Iron Eagle Reviews

Released in the same year as 'Top Gun' and virtually a fantastic unauthorised sequel! nah not really. This really is your typical 80's kiddie fare much like 'Space Camp' 'Flight of the Navigator' or 'Karate Kid'. A pop tune filled collection of montages which take you from one action sequence to another. You could almost include 'The A-Team' and 'Rocky' in here as influences also.

To use another example if you will, this could almost be 'The Goonies in the Air Force'. A young teens father (who is a fighter pilot) gets trapped behind enemy lines after being shot down. He is up for a darn good hanging so its up to the plucky cocky good looking young teen to fly in there and bail his own dad outta jail.

Sounds ridiculous? well it is, Louis Gossett Jr tags along and assists the young boy as he himself is a grizzled old fighter pilot. With the help of more plucky young kiddies Gossett and Gedrick plan how to fly into a fictional Arab country and nab his dad. They do this with lots of very daft tacky action plans involving the kids stealing highly delicate info, ammo supplies, maps and even two jet fighters into the bargain. The young Gedrick and his friends can do all this quite easily it seems just because they all live on the Air Force base (their folks are in the Air Force of course).

As I said before they do all this with constant musical montages lol! When we do see some dog fights its as expected, pretty terrible looking and with some rather obvious models being blown up...badly, clearly plastic and cardboard.

Kids version of 'Top Gun' and completely family friendly apart from the odd curse word hehe. Can't believe this actually made it to the cinema in the same year as that Tony Scott film, what a difference! its more of a TV movie really. Best thing here is probably the soundtrack and the rather cool poster.

Iron Eagle is a Top Gun ripoff. that would be the best way to describe the film. The film has some of the most mediocre acting that I have ever seen. Unrealistic, and laughable, Iron Eagle is pure 80's cheese. An rookie 16 year old trying to get into flight school must save his dad from an evil foreign nation. The kid is qualified to fly a Cessna, but he's able to fly an advanced 5-16 fighter. Iron Eagle is the film that says, if you can fly a Cessna, you can fly an f-16. The cast is comprised by a bunch of amateurs who probably ended up having careers in low budget B movies. Iron Eagle is a fun film with lots of entertainment, but boy is it cheesy. The best thing about the film is the hard rock and heavy metal soundtrack. Iron Eagle is not a film that strive on accuracy, so if you're looking for an accurate fighter film, then Iron Eagle is not the film for you. The definitive Fighter pilot film has yet to be made. But for what is, Iron Eagle is a silly entertaining ride, that can bring back hints of nostalgia to it's viewers. The cast is mediocre and there isn't really anything memorable about the film. Iron Eagle is a borderline decent film that hasn't aged well. There are better films out, with Top Gun being the obvious fighter classic. Like I said, the film is not memorable and the best thing about the film is the soundtrack.

A film i fordly remenber when i was a kid.Aged badly but all good fun with a great 80's soundtrack.

Bit exciting tale of a lad who learns to fly a fighter, borrows one and overcomes all resistance to his mission in what's undoubtedly suppose to be Libya.

This movie shows you that music will make you do things better... like flying a jet.

decent flick

Fun 80s cheese with a great soundtrack and another stoic Louis Gossett Jr. role! "Chappy!"

Came out before Top-Gun. Bit exciting tale of a lad who learns to fly a fighter, borrows one and overcomes all resistance to his mission in what's undoubtedly suppose to be Libya.

If you can overcome Jason Gedrick's garbage acting job then this is a pretty good movie that tries to go head to head with Top Gun and that's where it faulters. Louis Gossett Jr. is always a pleasure to watch on screen.

I love the challenge a young man faces against all odds to rescue his father. I get a laugh at the newsman at the very end snd the statement about the young mans appointment to the Air Force Academy and flying of the f-16s.

Love the story, love the cast, love the 80's campiness. A surprising amount of drama that somehow captures you. Unfortunately, as good a film as this actually is in some ways, it fails in it's primary category: action. The F-16 bombing sequences are well done, but the dogfights are terrible, with reused shots everywhere and maddeningly inconsistency with the armaments shown on the planes themselves. Also, the final jet fighter "duel" is a big letdown.
Still, for it's flaws, a truly classic 80's film that everyone can enjoy (and should already have seen!)

This movie is terrible. Has anyone even heard of any of these actors? They blow ass. UGLY, ugly cousin of Top Gun, don't even bother watching this.

Jetting off from the Top Gun craze, a new fighter jet movie comes out with a slightly different angle. Suppose that the jet pilot is recruited when a boy loses his father to terrorists and must be rescued. This movie couldn't be made today, or if it did, would have to be reworked. But why remake it. Almost better than Top Gun, which is knda ripped off here a little.

Pure 80s cheese so if you don't like those 80s toatlly unrealistic plotlines stay away from this one.

There is one scene in this movie I really liked it's when Jason is racing another guy in airplanes and the music is bumping I just think that's a good scene the movie was ok too.

Not as good as Top Gun, but Iron Eagle II made up for it. Just stop making them, these movies are killing Louis Gossett, Jr.

When I was younger, I loved this movie. Still do. However, it has not aged well. Watching Top Gun, then watching this, you can definitely tell who had the bigger budget. The special effects in this movie are horrendous.
But that doesn't take away from the heart of the movie. Its a cult classic for me definitely.

I saw this when I was a kid and was bored out of my mind. I know it's supposed to be all action-y and exciting but maybe I didn't care for it because I would never go and rescue my dad from terrorists. Definitely a boy movie.

when I first saw this movie, I thought it was kool, how a kid went on mission to save his father that was captured by the enemies.

Came out before Top-Gun, minus the one liners. It dates itself as being totally 80's but good nonetheless.