Iron Eagle II

. . .and you can't accuse it of being a "Top Gun" ripoff. But this one? No excuses! It is! Especially when you got one of the characters trying to carry himself like the Maverick character in Top Gun. I can see why the U. S. Air Force wouldn't lend a hand and its jets (again) for this one.

I have seen this film several times not and, although they tried to pass off American F-4 Phantoms as Russian MiG-29's (and several other technical mistakes) the film concept and story line were good, and the acting was also not bad.

This "sequel" is not really a sequel as it doesn't have anything to do with the first movie,except the main character is again the one played by Gossett Jr.The plot is about a joint team effort of a bunch of Soviet pilots and a bunch of US pilots who are assigned to destroy some nuclear facility somewhere in the middle east. The story about these characters is really thin but the aviation scenes are pretty decent,so again since this is supposed to be a movie for aviation fans its not bad.I don't think people who don't care for fighter planes would bother with any Iron eagle movie anyway. One better thing than the original, is that these pilots don't listen to music while flying which was annoying in the first movie.

Oh come on, this movie isn't that bad. The 80's has definitely applauded cheesier things. The dog fights were fun to watch, the sound effects were great, and the over maniacal General who's twisted plans get thwarted by the misfits was spot on, the out of place love story, I mean... if you hate this movie then you probably hate just about everything coming out of the 80's.

Let me start off by saying that there isn't anything to be found within Iron Eagle II that you haven't saw before. You may or may not find some fun here, but for me, Lou Gossett Jr. was the sole reason to watch and even he feels like he's only appearing for a quick paycheck at times. Being blunt, I chalk up IEII as another shining example of poor cash-in sequels. The first Iron Eagle wasn't a blockbuster, but it was mildly well received and this sequel feels like a money grab. A real disservice to the original. Anyhow, the second of the sequels finds Gossett putting together a bunch of virtually unknown Canadian actors. Some who play Americans and some who play Russians. Who when they splice in the old cold war 'we can't get along together because of nationalities' cliché story element, you have this movie in a nutshell. A movie that I find myself surprised to say I've sat through twice on late night.