The 1st half of the movie is surprisingly quite effective in its tension, but when the 2nd half arrives it seems as if the filmmakers remembered that they were making a Chuck Norris movie
That's what made this movie AWESOME!!! And probably Chuck Norris's best movie... Because it did have the serious drama... But, it also still had plenty of Chuck Norris kick-ass action!!!!
RIP Lee Marvin. What a role to go out on. And that Theme Song, I mean...mmmhh! *chefs kiss* I remember listening to this Score while playing the hell out of _Battlefield 3_ a couple of years ago. Good times. :)
One of the more disappointing things about becoming an adult is realizing that the actual Delta Force doesn’t blast that theme song while in the middle of special ops.
6:28 The pilot of the plane is legendary B-movie actor/character actor Bo Svenson! The most notorious one of those being widely panned "Wizards of the Lost Kingdom" which he is one of the main characters in 1985, the year before playing the pilot role in Delta Force.
absolutely loving your channel. you've picked so many movies I watched growing up, it's like a nostalgia trip. keep up the great work, really appreciate all the effort you put into creating these jems 👍👍👍
I just realized that the hijacking of the plane is based on a real hijacking of the German Landshut flight 181 in 1977 by four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The search for passengers from Israel, the blocking of the runway which in reality happened in Dubai and even the stewardess seems to be based on Gabriele Dillmann who went above and beyond to care for the passengers during this ordeal. The plane was stormed by German special forces from the newly formed GSG9 unit in Mogadishu, killing 3 of the hijackers and wounding 1. Miraculously no passenger died. Sadly the pilot got shot by the hijackers before this when the plane landed in Aden.
The Delta Force (1986) is ok for the moment, I've never been a fan, I actually prefer the sequel. Btw the Delta Force soldier that gets killed is one of the bad guys in Avenging Force (1986)
I'm really excited to watch the Delta Force 2. I hear that's the more entertaining one. You are totally right! He is the military dressed guy in Avenging Force. I didn't even realize. Great catch
I love all the “Force” movies. Delta Force 1 and 2 Magnum Force Mega Force And both the original Star Wars and prequel trilogies. Get it? I’ll let myself out now.
Something to point out. During the hostage situation at Entebbe the terrorists, who were from the PFLP and the German Red Cells deliberately separated the Israeli and Jewish hostages from the rest of the passengers. While this attack was meant to force Israel into a prisoner negotiation they were indifferent to whether or not the Jewish passengers were Israeli or not. Even a Holocaust survivor ended up confronting one of the Germans in this regard who continued to disregard the matter relating to the Nazis. So while this film is a typical action movie of the 1980s they did throw in some realism regarding how these terrorists operated.
Come on guys...does anyone get the feeling and nostalgia on that music...i probably watched this 20 times when i was a kid..betamax and vhs...got no regrets...awesome childhood,i was probably 7 or 8 yrs old when i first saw this movie with my older cousin...lol..
When Eagle Claw happened and had several helicopter malfunctions. I told my dad about it. He said "they got sand in engines". He was right of course. He flew in Vietnam as a Slick, Huey Cobra and Cobra pilot.
This movie looks awesome! It's like a bridge from '80s action back to earlier genres like disaster movies and Dirty Dozen type commando movies, thanks to the older cast members - Shelley Winters, George Kennedy - and Lee Marvin is just iconic!
I work ALL DAY almost EVERY day as a carpenter, on TOP of trying to raise 3 kids by myself (being a single father of 3)... And I'm SO fkkking agitated, that I can't just binge watch the fkkk outta this channel all day the way that I WANT to!! I only have time to watch a couple of these videos a day. Because after work,, I have to do work at HOME as well (cleaning the house, washing clothes, cooking supper for the kids etc...) But THIS channel,, is DEFINITELY one of my FAVORITE channels on ALL OF RU-vid!! "The Angry Video Game Nerd", "Mr. Ballen", and maybe one or two others, are also "regulars" that I'll watch... But THIS ONE,, is the ONLY ONE, that I KNOW when I watch it, my face will be hurting when I'm done, from laughing and SMILING SO DAMN HARD!! Don't EVER stop making these dude, even if you make a million bucks!! Because the pure JOY that you're manufacturing is PRICELESS!! I PROMISE,, I'll catch up eventually (watching them all)!! But just keep on making em!! I don't EVER wanna run out!! 😁❤️👍💯
This is such a sweet comment man! I can't imagine how hard it is working like that everyday. My dad was a full time cabinet maker for years and i did it myself for about a year. That job is really physical, so I have huge respect for people who work in the trades. I'm so glad up are enjoying the channel and get a kick out of the videos. I'm really working towards it being a job at some point. So for sure I will keep making these :)
@@RedEyeReviews Thanks SO MUCH for the reply (and the kind words)!! I've installed a few cabinets in my time as well. It's a lot harder than what someone who hasn't done it, would think it is. As good as you are at this though,, you shouldn't have ANY problem taking it however far you want to in the coming future! I'm SO glad you don't have any plans on stopping any time soon! I'm about to become a patron of yours in the next couple of days (I gotta go deposit some money in the bank in the next day or so)... I hope there'll be a LOT more people to do so for ya as well as time goes by! I'm about to fall asleep to one of your playlist. I gotta go put a roof on in the morning... I hope you catch every dream you ever chase man! You've damn sure brightened up a lot of my tired, sore, achy afternoons! Thx a million for the laughs man! You WILL be hearing from me again! 💯👍😁
@sarlacc's tapeworm you are such a positive guy! I appreciate the kind words and greatly appreciate the support. Patreon is just a plus, but it's by no means necessary :) so no pressure at all. Kick ass on the roof!
Operation Eagle Claw! A whole playlist can be made from movies that reference that clusterfuck! And reference not just by mentioning it but by making it an important point of plot or relations between characters.
The happy music in this movie reminds me of the triumphant song they play when Stanley Spadowski gets rescued in the movie UHF, and he's all thrusting his mop into the air victoriously.
Can't say i was a big fan of Delta Force because of the never-ending runtime and subtle-as-a-bag-of-bricks writing, but MAN do i love Lone Wolf McQuade. Hopefully that'll be something you cover in due time!
@@RedEyeReviews I'm sure your list is long enough RedEye, i'll be watching whatever you put out in any order. Provided i haven't seen it and want to do so that is. I'm going back and watching all the ones i missed before subbing so i've got content for a while!
Love this movie, great cheesy-good theme song, and female Christopher Walken. ...but Operation Eagleclaw was 1980, Delta Force was founded in 1977. You're talking about JSOC.... just some minor corrections.
Btw check out more movies with Robert Forster, he's been in several good movies.Just a few examples to check out: Vigilante (1982), Walking the Edge (1985), Alligator (1980), The Banker (1989)
A song has lyrics, the words you are looking for are Track, Tune or Theme. As a kid the theme tune was the best part of this movie for me, subbed, keep it up!
Fantastic movie! There will never be another Cannon or Chuck Norris. No way half the shit in that movie would fly today, like the German flight attendant getting slapped. Best line in the movie is, sleep tight sucker lol! This movie never gets old. Thanks for sharing.
This movie would always get my mom in the first half. Everytime it showed on TV growing up, she'd be very focused on the happenings then just as soon as Chuck Norris came on she'd be like oh man! And we'd have to change it.
Was Cannon so cheap they didn't provide air conditioning on set ? Look at how damn sweaty everyone is. Also, would you consider reviewing Sylvester Stallone's '' Over The Top '' ?
Actually I did read that because they filmed in Israel, the inside of the plane got SUPER hot and they had to take frequent breaks when filming. Sure! I've never seen it but I'll check it out.
I’ve never seen delta force but this delta strain of Covid has has me receiving it. Calling it Covid’s delta force because this strain busted people down like a special forces unit.
So the legend goes, for awhile after this movie whenever the Unit put on demos for all the who's who, it was inevitable for someone to say, "That's great, now where are the rocket cycles??" The response was usually a face palm with a deep breath and a "f-ing Chuck Norris!"
Fun Fact: director/producer Menahem Golan, 1/2 of the legendary ''GoGo Boys'', the owners of Cannon Films (the other was his cousin, Yoram Globus), was a former fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force and had good connections to the Israeli military. That's why a number of Cannon Films productions were filmed in Israel with technical support from their military. (similar to how Jerry Bruckheimer & Michael Bay get lots of support from the Pentagon). He actually directed a movie about the real-life rescue operation at the Entebbe Airport by Israeli Special Forces in 1976, which was a huge commercial success in Israel. It's called ''Operation Thunderbolt'' and stars Klaus Kinski as the terrorist leader. So basically, he made the same movie again, only this time it was pure fiction and meant to raise morale and improve the public image of the US Special Forces, after that colossal screw-up in Iran. Also, the whole thing where the terrorists separate all the jewish hostages happened in real-life, during the Entebbe hostage situation, so despite all the 80's cheese, there's a degree of realism here.
How can you not mention the obligitory 4 loops of rope that is apparently part of the uniform. It's like someone saw Army dress uniforms and thought all uniforms are like that. This literally became a running joke in Boondock Saints.
can't believe you didn't include steve james getting a kiss from one of the male passengers on the plane near the end, chuck is just so 'chuck norris' in this movie, his best bit for me was when he had to get off a balcony so he slides down a cable with one hand while shooting bad guys with his other hand and he just acts like that's a thing he does every day, no big deal, lol, the end fight with abdul is funny too, he doesn't even get a hit on chuck, I think chuck gives him some back hands too just to humiliate him, lol, awesome film.
The hijacking sequences, and the actors who played the terrorists, and the lead flight attendant were all brilliant. That was the thing about the Cannon Group. You genuinely didn't know what you were getting with their films. I remember the poster of Runaway Train and thinking at BEST it would be some C+ action drivel, what I got was a powerful philosophical action thriller with some of the most moving and intense acting of the decade. I miss the Cannon Group.
The 2 main things to come out of the Eagle Claw debacle was the formation of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (basically a spec ops helicopter team) and the creation of SOCOM Spec Ops Command. To allow cooperation between different units. However you will notice generally besides embedding Airforce Close Air support guys within teams the different teams do tend work separately. Socom just decides which team is best suited and available for any given mission. This allows teams to develop their own standard procedures and have differing approaches. While this gives Socom options it limits inter-unit operability as different training, styles, procedures etc can lead to confusion and chaos on the battlefield.
Eagle Claw didn’t lead to the birth of Delta…Delta was involved in EC. The lack of communication between branches (which ultimately led to this spectacular failure) did however lead to the birth of units like SOAR and ISA…
And eventually SOCOM. Originally SOCOM comprises of the Special Ops Commands of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Marines didn't want to play ball until the mid-2000s with the creation of MARSOC.
Been my favorite movie since i was 8 years old. Im 33 competing in a best warrior competition for the army and im running my ruck march to this fucking song. I took first place god damnit. I dont care how cheesy that sounds because this film still slaps. Fuck
Hello again. Enjoyed the review. If I may make a suggestion for a review I suggest rising sun starring Sean Connery and Wesley snipes. It’s a buddy cop action movie with the two of the as the leads and I believe they take on the yakuza. Also Sean Connery’s character is quite knowledgeable of Japanese culture and also speaks Japanese in the movie I believe
So many missed references other than George Kennedy. Bo Svenson (the pilot) was the lead in the original inglorious bastards. Lee Marvin was also in the movie who was the lead in the father of all ensamble commando mission type movies, the dirty dozen. In fact, if memory serves a couple of scenes in delta force pay homage to the original dirty dozen. The villain Robert Forster, famous for the cult classic vigilante among others, played a soldier in Reflection in a Golden Eye. Marlon Brando plays his CO in the movie, who is a secretly gay. In the movie, Brando has the hots for him and wants to bang Private Forster. I guess the trauma of it all made Forster leave the US Army and join a Lebanese terrorists group. Love your channel by the way. Your video make me laugh every time...
I believe the only change you could of done was at the end during the farewell, was then the DF were leaving and everyone else were celebrating, was the moment where they were carrying their fallen comrade in arms.
I literally only clicked on this video to see if you brought the song up, my brother and I watched this a few years back and they use it in like every action scene it’s so funny. And they did a sad version! Lol it’s literally what we said too. Also I know you’re kidding, but God forgives any sin ;)
Btw just tid bit thing. Delta was already established before Eagle Claw. Delta came about due to rising terrorism of the 1970s. And the Colonel Beckwith you mentioned who served in Vietnam and as exchange officer with the British SAS. And that's where him and another Col. got the idea for Delta Force. And then after operation eagle claw we see the formations of SEAL Team 6 or official DEVGRU. And also not USSOCOM but JSOC was created to be the operational handler of all special OPERATIONS. SOCOM didn't come up until 1986 or 87 with the passage of the Goldwater- Nichols Act. Making SOCOM the unified command to all special operations and special forces groups. And then last but not least also born from eagle claw was the 160th SOAR, yep the same group from blackhawk down.
Ah the good ol' days before 9/11 (lol) where airport security was a joke and you could just board a plane with guns, knifes, bombs and easily hijack it.
Alright not sure if you know who this score is done by but I love how much you mention the music throughout. Because it is some of the earliest work by one Alan Silvestri. I fell in love with this song when I was like 4. And now…well just look up his credentials and u will be blown away
Just found your channel and damn what a pleasant surprise that you wrote something about this movie. I actually have a huge soft spot for these 80s movies and damn this one is like the prototype of the cheesy American action movie. Simple as fuck story that would be ridiculous today and some crazy action. This is the essential "Turn off your brain movie", but unlike modern movies like transformers etc. this actually delivers a convincing picture that is full of love by the people who worked on it.
So glad you found the channel! and YES. we don't have these movies anymore. everything needs depth and complicated stories. But I love just old school. We are good, they are bad. lets mess em up!
12:13 I loved how you implemented the (super-shitty) theme at the right time! Wonderful, you´r a winner! Edit: 8:30 your description of the tone of the music vs the scene is even better. American 80´s Trash at its best!
LOL 12:20 to 12:36 12:39 to 12:45. The Delta Force is THE FORCE that just manifests wherever a domestic counter-Terrorist mission erupts. Use the FORCE CHUCK! Use the FORCE! Are we sure this isn't just another clever military recruitment movie? HEY KIDS! Join the army, you'll be DELTA FORCE! You'll have a motorcycle and some slick upbeat heroic theme music. BAH NEH NEH NAH NUH NUH NAH NAH NEH NAH! So they run off to join the Army because they think they'll be Delta Force until they wind up a cook or whatever.
Lee Marvin is the commander of this team? He's the same guy who led the Dirty Dozen in that movie about a special forces commando raid. You know, The Dirty Dozen.
