Showing posts with label The Delta Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Delta Force. Show all posts

Monday, March 19, 2012

Delta Force, The (1986)


From our favorite 80s production company, Cannon Film, comes what is possibly their finest action film--The Delta Force. Chuck Norris stars as a member of a task force assigned to rescue a planeful of hostages taken by Lebanese terrorists. For some reason, Chuck Norris is given special treatment, one of the perks being a motorcycle that magically has as many rockets as he needs that fire with sniper-like precision. Thrown into the mix is a characteristically 80s score, with layers upon layers of synthesizers and plenty of drum machine for everyone. The Delta Force is essentially an American propaganda film: Not only do you have a special task force that performs its task with barely a single hitch, you've got the hostages happily singing "America the Beautiful" while cracking open Budweisers when they are rescued. Can you get any more American than that?

7/10