.

The story goes thus. Chemical engineer Phillip Deacon (Mark Lee) is determined to ensure that no one else will ever have his ex-wife, and plans to kill her by placing a nerve gas bomb on her airline flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. Registered as a passenger, he plants the device, then pretents illness and exits the plane.

As the plane passes the midpoint between Hawaii and Los Angeles, the longest flying stretch in the world without a place to land, Phillip calls the airline headquarters and reveals his plan. The message is transmitted to the plane’s Captain John Prescott (Jack Wagner) who enlists the aid of a passenger, George Eller (James B. Sikking), a retired pilot and Prescott’s mentor. They are in extreme peril due to the fact that the bomb will detonate before they can land, and any attempt to disarm it will trigger it. Deacon’s ex-wife, Claire, the other passengers, and the crew have only one hour to live!

The Los Angeles Police Department calls in anti-terrorism specialist, Danny Gorlin (Ghostbusters feature film star, Ernie Hudson). Gorlin radios Prescott and helps him buy some time.
Since it will be impossible to land without igniting the bomb, Gorlin does the only thing he can - he instructs Prescott on how to go about disarming the bomb.

In Sydney, FBI agent, Mike Tanner (Damian Pike), whose girlfriend is on the plane, learns about the situation and teams up with Tom Kelly (Brendan Moar), an Australian officer, to track down Deacon. After Deacon calls his ex-wife on the plane, they manage to trace the call back to a local pub. When they try to capture him, he tears up the only diagram of the bomb and leads them on a chase through the Sydney streets. The chase ends up trapping Deacon on a rooftop. He backs toward the edge of the roof, then slips. Tanner grabs him, but Deacon refuses to help himself up. Tanner loses his grip and Deacon falls to his death.

Tanner and Kelly find the torn diagram and fax it to Gorlin, who radios instructions to Prescott. With three seconds left, Prescott snips the right wire. But the diagram reveals another danger - a second bomb is set to detonate on landing!