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Iron Eagle II

1988 · 105 min

A brisk, earnest Cold War actioner with dogfights and bickering pilots, more functional than thrilling but easy to watch.

Overview
Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively sabotaging his mission.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • survival
Places
  • military
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror0
Humour3
Realism5
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
action, adventure, drama, war
Directed by
Sidney J. Furie
Written by
Sidney J. Furie, Kevin Alyn Elders
Starring
Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Alan Scarfe, Sharon Hacohen, Maury Chaykin, Colm Feore, Clark Johnson
Music
Amin Bhatia
Cinematography
Alain Dostie
Runtime
105 min
Country
Canada, Israel
Languages
English

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