Iron Eagle II

1988

Action / Drama / Romance / War

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 29% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 29% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 3.9/10 10 5703 5.7K

israel airplane atomic bomb cold war pilot u.s. air force

Plot summary

Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively sabotaging his mission.

Director

Sidney J. Furie Photo
Sidney J. Furie

Top cast

Alan Scarfe Photo
Alan Scarfe as Vardovsky
Louis Gossett Jr. Photo
Louis Gossett Jr. as Chappy
Colm Feore Photo
Colm Feore as Yuri
Stuart Margolin Photo
Stuart Margolin as Stillmore
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917.72 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 2
1.66 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by stoney24 4 / 10

Where'd the fun go?

What do you do when you're a young director with a hit on your hands? You go off and direct a flop like Superman IV. Then you get talked into doing a needless sequel to your big hit, only a few years ago. Well that's what happened to Sidney J. Furie. In an attempt to tell a more serious, or adult story Furie reject everything about the first film that made it work. Instead he chose to take all the fun out of the film with in the first few minutes of the picture. The first film was more of a Teen movie, it stood out because of that fact. It was fun and energetic, but this one is dry and slow. As a stand alone film, it's sort of boring. As part of the Iron Eagle franchise, it's down right depressing. First it's about the US and Russia teaming up on a mission to stop some terrorist from launching a nuclear bomb, but it never really is clear why one or the other can't just take on the mission by themselves. The characters seem either cardboard flat, or outright dumb. The biggest mistake they make is the under use of Louis Gossett Jr. His character doesn't seem to really have a place, except standing around and barking orders. He never seems to have the same energy as he did in the first film. The ending was fine, if not reminiscent of Star Wars. The contrived Love story didn't work at all for me, it felt like they were again trying to take the story into more adult territory and in that lost the point of what makes the first one so good...
Reviewed by refinedsugar 4 / 10

Don't Waste Your Time

Let me start off by saying that there isn't anything to be found within 'Iron Eagle II' that you haven't saw before. You may or may not be offended by the opening sequence. Being blunt, I chalk up IEII as another shining example of poor cash-in sequels. First 'Iron Eagle' wasn't a blockbuster, but it was mildly well done and this feels like a money grab.Anyhow this sequel finds Gossett putting together a bunch of virtually unknown Canadian actors. Some who play Americans and some who play Russians. Who when they splice in the old cold war 'we can't get along together because of nationalities' cliche element you have this movie in a nutshell.'Iron Eagle II' is once again co-written & directed by Sidney J. Furie. Still an Israeli co-production (like the original) filmed there and utilizing their air force. Lou Gossett Jr was the sole reason to watch for me. It's a movie that I find myself surprised to say I've sat through twice on late night.
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