Review of The Delta Force (1986) by Benjamin C — 17 Oct 2015

For those that do no know, this is a Cannon Films / Golan Globus production. This carries some weight as they had made quite a bit of schlock. The Delta Force is no different.

This movie is exactly 40 minutes to long. The first hour is focused on a very sweaty hijacking. Two guys take over a plane with 144 passengers. Since Menahem Golan (the director) is an Israeli, there is a scene where the Jews are rounded up.The guys playing the terrorist look like Norm MacDonald and Jason Manzoukis. After what seems like forever,the plan lands in Beirut. That's when the Delta Force goes into action. A dogpile could have stopped this hijacking dead in its tracks.

The Delta Force itself is maybe 50 guys crowded into a tight space.For some reason they all use Uzis and not rifles.They have dune buggies and motorcycles with rockets attached to them. They have no snipers.

The last 40 minutes is an over the top commando battle. For some reason the Lebanese terrorists decided to fortify their base with red barrels. A sweeping fire of Uzi bullets can take out 3 guys at once and cause an explosion.

Chuck Norris is barely in this movie. He gets the last scene and kill with his motorcycle. The most bizarre scene is when he stops the hostage convoy from driving to Iran. It's just him on a motorcycle. Two jeeps are blown up by small rockets. Instead of the 30 guys firing at him with their AK-47s,they panic and retreat. A runner up is the scene with Chuck and Lee Marvin blow up a Jeep with bazookas. They stand there crowing about it as 100 guys charge at them with rifles.

This movie is a mess. I think it is worth a view just to see how disjointed it is. A word of warning. The Delta Force theme is synth garbage. It is played like the NFL on CBS them, often enough to make you press mute.