Review of The Delta Force (1986) by Kevin R — 26 Sep 2014

Sleep tight, sucker!

A group of Lebanese terrorists have hijacked a 707 airplane on its way from Italy to New York. They intend on landing and eventually destroying the White House. The American president has sent in the Delta Force, led by former Vietnam associates Major Scott McCoy and Colonel Nick Alexander, to intercept the terrorists and stop them from coming to America. Can the Delta Force stop the terrorist attack?

"We would have got divorced years ago, but neither one of us wanted custody of our kids!".

Menahem Golan, director of Over the Top, Death Game, Open Heart, Final Combat, Deadly Heroes, Days of Love, Mack the Knife, and Over the Brooklyn Bridge, delivers Delta Force. The storyline for this picture is fairly terrible but had an eerie 9/11 feel to it. The explosions were cool but far from the best from the action genre from this era. The acting and script were pathetic and the cast includes Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Susan Strasberg, and Shelley Winters.

"Anyone ever accuse you of being a gentleman, Nick?".

"Not lately.".

For some unknown reason, I started watching these old Chuck Norris films occasionally off Netflix. I can tell you this is as bad as you'd expect. The explosions were for the sake of explosions; and in all honesty, Lee Marvin and Chuck Norris aren't in the movie that much till the end. Overall, I'd recommend skipping this picture.

"You obey or you die.".

Grade: F.