IRON EAGLE II (1988) - Mover Ruins Movies 

“The pride of mother Russia!” The McDonnell-Douglas F-4E Phantom II, built in St. Louis, MO...

F-4 = MiG 29. That physically hurt me to hear and look at.

"There's no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people who ask questions!" Dude you make me cry!

"The Viper would smoke an F-4." Not an F-4 that was upgraded to a Mig-29!

They should’ve called those MiG-26 To keep the movie terminology in line.

LMAO when the F-4s fired their Guns and it looked all cheesy with a massive barrel flame and Mover says...."What was that? An AK-47..." LOL

Hey, they shot a missile into the thermal exhaust port after flying down a canyon, chased by enemy fighters! I think I saw that move in another documentary about flying somewhere a long, long time ago.

"Sir, please get off the ramp when it's lowering" LOL

When "Hot Shots" is a more accurate depiction of air combat, you know you've got problems. And speaking of "Hot Shots", when is Mover going to ruin it?

You left out my favorite part; almost got to it, too! Chappie: "If we get back to the states, I got to show you some stuff." Russian Col. "No way, I hear in America, they shoot communist's in the streets." Chappie: "Are you kidding?! In Detroit, my home town -- they shoot EVERYBODY in the streets!" ROFL

At least Top Gun had the decency to turn the F5 into a fictional A/C Was physically hurt when they called the F-4 a Mig-29 *Disclaimer, not sure when the actual mig-29 came out

That stock "jet whoosh" sound from the old He-Man cartoon really got a work-out here.

I used to fly with the Visual Effect coordinator on this movie. He told me crazy stories of them filming in Israel, getting aerial footage from the back of F-16's and F-4's. He said it was a disorganized mess of a movie shoot, but the most fun he'd ever had on set. Inspired him to get his PPL, now he's got an immaculate J-3 Cub.

You can hear the pain in his voice when he introduces the movie.

This is like Mystery Science Theater but with fighter jet movies. Love it.

Flight of the intruder and Firefox. Two classics that won’t disappoint.

I always admired this franchise for its ability to completely ignore reason, logic, psychics, and continuity to bring us these cinematic marvels. If you haven't seen the third instalment yet just strap in.

"I have one Maverick left" *cut to two vipers each with two Mavericks

Flight of the Intruder.

"Maintenance is going to be pissed though, purposely over-g'ing the jet!" This man speaks the truth!

"He said something in Russian, that's authentic" absolutely cracked me up lmao!!

Hey Mover, any chance of doing The Final Countdown? Tomcats vs A6M Zeros!

Trying to pass off an F-4 For a Mig is just amazing.

The Iron Eagle movies come under the heading 'so bad they are good' - remember seeing this one when it came out on video and laughing at F-4s being called MiGs. Mind you, if you think this is bad, wait until you get to No 3 - Christopher Cazenove playing the suave Brit hanging out of a Spitfire cockpit with a shotgun, rocket boosters on a P38 and the most hilarious German Wunderwaffe you have ever seen. Worth drinking before watching. Agree with a lot of the guys on here, you have to do The Final Countdown if only for the F14 vs Zero segment

"He's trying to maneuver up my ass" Good lord, the overheards in this movie are legendary.

As a child of the 80s, I loved iron eagle! Especially the line "Ronny Raygun" Never did see this one so I'll sit in with ya and laugh!

I have no idea how many Iron Eagle movies there are, but you might as well continue and "ruin" them all. Also, the battle cry of Cobra-La at 6:00 was totally unexpected. Choked on my coffee a little bit. Great stuff, Mover.

I remember watching it when I was 10 or so, and I was laughing uncontrollably when that gatling gun started firing at a rate of one per second.

I'm 39. When I saw these movies originally, I absolutely believed all this shit was real LOL.

Someone gets too close to me at the store I’m saying they violated my airspace

I thought the cassette tapes in the cockpit were absolutely absurd. The in Desert Storm, Comm Shop whipped up Y cords for the pilots and all our F-117's were music capable. AC/DC into the target and Berlin on egress. Oh yeah, Country during the launch.

I know you really like the F-16, but for me the F-4 Phantom II was one of the most beautiful planes ever built! (right after the TU-95 Bear :P )

"Sir, please get off the ramp while it's lowering" lol, so right

RE: Independence Day... "Another documentary!" Classic stuff!!

This movie was already ruined without Mover even saying anything... Gosh... How many mistakes can a person make in one movie...😱

Man we are cut from the same cloth. I used to pick apart these movies all the time. Get's on my wife's nerves. I could go all day.......so to speak!

I do like fighter jets

I had a hard time feeling bad for that Viper pilot who couldn't reverse on an F-4 Phantom.

"She can't be in your jetwash! She was in front of him!" "He went idle to pull up?" The one line reactions are gold I was dying 😭

16:27 "You violated his airspace" he's referring to the beginning of the film when they killed Doug

Russian insignia on the phantomskis is just hillarious

I like that Mover pointed out that the General character puts on his cover indoors at 7:23. That’s a thing in movies that really bothers me.

"Its too tight" "thats what she said " lol

"That's wat she said" "Also what she said"...😂😂😂

If they don't salute, how are us civilians supposed to know they are in the military? Your responses are awesome! Thank you for the hard work and dedication in your career.

Who's there? Too Wide! Too Wide Who? Two ....... why'd you let us over-G into Soviet Airspace before engaging with them?! Ahh you beat me to it with the Darkstar! I guess it must be next to impossible to pull up when you've been using your stick as a throttle, and even harder when you cut the throttle pulling up. Only Vipers I saw with that throttle config came out of a Battlestar! "Violated his airspace" ….. is that a So To Speak ? …. Oh my god they keep getting worse! I would be curious to your take on Stargate: Continuum's F-15 scene, though not sure if you'll get a full video out of it. I guess you could try to cram in some series details as I understand the Air Force took particular interest in this franchise. I definitely had Stargate's Kinsey in mind when I was reading your Kerry Johnson character. I mean you denied flat earth, chemtrails and aliens but I never heard you once deny the Stargate program exists. That's gotta mean it exists ….. right? .... huh? One more thought amidst this pulp of "idiot thinks aloud", and I wanna straighten up the face a bit before I say it : I just wanted to send some sincerely good thoughts on this Veteran's / Remembrance day. Here's to you and your awesome mates, especially the ones we'll never get the honour to see or hear from.

Can't wait for the next episode of Mover Ruins Car Dealerships.

Watching this movie I have a huge nostalgia for Star Wars ep. 4. New hope.

Love you doing these sir. Terminator Salvation: A10s. Stargate Continuum: F15s. The Final Countdown: F14s & Japanese Zeros. Godzilla: King of the Monsters: F35s & V22s. Man of Steel: A10s & F35s. Live Free or Die Hard: F35. True Lies: Harriers. Hulk: F22s. X2 (X-Men2): F16s.

They did Doug dirty in this, he goes from cocky, fearless 18 year old that defeats a Middle Eastern Ace while rescuing his dad, to a man that panics at the first sign of danger and gets himself killed.

And they made two more of these steamers. How Doug survived that explosion to appear in IE IV is beyond me.

This is the movie that made me fall in love with the F-16

NICE, can't wait for the true lies reaction

Haha, funny to see this after more than 20 years and watching it over 30 times as a kid...

The four star with the classified material is Angel from the Rockford Files.

Authentic or not - I used to love this as a kid, and just rewatched it after like 30 years and still had fun and a good time.. what more do you want from a movie?

"this is how Goose died." The funniest thing I've heard all week. I have to confess - I actually paid money to see this crap in a movie theater...And your facial expression at 25:20 is exactly how I look after watching most movies involving sailing (except for "Captain Ron and "Wind"). I feel your pain.

I second doing a “Mover Ruins Movies” with “Straight into the Sun” great viper footage!

It's said that with a big enough engine, even a brick could be made to fly. And the Phantom needed 2 of them. But I seriously love the look of the Phantom. Cold War cool.

MiG 29 in Iron Eagle 2 An F-4 Phantom that identifies itself as a MiG 29 ,with an internal AK47 cannon that fires 7.62x39mm..... love it....

The Final Countdown two F 14 vs two zeros would be great mover .

This film is 100% my number 1 guilty pleasure

I love it when he says "G-FORCE HAHAHAH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HUD" 😂

I like the love story in this... Two Pilots from Different Nations

He said....... Pickle Down! Goose Down is acompletely different feather.

"We're good. Act of war. But we're BINGO, so we're going home."

That "hi speed" cannon looks like good ol' hand operated gatling gun with one lazy guy turning that handle 😜

Top Gun: Maverick clearly ripped off this movie.

25:30 that was actually a point i liked about this movie.. the mission is entirelly so they can take out the silo without bombing the area wich would cause a lot of collateral damage to civilians in the enemy side.. both goberments want to drop a nuclear attack on that bunker base .. the russian general finds out and tells Sinclaire that it will kill a los civilians in a large area arround the target.. so they decide to proceed with the mission in order to save those Civilians even when they are in the enemy country.. those missiles were never going to fly out of that bunker.. american and russians civilians were safe and allways were.. the entire thing was to save "enemy" civilians.. and thats one of the little things i apreciated in this plot.. Americans and Russians fighting together in order to save irani civilians

You should do Blue Thunder for a Mover Ruins Movies episode. Hi tech helicopter prototype vs. a pair of Vipers. Classic 80s movie!

Still waiting on Flight of the Intruder....

I can remember just heading to the bathroom in the squadron building and a 4 star standing there taking a "highly classified" briefing by the water fountain.

USAF aircraft tail code "BA" is for Bergstrom AFB near Austin, Texas, which closed in 1993.

As a guilty pleasure, still my fav Iron Eagle movie 😅

In the 90's this movie passo até the Brazilian television every week at night...iwas a kid and dreming a Lot with the Phantom's

Our hero of the day Doug Masters returns in gallant form...to die 90seconds into the movie.....boo

Love Mover Ruins Movies. Final Countdown would be great!

I want a shirt of "TOMCATS!!!". I don't know why but every time you say it, cracks me up.

At 17 minutes, that shot of the gear coming off the ground was of the camera Lear 25 I have a lot of time in as a camera plane pilot. Mover, this was real entertaining!

I remember I was in shock as a kid after I found out, that these MiG's were F-4's from the U.S. ... I needed to get used to it for a long time. I mainly watched this movie for the visuals back in the day (while playing Interceptor on AMIGA because it had the Hornet and the Viper as well).

Theres a second one? Don’t the air force know how to do a go around?

4:24 That's the most maneuverability I've ever personally seen from an F4

16:50 "Travel pod" Aren't those the early racks for training bombs?

My friend and I call the main character "Diet Maverick".

0:42, How far West of Anchorage, Alaska did they drift to hit Soviet Airspace?

I think they made a lot of aerial footage and those that they don't use in Iron Eagle, they used in other movies. The Flight of Black Angel and Into the sun have the same Israelis F-16 and Kfir.

When I was a kid I saw Top Gun before I saw these and I just remember being so very disappointed with them compared to Top Gun. That kind of disappointment stays with you!

Great review Sir! A little bit info on this movie, (Great one!) This movie was filmed at Ramat David airbase Israel. Those F-4s was belonged to squadron 69th "The Hammers", since 1998 they moved to the south and their operating F-15I (It's an F-15E with homemade modifications). Those F-16s was belonged to squadron 110th "Knights of The North", The squadron was deactivated in 2017.

Do airwolf (the movie pilot). I know its a helicopter but it flies mach 1 and can hold its own against any number of enemy jets!

Hi Mover! Honestly, it was my favourite aviation movie and I watched it a hundred times...decades ago, when I was a child. Now, at the age of 43 I can say thank you for ruining Iron Eagle 2. You're absolutely right: it really is horrible! :))) Greetings from Hungary!

I imagine this is like the USAF equivalent of the Army's Hurt Locker.... entertaining for those who don't know... infinitely infuriating for those who have been there.

"It's too tight!" "That's what she said" "It's too tight" "That's also what she said" Pahahahaahaha

I love listening to mover talking and learning from him his hard talk cockiness brass of superiority larger than life ego call it what you will you can tell he is a real fighter pilot

...I’ll put on the brakes and he’ll fly right by!

You know you're being given a great mission when you realise the guy giving you the brief has just been moonlighting on Cagney and Lacey. I think the most impressive thing is that after Iron Eagle 1, they made another???

Lol, this is the MST-3000 for aviation fans. ^^

You missed the part where one of the guys in the ground team screams "BLOW UP!" into a radio to set off some explosives while standing in the open and getting shot at.

“I only have one maverick left” clearly has 2 per....

Mirages, Phantoms, and Vipers...Oh my.

It’s not a movie but there are a few episodes of Stargate SG-1 I’d like to see you review.