Review of Delta Farce (2007) by Lace — 21 Jul 2009

Made in a time long far gone, a time when the movies & other media actually depicted middle-easterners as capable of terrorism *shock, horror* as opposed to today's overly sensitive emasculated world (the white-washing of "Sum of all Fears", the main villains in 24 NEVER being a ethnicity, etcetera), comes this great little film loosely based on the TWA 847 hijacking of 1985. Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin are part of an elite military squad who are sent after the terrorists and free the hostages. And yes I know having a whole squad, when you already have Chuck Norris DOES stretch credibility quite a bit. The movie plays out as one half melodrama with the hostages ordeal and one half silly little action romp (complete with missile launching motor cycle, and no it doesn't make sense even it the concept of the movie, but it's still bad ass) I enjoyed the film and was more then happy to see the terrorists get their just desserts. If it were remade today it would delve into how the terrorists feel and how we made them cause the USA is truly evil. Or other supreme nonsense. The days when anyone could say 'the only good terrorist is a dead terrorist' and NOT be tarred and feathered for saying it are sadly over. The hippies won that war. But we still have great movies like this to fondly remember and re-watch while Hollywood churns out awful dreck today.

My Grade: A-.

Reviewed by Kevin O'Keefe on IMDB.