Iron Eagle (1986)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers:

Kevin Elders (written by)
Sidney J. Furie (written by)

Release Date:

17 January 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Break the sound barrier. Break the speed barrier.

Plot:

When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state...

Plot Keywords:

Radical | Rescue | Pilot | Colonel | Part Of Tetralogy

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 18

6:00 AM

AMC

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
Jason Gedrick	...	Doug Masters
Tim Thomerson	...	Col. Ted Masters
Larry B. Scott	...	Reggie
Caroline Lagerfelt	...	Elizabeth Masters
Jerry Levine	...	Tony
Robbie Rist	...	Milo
Michael Bowen	...	Knotcher
Robert Jayne	...	Matthew (as Bobby Jacoby)
Melora Hardin	...	Katie
David Greenlee	...	Kingsley
Michael Alldredge	...	Col. Blackburn
Tom Fridley	...	Brillo
Rob Garrison	...	Packer
Chino 'Fats' Williams	...	Slappy

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #28010) | West Germany:16 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

During "The Snake Scene" in which Doug Masters races his Cessna 150 against a motorcycle-riding Knotcher, the pilot of the Cessna 150 Aerobat was actually renowned aerobatic pilot Art Scholl, who was killed later that year when his Pitts S-2 camera plane crashed while filming in-cockpit footage for the flat spin sequence in the movie Top Gun (1986).

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Col. Masters is engaging the enemy in the beginning he comments that the enemy is flying MIG 23s. The enemy aircraft are actually IAI Kfirs.

Quotes:

[During Ted Master's trial]
Col. Nakesh: You are allowed a statement on your behalf.
Ted Masters: This trial is a fraud. At no time did we violate your airspace.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Marksman (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Road of the Gypsy

Cool soundtrack. Excellent Movie.

I really hate seeing people rip on this movie. They rip on the realism. How realistic are half of Arnold Swarzenegger's movies?...or any movie like them. Iron Eagle has a great soundtrack, cool dog fighting sequences, and a good story line (whether it's realistic or not). It's a story every young person who likes military fighter jets would love to live. It draws on the fact that you wish it was you "going in to knock the s... out of them.." (As Chappy put it). You people who rip on the realistic plot.....hey.....go watch a documentary. Or go glam like Hollywood and watch Top Gun. How many times have US and Russian planes flown inverted and given the other the bird from a few feet away. Iron Eagle is a great movie.....check it out.