The Delta Force

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Summary: A fantasy that everyone wishes was reality
Review: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, and Steven James carry out America's favorite fantasy of beating the terrorists. The Special Forces techniques and the brutality of the Middle East hijackers will make even a liberal cheer for Chuck Norris in this one.

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Summary: Showing it's age, Politically Correct, and DVD has problems
Review: The plot of the movie has alot of promise, middle eastern terrorists hijack a plane and take hostages, Chuck Norris comes to the rescue guns a-blazing . Unfortunately, the DVD version I rented didn't subscript the Arabic speaking terrorists in English, so much of the movie, you just watched the terrorists yell without much of a clue as to what they said. There was alot of this dialog so there is much to miss.

The terrorists that did manage to speak english had some lines that appears like Hollywood PC croud trying to keep peace with a particular ethnic group. For instance this one terrorist finds a ring that clearly belongs to a Jew, and later returns it to the Lady whom tried to hide it, making him look like he had compassion towards her. The same terrorist looked at another lady and said something to the effect "Your a brave women, your free to go". While saying this, he looked like he admired her. Maybe it's just me, but this doesn't appear to be close to the way middle eastern terrorists really are (especially not towards a woman).

Chuck Norris seems a bit flat in this, especially if you compare against Stallone or Schwarzenegger movies. I would have probably rated it at 5 stars when it was made, but the story just doesn't fly for me post Sept. 11th.

If you must purchase, wait until the DVD subtitles are fixed.

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Summary: The Delta Force is real action!
Review: Lee Marvin and Chuck Norris lead the highly trained Delta Force in the fight against terrorism. Perhaps Chuck's best movie even though it doesn't feature the best fight scenes. The Delta Force is straight forward action. Nothing fancy here. When the terrorists high-jack the plane, Lee and Chuck go into action and rescuing the hostages won't be too easy. Experience and technology help not only out fight the terrorists, but also out think them. The Delta Force is fun to watch and won't disappoint. This is what Chuck Norris films should be like, pure, gritty, and full of action.

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Summary: Patriotic
Review: Great moive, brings a tear to me eye. Instills a sence of pride, and those of you who can tell i cant spell worth a darn, sorry! This movie is one of his best. It makes MIA look like Camando. Loved it! A one to buy, if you like action, violence, and patritizm.

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Summary: i naver got my order
Review: i naver got my order where is it

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Summary: Another situation where art mimics life
Review: Very closely based on a true story surrounding the 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847 from Greece to ultimately New York, with approx. 70% Americans on board. Instead of the real-life hijacking by Lebanese Shiite Muslim terrorists, the film uses Palestinians as the militants. The movie is very patriotic at times, which it should have been. It is also a little Hollywoody, but that's okay also, based on the theme of the film. Because, art imitates life so many times, especially after what has been happening here, and around the world, the movie is a great boost in confidence, and shows also how America's elite international counter-terrorism force comes to the rescue of the hostages. Fighting hijacking is really Delta Force's specialty, and the movie does not stray away from that theme. Good movie overall, and should be a great one in today's screwed-up world.

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Summary: The Delta Force
Review: This movie is a childhood favorite. It is a very realistic movie about the topic of terrorism in the world. The movie stars Chuck Norris, but it is not overflooded with karate. It maintains it's hostage rescue ideas's by not turning it into something like Walker, Texas Ranger, where one second you and everyone has a gun, and the next second no one has a gun and everyone is doing martial. I have nothing against doing martial arts in movies, but the reason why this movie is good is because Chuck Norris can't, and doesn't take on the whole world with his hands and feet.

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Summary: I love this movie but I am disapointed in the DVD version
Review: I love this movie. I bought it on VHS a few years back. When I learned that it was released on DVD I bought a copy. I was disapointed that it wasn;t in widescreen, but the bigger disapointment was that the ARAB was no longer subtitled. this took away from the movie.

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Summary: Fun if taken in proper spirit
Review: I can sum up all you need to know about this movie by describing one scene:

Chuck Norris and his buddy stand out in the open on top of this building as a horde of... militia approach. They fire an anti-tank weapon into the horde. Still standing out in the open, they take time to high five each other as the horde continues to approach. Chuck then rides down a wire firing his Mini-Uzi at the militia.

The Delta Force is just the real-life TWA 847 hijacking with a counter-terrorist assault appended onto it. The movie makes no bones about that.

It can be a fun movie but is plagued with such unbelievable plot elements. For instance, the Delta assault force land in Beirut on an Israeli landing craft (I guess the Sixth Fleet was too busy). They have all these Fast Attack Vehicles and super-duper attack motorcycles. Yet, their assault plan apparently relies on abandoning these vehicles and hitching a ride on the hijacked 707. So much for all that taxpayer-funded equipment. Lucky for Chuck and Lee, the 707 had plenty of fuel.

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Summary: A good Wish
Review: I was wondering if the Original was made in 16x9 Format. This is a watch on TV Version on a nice Sunday Morning... But dont get me wrong, I love the Movie... Great Job Chuck.... Gregory ---- [e-mail]