The Delta Force (1986)
Directed by Menahem Golan
Genres - Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Action Thriller, Disaster Film |
Release Date - Feb 14, 1986 (USA) |
Run Time - 129 min. |
Countries - Israel, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Paul Brenner
Menahem Golan melds a Chuck Norris action spectacle with the disaster film genre in The Delta Force. The story is based upon the June, 1985 hijacking of a TWA jet, where passengers were held at gun-point by terrorists in Beirut, Lebanon. The film re-enacts various real life incidents from the crisis -- an American serviceman is beaten to death, a terrorist holds a gun to the pilot's head as the pilot is being questioned by reporters -- while depicting the tension aboard the plane and the agony of the passengers, held under the threat of death by the terrorists. The Delta Force, a crack anti-terrorist commando group, is preparing to rescue the passengers. Colonel Nick Alexander (Lee Marvin) is the grizzled commander of the task force; his best soldier is Major Scott McCoy (Chuck Norris), who was planning to retire but is called back into action for one last heroic stand against terrorism.
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commando, rescue, terrorism, hijacker, hostage, airplane