Menahem Golan, the director of The Delta Force, is the Israeli director who founded Golan-Globus, who purchased Cannon in 1979. I also attempted to see Disney's Oliver and Company there, but was dismayed when it was sold out (particularly as it was one of their "In theaters only releases"), and actually, to this day, I've never seen it! Arrow have recently taken an interest in the Cannon archives for several of their releases, including the superb presentation of Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (most notable for the must-see High Rising Documentary, Cannon Fodder), the excellent Runaway Train, and the much misunderstood, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. I personally, fondly remember the Belfast based Cannon cinema as being the location for my earliest cinema trips, including Transformers: The Movie. They were eventually taken over by Pathé after a string of losses, most notable the failures in 1987 of the awful Superman IV and the bewildering Masters of the Universe. 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.Introduction Cannon Films are known as the enigmatic American group which famously produced numerous B-Movies, as part of wider group (Cannon Group Inc.) who also owned cinema chains and the rights to large numbers of home videos. 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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