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A small village in Great Britain, circa the 1950's: On his 21st
birthday, Roy (Peter Firth) finds out that he has actually been adopted,
and not long afterwards, his adoptive father (Richard Briers) is shot in a
weird accident by pilot-turned-priest Mark (Dominic Jephcott). However,
the Air Commander (Richard Johnson), head of the neighbouring Aerodrome,
downplays the whole affair to an extent that Roy becomes disgusted.
Roy
and his girlfriend Bess (Natalie Ogle) ask Mark to marry them, but soon
afterwards, Roy learns he's actually Bess's half brother, and on top of
that, he
finds her making love to Mark. This all it too much for Roy, who now
decides to join the Air Force, which he suspects to be behind everything
going wrong - and he soon finds his suspicions confirmed, as the Air
Commander sees himself not only as the head of the Air Force and the local
aerodrome, but he also
wants to become the leader of Great Britain in a secret revolution, and
expects from his men to stand 100 percent behind him, not only regarding
their jobs but also their conduct in their private lives - and he strongly
supports immoral behaviour, too. Roy soon rises up in the ranks of the Air
Force, becomes the Air Commander's favourite, and he also sees this the
Air Force's moral code a means to get back at Mark, as he seduces and
impregnates Eustacia (Jill Bennett), the woman Mark has fallen in love with
- but when the Air Commander has people shot in Roy's village and wants
Roy to force Eustacia to abort or kill her, he starts having second
thoughts, and when Eustacia and Mark are shot trying to escape the
Aerodrome, he tries to quit the service ... and the Air Commander
threatens to shoot him as well, but ultimately can't because he is
actually Roy's father (which is good news inasmuch as this way Roy isn't
his wife Bess's brother anymore). The Air Commander goes on his trip to
London to take over Great Britain, but then his plane crashes, thanks to
an act of sabotage by Mark, who has long opposed the Air Force and set
wheels in motion to destroy it from within before his death ... which
finally leaves Roy to enjoy a happy future with Bess. Less dark
science fiction than satire, Aerodrome has quite a few things going
for it, including its interesting storyline with its many twists and
turns, sharp dialogue and a first rate cast ... and yet, Aerodrome
falls several feet short of being a perfect film, due to some narrative
inconsistencies, lack of character motivation, and first and foremost a
very lazy directorial job that never rises above the merely funcional and
can't in the least make any good news of its main setting, the Aerodrome.
Still, the film's an interesting watch, if by no means outstanding.
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