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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes led by Major McCoy (Norris) and by Colonel Alexander (Marvin) as been called into service to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner and who's involved in the hijacking and try to retake the plane before the terrorists kill all the hostages. The Delta Force is a film that 80's Action Fans will definitely enjoy and although it starts pretty slow and full with tension inside an aircraft and don't get me wrong both the 2nd and 3rd act were pretty great but i think the 1st act built a lot of tension and had some pretty good moments but overall this is a great film with nice performances by Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Robert Forster and George Kennedy, the soundtrack by Alan Silvestri is terrific and something that i can listen all day and the action itself was pretty excellent especially the sequences with Chuck Norris riding the motorcycle and in my opinion it was a pretty great film and i'm going to give it an A

During the failed Iranian hostage rescue, Captain Scott McCoy (Chuck Norris) disobeys order and goes back to pull a comrade from the wreckage. He quits in disgust. Five years later, two terrorists hijack an American plane leaving Athens forcing it to land in Beirut. Colonel Nick Alexander (Lee Marvin) leads Delta Force and McCoy is recalled on a mission to rescue the hostages. On the plane, the terrorists separate three Navy sailors and Jewish men from the rest of the passengers.Other than Norris being heroic in Iran, the first half is mostly about the harrowing hijacking. It's uncomfortably scary and a little too real. It has a couple of effective turns. The rescues are a little too convenient considering the way the movie is set up in the first half. Any realism is gone. The story would probably work better if everybody stays on the plane and they never leave Beirut.

90% of cast and crew on this film were Israeli and was obvious there intention was to portray 'Arabs' in a bad light. The movie sucked, the second is a lot better. How common is it to see Hollywood portray Arabs in the wrong way judging an entire nation of almost 2 billion people by the actions of a few. Its like judging Christianity based on the actions of the KKK....See my point?The second movie is much better. Contains a much better realistic storyline, better action, actors don't all look constipated and audio seems to be much better to name but a few improvements.

The sad thing is that this movie is based on a real-life event. The actors involved in the high jacking are great (and it's good to occasionally see some old familiar faces). The main facts are essentially accurate, and the writing/story-line goes well at the beginning. But it just seems to me that it all just goes down hill with the Delta Force component and the team's outrageously off the wall tactics, while they were truly successful in real life.Especially Chuck Norris's character. The movie seems to become another Chuck Norris grandstanding vehicle, where in scene after scene, he seemed to be shouting "Look at Me!!!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!!! LOOK At Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!" And this really detracted from the historical event and the outstanding contribution made my the members of the Delta Force.