Iron Eagle II

  • Louis Gossett Jr.: Brigadier General Charles Chappy Sinclair
  • Mark Humphrey: Captain Matt Cooper
  • Stuart Margolin: General Still More
  • Alan Scarfe: Colonel Vardovsky
  • Sharon Brandon: Valeri Zuyeniko
  • Maury Chaykin: Sgt Downs
  • Colm Feore: Yuri
  • Clark Johnson: Captain Graves
  • Jason Durchblicker: Sergeant Hickman
  • Jesse Collins: Major Bush
  • Mark Ivanir: Balyonev
  • Uri Gavriel: Koshkin

Iron Eagle II is an action film directed by Sidney J. Furie from the year 1988. It is a sequel to the film Iron Eagle from the year 1986.

Action

In the Middle East (after the map in Iraq ) is a nuclear device, which is regarded by both the Soviets and the United States as a threat and needs to be turned off. The Ministry of Defense of the United States decides against the proposal of General Still More to perform a nuclear strike from a great height, and instead use a binational unit from Americans and Soviets to destroy this facility. With the implementation of the action Colonel Charles Chappy Sinclair will be entrusted to it is temporarily promoted to general. In Israel, the two groups for training purposes, which leads to conflicts due to the different ideologies meet. After the death of an American pilot Sinclair finds out that the operation was sabotaged by both one's own and from the other side by by picked troops for the inevitable not to be understood with " the other side" and sometimes militarily and politically " cold were " found. As the original plan of a nuclear attack is resumed, the group fly off on their own and destroy the facility, which will also work decides.

Reviews

  • Lexicon of international film wrote that the action movie was " ridiculous," " boring," " listless played " and " bad cut ".
  • Richard Harrington wrote in 1988 in the Washington Post, the movie look like a video game. He was langweilend, its soundtrack is laughable.
  • Clint Morris writes in Moviehole.net, the film was not as good as the first film. Flying scenes and action scenes can the guys still like it.

Awards

The Supporting Actor Maury Chaykin and Tonexperten (in two categories) were nominated for the 1989 Genie Award.

Background

  • Filmed in Israel film played in U.S. cinemas a 10.5 million U.S. dollars.
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