Iron Eagle
“And you can deal with me; Doug Masters!”
“Now look, let me clue you in on something right now. I've given this country 22 years of my life. Twenty two years! I've seen young boys blown out of the air, over the Pacific. I've seen their guts sprawled all over the rice paddies in Vietnam, so whenever somebody dies for this country, believe me boy, I give a crap! Nobody talks to me like this and I'm not about to start now! You want to do something for your father, hmm? You be strong for your family, you stay right here!”
This week, seeing as it’s the first issue and all, I thought I’d go back and to one of my old favorites (actually it’s ‘cause I’m behind in school and didn’t have time to see a new film).
This film starts with school boy Doug Masters living with his family on an airbase. Doug’s father, Tod, is shot down by a radical Middle Eastern state of the country. Col. Tod Masters was well liked at the base, but no one is willing to take the chance to rescue him. That’s where Chappy comes in. Chappy is a retired Air Force Colonel who still lives on the base working as a mechanic. Chappy helps Doug learn how to fly and memorize the lay out of the enemy’s land. Doug and Chappy, with the help of Doug’s friends are able to figure out a way to “borrow” two planes and plenty of ammunition from the base. All they have to do is get them from California to the Mediterranean without anyone noticing. After they overcome that first obstacle, they plan to fly into the enemy country’s air space, just the two of them, and “convince” the country to release Doug’s dad.This film was released in 1986, so don’t be expecting amazing graphics. Even with it being such an old film it still has great air sequences and the plot and witty lines make up for any lack of graphics. This movie is pretty clean when it comes to sexual immorality, but it has no scarcity of violence and also has a fair bit of profanity.
This movie is really just a lot of fun. It’s a great premise and, by the end of it, you just want to laugh not because it’s funny but because it was just that amazing.
“How was that?”
“I thought you was a pilot, not an astronaut!”
Joshua Bullis & Anna Milograno