Iron Eagle (1986)

Iron Eagle
Fun to watch again and again. Brings back the memories. Kind've corny, but still fun.

Great movie, horrible DVD
I was only 12-years=old when I saw Iron Eagle with my dad, who passed away 4 years ago, and it's one of the finest memories I'll ever have. It was an exciting movie, and I still love it to this day even if it's unrealistic. For people who moan and groan about movies all the time for not being plausible, especially movie critics, I say "just grow up!" Movies are supposed to be about entertainment. Leave it to the movies based on true stories to be the so-called plausible ones.

The reason I gave this review a 1-star rating is not because of the movie itself, but because of the horrible DVD. It's the only one available as far as I know here in the U.S. It's in "full screen" format, which means edited for old televisions and not in its original widescreen format. That, of course, means a lot of the picture is cut off. The so-called 5.1 surround sound is just as bad, with little detectable sounds from separate audio channels. It's old, outdated, and is in serious need of a brand new DVD and hopefully BluRay version sometime soon.

Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle has always been one of my favorite movies. If you are looking for a movie with a lot of blood and gore, you will not find it here. What you will find is a lot of action and great flying scenes