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Take a bow 'Iron Eagle'

posted 17 years ago by JJCooney
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You have been relieved from your spot as the worst military "plane/pilot" themed film in history. This is no small feat for your incredible suckiness has carried on for 20 years. But records are meant to be broken, which happens to be a line from your successor, and that film is 'Stealth'.

This film is bad, so bad that I actually love it. Like Iron Eagle, Stealth has a real charm to it that makes you wanna watch it over and over (especially with friends) just cause its too damn funny to ignore. Everything is so over the top, you can't help but smirk and laugh throughout. It's also fun to point out all the scenes and moments that are blatant rip-offs from other films, i.e. J lucas and the scientist talking about the threat of "EDY" a la '2001'. And that name EDY, might as well have called it "SAM" (Strategic Aeronautical Machine), but they can save that one for the sequel.

Iron Eagle I salute you tenure, but there's a new sheriff in town.

[–] dbdolan 17 years ago

Just my sentiments. Maybe there was another "plane/pilot" film that was worse than Iron Eagle, but even if there is, it HAD to get its ass kicked by this. This is the second "so bad it's good, endless unintended hilarity" film that I've seen this summer (on cable in Thailand), the other was "The Happening" I saw in LA, hysterically bad!

[–] mcdrew16 17 years ago

thanks for the laugh!!

[–] Vortimer 15 years ago

There's a truly awful film called Tactical Assault with Rutger Hauer, during his Fat As A (WTF?) Refueling Blimp stage, as a psychotic USAF pilot with a grudge against fellow pilot Robert Patrick. It's worse than Iron Eagle, and a little bit worse than this one. Probably only cost 2 or 3 million, however.

[–] erikriveros 13 years ago

i can't tell if the op is 1/2 joking or not, but 'iron eagle' is/was/always will be a classic!

whenever i catch the end of that flic and not-even-pilot-trainee doug masters thinks he sees more bogeys on his scope, only to then hear the friendly american voice, pops off his mask and says to his pop , 'they're ours dad, they're americans!!', sh!t, i just got misty eyed typing this

classic..

agree on whomever said 'the happening' is a piece of filth though

it is better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it

[–] bigjgolf 13 years ago

Iron Eagle is so bad it's good. Stealth is so bad it's bad.

[–] Prismark10 12 years ago

I liked Iron Eagle!

Its that man again!!

[–] Life_Monkey 12 years ago

Iron Eagle was very poor indeed.

[–] erikriveros 12 years ago

YOU'RE very poor monkeyboy!

it is better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it

[–] cliff_niblr031 12 years ago

Yeah, I have to agree with some of the other posters.

Iron Eagle, as ridiculous as it was, had a certain charm to it.

Stealth is just really really bad. The only thing I liked about Stealth was the designs for the fighter jets and the A.I fighter drone. But that's it.