Ohhh mannnn. I watched this in the theater as a kid. I loved it. I'll still watch it occasionally, and I still watch it through the lense of my childhood eyes. I overlook all of the bad dialog, the low-budget practical effects, and the horrible computer cockpit effects. But there was no internet, back then, and flight Simulators were just barely a thing, and the graphics were probably 16-color. Nobody knew what an actual F-16 HUD or HDD looked like, let alone what threats would look like on display. So, as a kid, you believed what Hollywood showed you. If you want to "fairly" judge the "CG" or practical effects of a film, you have to look at similarly budgeted films of that year did (and prior years), and what the top films with the huge budgets did. For it's time, "Iron Eagle" was pretty good, and had a lot of cool action!
The 80s had such a sense of optimism about them, and this movie really tapped that zeitgiest. And the Power Metal tracks play so well with the slaughter montages.
This is what happens when you give the keys to a fully armed F-16A to an 18 year old, lol. They single handedly go to war to rescue their Dad, while bombing out to rock music! Hells yea!
I always like how the main guard is waving his hands down there while on the phone. Like "You get your ass down here and attack them through the flapes!"
Yes, the magical Hades bomb when she can drop while going straight along the axis of the runway but which explodes perpendicular to it. Very smart bomb. And is an flaming fortress against the enemy trying to cross it. Attack them through the flames is one of my most beloved phrases
I never knew that the dandy, dapper detective Hercule Poirot was a badass fighter pilot from a fictional Arab country. You learn something new every day.🤔
This was filmed with help from the Israelis because apparently the U.S. Air Force told the production team "Nope. Not gonna help you." One look at the script and it's easy to see why. If they signed off on this movie, they would basically be saying, "Oh yeah, our security is so lax and sloppy that our pilots regularly take their sons up in our aircraft."
That is faster than a olympic runner to outrun a missile in the tower,At 2:41 doug deploy langing gear but 2:44 the gear is still retracted. After landing were did the boarding ladder came from
The only thing I always pictured as better for this scene is if the Hades bomb had landed on the foot soldiers and blew them to bits. Way cooler than it just serving as a barrier.
@@helvetia1978 that little melodic organ/keyboard is the start of the song. The music before that is just scene music that adds tension to a military cadence
Ohhh mannnn. I watched this in the theater as a kid. I loved it. I'll still watch it occasionally, and I still watch it through the lense of my childhood eyes. I overlook all of the bad dialog, the low-budget practical effects, and the horrible computer cockpit effects.
But there was no internet, back then, and flight Simulators were just barely a thing, and the graphics were probably 16-color.
Nobody knew what an actual F-16 HUD or HDD looked like, let alone what threats would look like on display. So, as a kid, you believed what Hollywood showed you.
If you want to "fairly" judge the "CG" or practical effects of a film, you have to look at similarly budgeted films of that year did (and prior years), and what the top films with the huge budgets did.
For it's time, "Iron Eagle" was pretty good, and had a lot of cool action!
RIP Louis Gossett Jr who starred in this movie as Chappy Sinclair
The 80s had such a sense of optimism about them, and this movie really tapped that zeitgiest. And the Power Metal tracks play so well with the slaughter montages.
This is what happens when you give the keys to a fully armed F-16A to an 18 year old, lol. They single handedly go to war to rescue their Dad, while bombing out to rock music! Hells yea!
Isn't the two-seat version an f-16b
2:54 - *ATTACK THEM THROUGH THE FLAMES!!!!*
Or none of you will live to regret it!!
@@martinirungu5443 I always found it funny the way he said it. Maybe because it makes me think of DragonForce?
I always like how the main guard is waving his hands down there while on the phone. Like "You get your ass down here and attack them through the flapes!"
@@ShurlockHolmes Yup.
I love how Doug has unlimited ammo for that F16C lol
I thought the unlimited ammo only applied to handguns, but this may be the one movie in which it applies to the planes also
Amazing 😊The F-16 Falcon weapons payload is worth about a 2 hour action movie 😅
That’s ironic since Chappy told Doug to check his ammo and fuel.
He had the F16 cheat code
Doug had the Infinite Ammo and Infinite Fuel switches on.
The best film action
Yes, the magical Hades bomb when she can drop while going straight along the axis of the runway but which explodes perpendicular to it. Very smart bomb. And is an flaming fortress against the enemy trying to cross it. Attack them through the flames is one of my most beloved phrases
And it magically de-explodes and re-attached itself to the F16 before landing. The USAF has some serious technology....
@@bluethunderbugit's the magical reload/respawn button he pushed before landing.
I never knew that the dandy, dapper detective Hercule Poirot was a badass fighter pilot from a fictional Arab country. You learn something new every day.🤔
David Suchet used German WW2 riboon bars on his Arabic uniform. So his caracter was in the SS division from Bosnia back in WW2.
*'Attack them through the flames'*
Probably the most ridiculous order ever given by a military officer in a film.....
Haha. Arguably yes.
back when our species had fathers, was such an odd time.
Good rock
Proud American i was born in the most coolest nation in human history
This was filmed with help from the Israelis because apparently the U.S. Air Force told the production team "Nope. Not gonna help you." One look at the script and it's easy to see why. If they signed off on this movie, they would basically be saying, "Oh yeah, our security is so lax and sloppy that our pilots regularly take their sons up in our aircraft."
The baddie is BBC Poirot!
Yes!
1:02 "YOU SON OF A BITCH!!" 😡😡😡😡
ICONIC
That is faster than a olympic runner to outrun a missile in the tower,At 2:41 doug deploy langing gear but 2:44 the gear is still retracted.
After landing were did the boarding ladder came from
I was angry in the 80's too
The only thing I always pictured as better for this scene is if the Hades bomb had landed on the foot soldiers and blew them to bits. Way cooler than it just serving as a barrier.
Meglio di top gun
It turns me up
Whats the rock song?
Hide In The Rainbow by Dio.
Anyone know the melodic song in the beginning? Completely forgot this masterpiece 😮
Hide in the Rainbow ~ Dio
@@AnthonyCarrierRUclips Thank you, i am seeking the melodic song just before DIO start.
@@helvetia1978 that little melodic organ/keyboard is the start of the song. The music before that is just scene music that adds tension to a military cadence
Here’s a link to the actual score of the movie ruclips.net/video/NaZrtTKCghQ/видео.htmlsi=qqlBR8P9itpB2JfU
What this song?
Hide In The Rainbow by Dio.