When a band of ruthless terrorists hijack an airliner full of American passengers, the U.S. enlists the aid of an elite strike force (Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, and others) to rescue the hostages. Read more
| Starring | Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Robert Forster, David Menahem |
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| Director | Menahem Golan |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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When a band of ruthless terrorists hijack an airliner full of American passengers, the U.S. enlists the aid of an elite strike force (Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, and others) to rescue the hostages.
| Starring | Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Robert Forster, David Menahem, Robert Vaughn, Bo Svenson, Shelley Winters, George Kennedy, Hanna Schygulla, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Kim Delaney, Lainie Kazan, Susan Strasberg |
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| Director | Menahem Golan |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 27 Nov 2000 Production year: 1986 |
| Format | DVD |
Middle-eastern terrorists menace a planeload of Hollywood has-beens in an exploitative, revisionist version of the actual 1985 skyjacking of a TWA flight in Athens. The surprisingly accurate first half supplies some swift-paced tension before low-rent action hero Chuck Norris arrives on the scene, riding a rocket-armed motorcycle and destroying all credibility along with the baddies. Despite the abrupt change from jet-powered realism to cartoon wish-fulfilment, the constant catalogue of cheap thrills keeps boredom at bay.
What starts more or less as a recapitulation of fact turns at the half-way point into macho fantasy. Oddly enough, the paying customers rejected the mix.
good film poor picture quality naff sound too.
This was not the first Chuck Norris film I have watched and it is just brilliant! The action scenes are thrilling and the pace never slows down. Any one who likes Chuck Norris or action movies in general should watch it, you will love it!