Product Description: A retired Air Force colonel and a young man team up to steal an F-16 and fly it on a mission to free the boy's father, imprisoned in the Middle East. Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure Rating: PG13 Release Date: 1-JUN-2004 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: Short of Top Gun, this could be the definitive boys movie of the 1980s. An 18-year-old (Jason Gedrick) gets instruction from an old vet (Louis Gossett Jr.) in how to fly an F-16 jet and kick butt in the Middle East, all while listening to his Walkman and--oh, yeah--saving his father from terrorist clutches. Gossett wears his tough-love face while the kids run rampant. Speaking of kids, young guys must like this comic-book movie, as its success spawned three sequels. But watch out for the Reagan-era jingoism and political reductiveness. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle should receive 5 stars "hands down!" It's fast paced, high energy; I couldn't sit still! I even turned on my speakers for great amplification, wow! This is a great hero movie with plenty of ... Read More
Rating: - Brings back a lot of memories
This is a great cheesy movie! I don't think I have to recommend this to you if you were a kid in the 80's. =D
Rating: - Iron Eagle Soars!
Jason Gedrick, Louis Gossett Jr., and Tim Thomerson star in this high-flying 80s action film about a pilot who is shot down and the lengths his son will go to save him.
Rating: - The most enjoyable, least believable movie of all time
Little Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) has an Air Force pilot for a father, an incredibly irresponsible father who has been allowing him to fly training missions since, evidently, Doug hit puberty. The kid has ... Read More
Rating: - Iron Eagle
Fun to watch again and again. Brings back the memories. Kind've corny, but still fun.
- Iron Eagle