
When terrorists Abdul Rafai and Mustafa hijack a Boeing 707 in Athens with 144 passengers and 8 crew members, they use a grenade to force pilot Captain Roger Campbell to fly to Beirut, Lebanon instead of Rome and New York. Meanwhile the Delta Force commanded by Colonel Nick Alexander and Major Scott McCoy are assigned to resolve the situation. Abdul and Mustafa separate the Jewish and Marine passengers and they are transported to Beirut, while 12 other terrorists come aboard.... (Full plot summary below)
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When terrorists Abdul Rafai and Mustafa hijack a Boeing 707 in Athens with 144 passengers and 8 crew members, they use a grenade to force pilot Captain Roger Campbell to fly to Beirut, Lebanon instead of Rome and New York. Meanwhile the Delta Force commanded by Colonel Nick Alexander and Major Scott McCoy are assigned to resolve the situation. Abdul and Mustafa separate the Jewish and Marine passengers and they are transported to Beirut, while 12 other terrorists come aboard. Then they fly to Algiers and release the women and children. McCoy and the Delta Force team are prepared to attack the plane when Alexander learns that there are now 14 terrorists aboard, and he aborts the mission. Abdul kills a Marine and returns to Beirut with the male passengers on board. Now the Delta Force needs to act in two locations crowded of terrorists to release the hostages. Will they succeed?
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| FulvueDrive-in.comChuck O'LearyWorks equally well as a tense, powerful hostage drama and a rousing action film. The Delta Force gets my vote as Chuck Norris' best movie. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioGolan and Bruner, in other words, have made the Holocaust into just another tear-jerking tool for the Cannon Productions shlockenspiel. This is called "chutzpah." The unoffended will find that the movie doesn't even deliver on its own sordid level. There isn't any action till 70 minutes into the film. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatOne has to question the excessive carnage of the finale and its celebration of the eye-for-an-eye ethic. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI thought this was going to be another hilarious disaster movie, but I was wrong. The Delta Force settles down into a well-made action film that tantalizes us with its parallels to real life. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasStudents of minimal acting techniques can compare Marvin and Norris: impassivity versus vacancy. Students of the disaster film should write a short thesis on why George Kennedy is ubiquitous. Everyone else might wonder why the film is so virulently anti-Arab. |
| TV Guide MagazineVincent CanbyThe 1986 film all others will have to beat for sheer, unashamed, hilariously vulgar vaingloriousness. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThe script plays like ''The Dirty Dozen'' saving the passenger list of ''Airport `77.'' |
| User ReviewViktoria .I like Lee Marvin. He was World War 11 hero. |
| User ReviewJo YI like Lee Marvin. He was World War 11 hero. |
| User ReviewDylan GThe reason I think this is Chuck Norris' best performance is because he doesn't have the center role like he does in his other movies. Plus, Lee Marvin did an okay job for a final performance. |