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Summary: Iron Eagle maybe head of time
Review: This movie taught that are enemies are not always communists. It was brilliant idea for its time. Yes alot is borrowed for Star Wars. But I feel that this movie made efforts besides the Migs are really F-4s and middle country had Kfirs or F-21s Aggressor aircraft being enemy aircraft. It isn't strongness story I had watch but this sounds like real possibly in the future cooperation with Soviet Arms Forces. It is unfornated that Doug gets waxed but that another film. It good film of this sort of Genre.
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Summary: Not up to the first movie, but still fun
Review: This sequel to "Iron Eagle" is as dated as the first movie - but less fun. In the first movie (Reagan era bombast at its most guiltily pleasurable) Chappy Sinclair and Doug Masters (Louis Gossett, Jr. & Jason Gedrick) single-handedly take on an un-named mid-eastern regime in a rogue mission. Sinclair goes back to that never-named mid-eastern regime (a slick composite of Iraq & Libya), but this time he's not only following orders - he has to bring a bunch of Soviet fighter-drivers with him. That's right - where the first movie was a big video game, the sequel is obviously one of those movies on the cusp of the end of the cold-war, with American and Russian pilots struggling to get past their differences for the common good. As part of his mission to neutralize a WMD installation, Sinclair gathers together a wing of F-16 fighters and Russian MiGs - uniting the two in a secret Israeli base (which more plausibly explains the obviously Israeli markings). Sinclair races the clock - not only to beat the evil regime's plan to launch their nukes, but also to prevent the nuclear mission the Russian and American bureaucrats planned to launch in the event Sinclair's plan failed.
IE2 is sort of a mixed bag - it's got more elaborate flight sequences than the first movie, but only slightly. Also, the story loses something in trying to be more mature than the first movie (professional pilots rather than a bunch of ambitious teens; this time, the heroes are trying to save the unnamed country from getting hit harder). Still - it's better than IE-3, and for mil-aviation fans, IE-2 has some of the best footage of F-4 Phantoms in action that you're likely to see. (Fans of the mighty Phantom should be in for a double thrill, not only catching their favorite ride in action, but also as a stand-in for the Russian Migs - the idea of casting the grizzled fighter as a cutting-edge jet seems to be an uninventive case of mis-casting, but the F-4 handles the role just fine). In short, it's still not up to the standards of "Top Gun", but IE-2 is still fun.
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Summary: Good Film
Review: Well, I liked the film more than TOP GUN, but the one thing that bugged me about the original and this movie was the use of aircraft. In the original movie, the MIG-23s were Israeli IAI Kfir-C3s armed with two 30mm cannons and some very unrealistic looking rockets. Also, the helicopters in the film were not Soviet-bought 'Hinds' as they were stated to be. They were actually surplus US Army AH-1S Cobras. As far as the second film, the MIG-29s were actually surplus USAF F-4F fighters. You'd probably only notice these minor details if you were or are a major aircraft buff like myself, but if not you'll enjoy the movie a lot more. Overall, the movie portrays the US Air Force in a good light and is very well put together.
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Summary: Good Enought to Fly Home With
Review: Well, I liked the film more than TOP GUN, but the one thing that bugged me about the original and this movie was the use of aircraft. In the original movie, the MIG-23s were Israeli IAI Kfir-C3s armed with two 30mm cannons and some very unrealistic looking rockets. Also, the helicopters in the film were not Soviet-bought 'Hinds' as they were stated to be. They were actually surplus US Army AH-1S Cobras. As far as the second film, the MIG-29s were actually surplus USAF F-4F fighters. You'd probably only notice these minor details if you were or are a major aircraft buff like myself, but if not you'll enjoy the movie a lot more. Overall, the movie portrays the US Air Force in a good light and is very well put together.
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Summary: The not-so-great follow up to a great movie
Review: Well, this film was kinda lacking, in that Jason Gedrick's character, Doug Masters, gets blown out of the sky in the first 3 minutes and that he was assigned a crappy callsign. However, the soundtrack was ok, but not as brilliant as the original.. There are more plot holes than the original.. Ever notice how the Russian soldier, ("Lebanov", I think his name was) is the same guy who played a Mid-Eastern bad guy and tortured (read: beat-up) Doug's dad, Colonel Ted Masters in the first movie... Ha! Only true Iron Eagle devotees would notice that one.. you've got to get all four of these movies and sit around with some friends from your school days (let's face it, that's when we had IRON EAGLE in our blood) and get some pizzas and beer and enjoy them all over again! Long Live Chappy Sinclair!
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Summary: CAPPY, I LOVE YOU
Review: Where to begin, when I saw this movie for the first time I just feel in love with Chappy. I have yet to see a movie that even comes close to the quality that this movie embodies. If Chappy were a real person I would marry him and have a life of action and romance in his jet, going really fast all over the world and blowing stuff up. I am not sure if Chappy should be hanging out with little boy though, that could be bad. You know what they say "16 will get you 20". You just have to watch this film, you too will be swept away by the passion that Chappy exudes. If I had a chance to save my daddy from the bad guys I would want Chappy by my side, if not sitting on his lap in the cockpit of his jet.
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