Tuesday 22 November 2011

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The Delta Force (1986)

Filmed in Israel and directed by Israeli director Menahem Golan this film stars Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin in his final film appearance. An American flight from Cairo is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists and American special forces have to save the day.

Usually these types of action films fall down on having ridiculous plots but this film takes it's cue from a number of real life events and incorporates them to provide a good set up. In fact the best parts of the film are probably those involving the passengers and depicting the hijacking fairly realistically. Where the film gets silly is in the inevitable action sequences at the end where realism is thrown out of the window in favour of Chuck Norris blowing stuff up. It is a shame that the final third gets carried away in what is an otherwise really good effort.

3/5

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