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The Delta Force [1986]


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Amazon.co.uk Review

This typical but well-made action movie, which spawned numerous sequels, means to combine the best elements of the disaster movie with the hard-boiled attributes of traditional action-adventures. When a plane is hijacked to the Middle East by Palestinian terrorists, the Pentagon calls into action the Delta Force, an elite squad of highly trained commandos led by tough guy mainstay Lee Marvin and karate-action-star Chuck Norris. Their mission is simple: to thwart the terrorists and rescue the hostages and the plot concentrates largely on just that, as the team uses its experience and fighting skills to get the job done. Its sometimes preachy patriotic bent occasionally gets in the way of the action and Norris is a one-dimensional figure who at times takes himself too seriously, but his rapport with easy-going veteran Marvin moves the film over some implausible rough spots. While not a groundbreaking contribution to the genre, Delta Force impresses with its straightforward tough-guy style. --Robert Lane


Great laugh !!!
Review date: 2008-08-23 Rating: 10 out of 10

It's all here! Gloriously politically incorrect, the sort of movie that just couldn't / wouldn't be made today. Guns, explosions, expendable terrorist henchmen, planes, motorbikes, car chases, classic one-liners, it's all here set against a powerful 1980's synthesiser soundtrack. Chuck Norris at his very best in a film which actually had a big budget. Watch after a few beers and it's the best 2 hours of TV you will ever watch - fantastic !!!!

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Solid fun and complete political incorrectness
Review date: 2007-12-13 Rating: 6 out of 10

As a product of the eighties (I had the misfortune to be born at the very beginning of them), I grew up on movies like this.

One has to wonder what went wrong. In the late sixties and seventies, America was putting out some of the best movies in the world. The reason for this, in my opinion, is that Americans (as a people) were suddenly not afraid of having faults. Vietnam and Nixon made America realise that it had a dark side, and this came through in its cinema. The results were some of the most palpable incarnations of the anti-hero ever put to film.

Alas, in the eighties, something changed. Suddenly, American heroes were not only invincible, but ethically flawless and totally righteous too. 'The Delta Force' is one of the pinnacles of the American hero movie.

In a nutshell, some evil Arab types take a plane full of innocent Americans hostage (many of whom are the eternally oppressed ultra-victims of cinema - Jews) and it's up to Chuck Norris and his motley crew of bad-ass GIs to save the day. Watching it in the ultra-liberal, post 911 21st century, it's hard to believe this film even got made. It's so un-PC that it make Bill Hicks look like Mary Whitehouse.

But here's the catch, it's so damn refreshing to see a piece of action cinema that serves no purpose but to entertain that 'The Delta Force' becomes a beautifully nostalgic piece of escapism that is hard to resist.

It is certainly a flawed film. The editor and director could sure have used a few lessons in pacing. However, one is more than willing to forgive this insult when presented with such testosterone-infested action sequences and cocksure pro-Americanism. It's one of those films that is so bad it's good.

'The Delta Force' is a movie that necessitates the disengagement of the brain and the full attention of the balls. If you have the capacity to do this, and overlook the fact that it is a disgraceful tool of American propaganda, you'll love it. I can just imagine this being George Bush's favourite movie...

Chuck Norris is, in many ways, the ultimate American hero; ruthless but virtuous, kind hearted yet bad-as-hell, the underdog yet the victor. After saving American soldiers from those nasty far-Easterners in the 'Missing in Action' series, Chuckie truly outdoes himself here. Taken with a large pinch of salt, or as a very shrewd satire (a la 'Team America'), 'The Delta Force' delivers in ways Bruckheimer and can only dream of.

GOD BLESS 'EM
Review date: 2007-09-29 Rating: 6 out of 10

It's stars and stripes all the way. Chuck woodenly takes his Delta Force into the middle east and effectively solves the world's terrorist threat.

The delta boys rescue a plane load of hostages from their terrorist captors and proceed to kick ass through most of the film.

The film never lacks action and Chuck has that reliable 'can't touch me' feel all throughout. Good watch.

This brought a tear to my eye
Review date: 2007-07-17 Rating: 10 out of 10

That bit where he is riding the motorbike up the hill (without a crash helmet) and his mullet is blowing in the breeze... and the sun is just strating to rise. Norris IS all things 80's.
Useful fact: Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

The Delta Force
Review date: 2006-05-20 Rating: 4 out of 10

Even as a hardened 80s action fan I struggled with this one. It starts out with an attempt at creating a 'thriller' type atmosphere, but this just makes the film seem overlong and boring. In the first hour and a half, there is only one death - films of this nature should be an hour and a half IN TOTAL. At this point it gets awesome with explosions and shootings. It's almost worth watching just to see Chuck Norris' amazing motorbike, this nearly redeems the film but not quite. Two other redeeming factors would be the hilarious soundtrack and laughable american patriotism (which is particularly over the top here, even by 80s action standards). All in all though, nothing can save this atrocity because the audience is so mind-numbingly bored by the first hour and a half. My advice then, if you do watch it, is to fast forward through the first hour - there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Chuck Norris
Martin Balsam
Lee Marvin
Joey Bishop
Robert Forster

Creators:
Chuck Norris (Primary Contributor)
Lee Marvin (Primary Contributor)
David Gurfinkel (Cinematographer)
Menahem Golan (Producer)
Menahem Golan (Writer)
Alain Jakubowicz (Editor)
Rony Yacov (Producer)
Yoram Globus (Producer)
James Bruner (Writer)

Director(s):

Recording label: MGM Entertainment
Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
EAN: 5050070003307
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2000-11-27
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 124 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1986-02-14
Language: English (Original Language)
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