Chuck Norris stars as Scott, a former commando who is called back into service by Nick (Lee Marvin) when an airplane is hijacked by terrorists.
The head of the terrorists is Abdul (Robert Forster) and his partner is Mustafa. Both men are nothing but brutal and sadistic and fend off two attempts of rescue by the Delta Force.
Finally Delta Force manages to get the plane down and then must go look for several Jewish passengers who are being held in Beruit. The non stop action really sweeps you up in the movie, and it really strikes home in light of recent world events.
Sadly you could never make a movie like this today, but it's great to see the good old USA killing and blowing terrorists up in a barrage of wild action.
Lee Marvin and Norris work well together as a team and both men should have been in more movies together. The rest of the top notch cast includes Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, George Kennedy, Lainie Kazan, Robert Vaughn, Shelley Winters and Bo Svenson.
This was one of Cannon Films biggest hits as it came out at just the right time. A very good action film that I can Highly Recommend. Simple plot, great execution.
Agreed they don't or won't make them like this anymore. One of Chuck's best and the soundtrack on this is fantastic too.
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