O'Malley (George Kennedy), identifies himself as Jewish this is comic relief but is also part of the film’s design to put Jews, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and miscellaneous Protestants all on one side of the struggle and Arabs/Muslims on the other (slightly inflammatory). Balsam’s character has a tattoo from a WWII concentration camp. Navy divers and anyone who appears to be Jewish-for “special treatment.” Two of the Jewish couples are played by Joey Bishop, Lainie Kazan, Martin Balsam and Shelley Winters the use of stars from an earlier era is probably an attempt to pull in a wider audience. They single out certain passengers-including some U.S. Nevertheless, it gives us a glimpse of what elite military units may be called on to do.Īrab/Muslim terrorists led by “Abdul” (Robert Forster) hijack a commercial airliner filled with Americans and reroute it from Europe to Beirut, Lebanon. The airplane hijacking is loosely based on an actual 1985 incident, but the Delta Force involvement is very fictionalized and the body count is quite one-sided. ![]() is still my all-time favorite Cannon movie, The Delta Force contains EVERYTHING great about action flicks from the 80's including a solid plot and an over-the-top showdown.Although this film is more or less a Chuck Norris vehicle, it’s a little less excessive than “ Invasion U.S.A.” or the “Missing in Action” series. I'm pretty sure that Matt and Trey used The Delta Force as one of their main inspirations (besides Megaforce).Īlthough Invasion U.S.A. In fact, The Delta Force is basically the serious version of Team America: World Police because both movies have a US team fighting against terrorists and lots of great action scenes. This is what we remember as being typical of the classic 80s "popcorn action flicks". When Nick and Scott arrive, we have explosions, terrorist death scenes, car chases that show us how tremendously awesome Chuck Norris is (because he kills tons of army guys), more explosions, and some awesome one-liners. ![]() There's no better way to build tension and anger among the audience than killing one of them. Since this is another "patriotic" movie, we also have three US Navy guys as hostages. It all gives us a really great perspective of each of the characters. Another great example is when an air hostess (played by Hanna Schygulla, I was really impressed by her performance) refuses to co-operate with the hijackers because she's German and it reminds her of the Nazis. For instance, there's a couple who try to hide they're Jewish after they know that the terrorists are Islamic by putting away their rings that feature Hebrew language. Although this is a super cliche method (when I watch Die Hard 2 I know exactly which airplane will crash because of this type of storytelling), it creates a lot of tension. It has a pretty good build-up in the first half because we see and know a lot of these hostages' backgrounds. Wait a minute, I'm kinda confused here, WHO'S THE REAL VILLAIN OF THIS FILM?. The motivation that makes Abdul decide to hijack the plane is his brother was killed by the US army, so he and his friends want to take their revenge on the American and Jewish people. At least, this film has a more realistic set up than previous Cannon flicks like Invasion U.S.A. Surprisingly The Delta Force has a pretty decent plot. This ensures there will be a lot of chase scenes, gun battles and explosions to satisfy the audience. Next, they land the plane yet again to release the women and children. Will it be easy as they plan? No way! Abdul Rifi (Robert Forster, Vigilante) the leader of the terrorists, decides to land the plane once to bring more armed terrorists on board and send the Jewish hostages somewhere else. Led by Colonel Nick Alexander (Lee Marvin), the main mission of The Delta Force unit is to rescue the hostages and hunt down the terrorists. We see a group of Lebanese terrorists hijack an American Travelways airplane and of course our hero Scott, who decided to retire after the failed mission, has to cope with this situation all over again. The movie then cuts back to the present day of 1985. We start the movie with a flashback 10 years earlier in which an operation to rescue some hostages fails and Captain Scott McCoy (Chuck Norris) doesn't get to save his friend. It stars Chuck Norris (one of the biggest stars of the Cannon era) and Lee Marvin. The Delta Force is a great example that represents the over-the-top style of the studio really well. Their action movies were really fun and entertaining no matter how ridiculous the plots were. As I've said in my earlier reviews, Cannon Films specialized in making exciting Hollywood studio films on B-Movie budgets.
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