Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle is an American action film released on 17 January 1986.
Directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Louis Gosset Jr. and Jason Gedrick.
The Movie
The story’s plot is based on the US aerial attacks on Libya during the eighties. Doug Masters (Gedrick) sets out to rescue his father, also a pilot, who was shot down over a North African country. Taken prisoner and found guilty, it becomes a race against time to save his father’s life.
The Cast
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Colonel Charles “Chappy” Sinclair
- Jason Gedrick as Doug Masters
- David Suchet as Ministry of Defense Colonel Akir Nikesh
- Shawnee Smith as Joanie
- Melora Hardin as Katie
- Larry B. Scott as Reggie
- Lance LeGault as General Edwards
- Tim Thomerson as Colonel Ted Masters
- Caroline Lagerfelt as Elizabeth Masters
- Robert Jayne as Matt Masters
- Jerry Levine as Tony
- Robbie Rist as Milo Bazen
- Michael Bowen as Kutcher
- David Greenlee as Kingsley
- Tom Fridley as Brillo
- Rob Garrison as Packer
- Michael Alldredge as Colonel Blackburn
Conclusion
The film wasn’t entirely a commercial success, however, thanks to home video sales that generated $11 million, a sequel was planned.
Film reviewers like Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote:
“the film was “ludicrous”, “preposterous”, and “a total waste of time”, saying it “achieves a kind of perfection of awfulness that only earnest effort can produce”.