The Delta Force

1986 "They don't negotiate with terrorists... they blow them away!"
5.6| 2h9m| R| en
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A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

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Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
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Bardlerx Strictly average movie
Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
cogeorge-17949 There are some movies you don't know what to say because they're so bad; but I don't know what to say because this is so good! The action theme music, and the ending music that saw the death of McCoy's best friend, composed on a minor key alone snatched all 10 stars in the rating. So, where do I rate the excellent dialogue, "See you when I see you", "Sleep tight, sucker!" flawless acting, and superb editing. Even if the movie has flaws, I can't see them. The music tracks alone, I reiterate, make my day. This is one of Chuck Norris' classics and one I will forever remember him by! Cast and crew were beyond excellent! Enough writing already. Just go see it for yourself!
thegreenman4010 This film has more corn than Kansas and plenty of BS to fertilise it with. It starts out with a fair to middling hijack story, and then develops into a gung-ho shoot-fest of epically dreadful proportions. This from someone who enjoys the Expendables movies. The difference is: they don't try to take themselves too seriously, and the action is much better- if equally unbelievable.US Special Forces armed almost exclusively with Uzi machine pistols, shooting from the hip in spray and pray fashion just got my goat time and time again. The dramatic manoeuvres such as pulling wheelies on motorcycles just left me wondering why would you bother? To risk losing control in a life and death situation might look cool, but you just wouldn't. Standing around in the middle of the road, facing an army of bad guys? Seriously? And as for the major running off on his own to face the chief hijacker with the instruction "don t wait for me". Get outta town. As for going OFF the radio before assaulting the aircraft. What? It leads to some drama in the form of Lee Marvin and his screaming siren, but surely you just wouldn't. The music alternatively sounds like it's appropriate for an awards ceremony and a kids' sci-fi movie and is definitely no John Williams score. It just serves to highlight how bad the movie is.I probably saw this when it came out in 1986. That was clearly long enough for me to forget how awful it is. I stopped really watching it part way through, and switched it off before the end. I can't really say why I have given it two stars. I'm not sure that it deserves one.
Claudio Carvalho When the terrorists Abdul Rafai (Robert Foster) and Mustafa (David Menahem) hijack a Boeing 707 in Athenas with 144 passengers and crew, they use a grenade to force Captain Campbell (Bo Svenson) to fly to Beirut, Lebanon, instead of to Rome and New York. Meanwhile the Delta Force commanded by Colonel Nick Alexander (Lee Marvin) and Major McCoy (Chuck Norris) are assigned to resolve the situation. Abdul and Mustafa separate the Jewish and Marine passengers and they are transported to Beirut, while twelve other terrorists embark on board. Then they fly to Algiers, where the women and children are released. McCoy and the Delta Force team are prepared to attack the plane when Alexander learns that there are now fourteen terrorists on board and not only two, and he aborts the mission. Abdul kills a Marine and returns to Beirut with the male passengers on board. Now the Delta Force needs to act in two locations crowded of terrorists to release the hostages. Will they succeed?"The Delta Force" is an action film with great cast with a realistic and tense beginning, with the terrorist action to take the airplane. Unfortunately when the Delta Force arrives, the film turns to a collection of clichés with overoptimistic patriotic attitudes and annoying music score and funny like "The Expendables" franchise. Menahem Golan lost the chance of making a great film, preferring the propaganda and a cheesy "dramatic" conclusion. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Commando Delta" ("Delta Commando")
utgard14 Here we have Cannon's masterpiece, directed by Menaham Golan himself. A combination '70s disaster movie and '80s actioner. A group of Lebanese terrorists, led by Robert Forster (!), hijack an airliner and demand to be taken to Beirut. Little do the terrorists know an elite squad of commandos known as Delta Force are on the job, led by Lee Marvin (in his final film) and Chuck Norris (with a rocket bike that is the stuff of movie legend).Great supporting cast of familiar faces. A "Love Boat" cast, if you will. Despite Norris being the star, the movie doesn't really become a full-on action flick until the last 1/4. The first 3/4 is more like a dramatic disaster type movie, like the Airport films. But it actually works to the movie's favor in the long run because it allows the tension to build so that when the Delta Force start kicking terrorist ass, it's much more rewarding. There are some unintentionally hilarious moments, of course, since this is a Cannon film. Such as the stewardess distraught over being asked by the hijackers to single out the Jews ("No, not me! Don't you see? I'm German!!!!") or George Kennedy's classic "I'm Jewish just like Jesus Christ." But these elements only add to the enjoyment, as any fan of Cannon's films can attest.As for the elephant in the room, let's tackle that head-on. You won't see a movie like this made again today in the same way. If the terrorists in an action movie today were actually allowed to be of Middle Eastern origin (unlikely), there would have to be a qualifier of some kind. Like there would have to be a white American traitor working with them or there would have to be a "good" Muslim/Arab character to remind all us dumb American hicks that they're not all bad. And, of course, there would have to be some not-so-subtle propaganda in there as well to suggest that America or Israel deserved whatever they were getting.Throughout the '80s, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus ran Cannon Films. They were responsible for what I would consider the last great hurrah for quality B movies. Most of their output were action movies, from ninja films to Charles Bronson and Chuck Norris shoot 'em ups. They also did comedies, sci-fi, horror, and even some dramas. Most of their movies were watchable, some were even good. Yes, some were terrible but a lot of those have a so-bad-it's-good quality about them today. Out of all the movies Cannon put out, to me Delta Force is their best overall production.