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Movie Reviews of Iron Eagle
Movie Review: Watch out, it's FullScreen
Summary: 2 Stars
I can't believe it only in Full Screen! No widescreen version. I love the movie, but now that I have an HDTV....Movie Review: one star too generous
Summary: 1 Stars
Just read the review posted by "century19@worldnet.att.net" below. He hits it perfectly. There are some films that try to be something MORE than they are. B-Movies are awful, everyone knows it. Movies like Iron Eagle, Red Dawn, Batman & Robin, and Alien: Resurrection are trying to be something they are not; attempting to be better than they actually are by throwing more money at it, casting bigger stars, rewriting the already confusing script to cover the plot holes, or just painting the screen with violence and explosions so they can get the male crowd to buy the ticket. This film is rife with so many alarming problems that make you wonder how funding for it got off the ground. But, it was mid-eighties and the Cold War, so we needed flicks that flexed the American military might and insulted Middle Eastern countries. This film is an embarassment to the US Air Force (yes, I am a member) and is characteristic of America's skewed prejudice of Middle Eastern countries. The generalized depiction of these people is abhorrent and frankly very embarassing to watch. No wonder America seems to not understand that region of the world. We take movies more at face value than we should. If you want to kick back and just watch it and veg, fine. Just don't think it's a realistic and deep film. It isn't.
Easily the top film on my list as the worst ever. Funny thing is, if it's on, I watch it so I can amuse myself by ripping it apart. I guess you could watch it for the flying sequences. But, if you're going to do that, why don't you just buy a video on military aircraft then.
Leonard Maltin said it, "not boring, just stupid." No kidding. The DVD would make a good frisbee...
Movie Review: Embarrassing! Where were the military consultants??
Summary: 1 Stars
Too bad they dont allow less than one star - a negative number would have been more appropriate!They actually listed someone as a military consultant in the credits, but I think he took the week off when it came to editing this horrible embarrassment! As an active duty Air Force member, I remember watching and counting the mistakes, screwups and downright lies this movie perpetuated on unsuspecting viewers.
How did they get it all wrong? Let me count the ways: Overweight Master Sergeant (female) who runs off and leaves the computers unattended. Hair over (or touching) the ears of almost everyone supposedly in the AF. Wearing their hats indoors. Live bombs loaded and airplanes already taxied to end of runway. Taking off from stateside base and arriving in Middle East without refueling (would require at least 5 air-air refuelings, would have gotten someone suspicious). The list goes on .. and on ...
Dont get me wrong, if you dont know anything about the military (or the Air Force in particular), this is a great "feel good" flick from the 80's, complete with Reagan in-jokes and cold-war rhetoric. The soundtrack kicks, but if you want the music buy the CD. Dont waste brain cells watching this embarrassment!
Movie Review: I am shamed that fellow humans gave this movie 5 stars
Summary: 1 Stars
I checked the ... DVD special list to see what refuse the movie studios are trying to unload.My suspicions were affirmed with the listing of this title -- Iron Eagle. ... How many of us were inspired to eventually pilot a tie-fighter or x-wing after watching Star Wars? And, anyone removed from the experience of working in the REAL U.S. Air Force can forgive the gross oversight and disregard for detail that this film shames upon the U.S. armed forces. We all must overlook the details in most movies.
However, this inane and unplausible plot is not saved by the thrill of a boy hopping in a slick military plane and the ensuing "save the world" 8-year-old fantasy. The storyline would make much more sense if the hero/child Doug Masters actually were a 5-year-old boy who wandered away from his nanny and happened upon an Air Force jet. Then, the film could be enjoyed for its ridiculousness.
The memory of seeing repeated glimpses of this movie repeated on HBO 18 years ago reminds me of how well this film captured the "Worst Movie Ever" in my book. There are worse movies out there, but this one is insidiously hyped up enough to make a fool out of you too to ever actually watch it.
Movie Review: Great movie, horrible DVD
Summary: 1 Stars
I was only 12-years=old when I saw Iron Eagle with my dad, who passed away 4 years ago, and it's one of the finest memories I'll ever have. It was an exciting movie, and I still love it to this day even if it's unrealistic. For people who moan and groan about movies all the time for not being plausible, especially movie critics, I say "just grow up!" Movies are supposed to be about entertainment. Leave it to the movies based on true stories to be the so-called plausible ones.
The reason I gave this review a 1-star rating is not because of the movie itself, but because of the horrible DVD. It's the only one available as far as I know here in the U.S. It's in "full screen" format, which means edited for old televisions and not in its original widescreen format. That, of course, means a lot of the picture is cut off. The so-called 5.1 surround sound is just as bad, with little detectable sounds from separate audio channels. It's old, outdated, and is in serious need of a brand new DVD and hopefully BluRay version sometime soon.