The Delta Force (1986)

Regisseur:

Menahem Golan

Drehbuchautoren:

James Bruner (written by) &
Menahem Golan (written by)

Premierendatum:

14. Februar 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Werbezeile:

They don't negotiate with terrorists... they blow them away!

Plot:

A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists...

Plot Keywords:

Anti Semitism | Airplane Runway | Jew | Middle East | Mission

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

good for the first half, cheesy for the second

Besetzung

Chuck Norris	...	Maj. Scott McCoy
Lee Marvin	...	Col. Nick Alexander
Martin Balsam	...	Ben Kaplan
Joey Bishop	...	Harry Goldman
Robert Forster	...	Abdul
Lainie Kazan	...	Sylvia Goldman
George Kennedy	...	Father O'Malley
Hanna Schygulla	...	Ingrid
Susan Strasberg	...	Debra Levine
Bo Svenson	...	Capt. Campbell
Robert Vaughn	...	Gen. Woodbridge
Shelley Winters	...	Edie Kaplan
William Wallace	...	Pete Peterson
Charles Grant	...	Tom Hale (as Charles Floye)
Steve James	...	Bobby

Alternativ:

Mahatz Ha-Delta (Israel: Hebrew title)
Delta Force (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

125 Min | 129 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | Israel

Sprache:

Englisch | Arabisch | Hebräisch | Griechisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | South Korea:15 | West Germany:18 (nf) | Iceland:16 | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 (re-rating) (heavily cut) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:R (DVD rating)

Drehorte:

Ben-Gurion International Airport, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Firma:

Golan-Globus Productions

Dies und das:

The unit badges located on the right shoulder of the Class "A" uniforms is the JFK Special Forces School.

Pannen:

Geographische Fehler: When the Delta Force arrives at the airport to leave country, they sneak through a cotton field, Lebanon does not have such fields, Israel does.

Dialogzitate:

Abdul: What is your name?
Father O'Malley: William O'Malley.
Abdul: I did not call you.
Father O'Malley: You called for all the Jews. I'm Jewish, just like Jesus Christ. You take one, you gotta take us all.

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good for the first half, cheesy for the second

THE DELTA FORCE is an odd movie. The first hour of the film is a well written and directed portrait of an airline highjacking. The music is tense and the performances are solid (especially Robert Forster as the head terrorist). Then, when Chuck and Lee show up, the film turns into a patriotic cheesefest where the delta force whips out the terrorists along to cheesy 80s patriotic pop music. The film definitely goes down from here. The director should've realized that the first half was tense and realistic and decided to keep it that way, even if they were going to have the delta force take out the terrorists. I really dont know why they changed the mood of the film so much, because if they had'nt, this could've been an excellent actioner. The second half is still somewhat enjoyable and very unintentionally funny, but those who think that the second half of the film would be as gripping as the first will be disappointed. 3/5