|  | Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Alan Scarfe, Sharon Brandon
Studio: Avid Home Ent
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 92729
Format: Color, Ep, Original Recording Reissued, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303236677
UPC: 012235126837
EAN: 9786303236674
ASIN: 6303236677
Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 1988
Release Date: April 23, 2002
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 Not up to the first movie, but still fun August 2, 2004
Rottenberg's rotten book review (nyc)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This sequel to "Iron Eagle" is as dated as the first movie - but less fun. In the first movie (Reagan era bombast at its most guiltily pleasurable) Chappy Sinclair and Doug Masters (Louis Gossett, Jr. & Jason Gedrick) single-handedly take on an un-named mid-eastern regime in a rogue mission. Sinclair goes back to that never-named mid-eastern regime (a slick composite of Iraq & Libya), but this time he's not only following orders - he has to bring a bunch of Soviet fighter-drivers with him. That's right - where the first movie was a big video game, the sequel is obviously one of those movies on the cusp of the end of the cold-war, with American and Russian pilots struggling to get past their differences for the common good. As part of his mission to neutralize a WMD installation, Sinclair gathers together a wing of F-16 fighters and Russian MiGs - uniting the two in a secret Israeli base (which more plausibly explains the obviously Israeli markings). Sinclair races the clock - not only to beat the evil regime's plan to launch their nukes, but also to prevent the nuclear mission the Russian and American bureaucrats planned to launch in the event Sinclair's plan failed.
IE2 is sort of a mixed bag - it's got more elaborate flight sequences than the first movie, but only slightly. Also, the story loses something in trying to be more mature than the first movie (professional pilots rather than a bunch of ambitious teens; this time, the heroes are trying to save the unnamed country from getting hit harder). Still - it's better than IE-3, and for mil-aviation fans, IE-2 has some of the best footage of F-4 Phantoms in action that you're likely to see. (Fans of the mighty Phantom should be in for a double thrill, not only catching their favorite ride in action, but also as a stand-in for the Russian Migs - the idea of casting the grizzled fighter as a cutting-edge jet seems to be an uninventive case of mis-casting, but the F-4 handles the role just fine). In short, it's still not up to the standards of "Top Gun", but IE-2 is still fun.
Iron Eagle maybe head of time March 16, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie taught that are enemies are not always communists. It was brilliant idea for its time. Yes alot is borrowed for Star Wars. But I feel that this movie made efforts besides the Migs are really F-4s and middle country had Kfirs or F-21s Aggressor aircraft being enemy aircraft. It isn't strongness story I had watch but this sounds like real possibly in the future cooperation with Soviet Arms Forces. It is unfornated that Doug gets waxed but that another film. It good film of this sort of Genre.
Good Enought to Fly Home With December 29, 2000
Dan (Jupiter, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well, I liked the film more than TOP GUN, but the one thing that bugged me about the original and this movie was the use of aircraft. In the original movie, the MIG-23s were Israeli IAI Kfir-C3s armed with two 30mm cannons and some very unrealistic looking rockets. Also, the helicopters in the film were not Soviet-bought 'Hinds' as they were stated to be. They were actually surplus US Army AH-1S Cobras. As far as the second film, the MIG-29s were actually surplus USAF F-4F fighters. You'd probably only notice these minor details if you were or are a major aircraft buff like myself, but if not you'll enjoy the movie a lot more. Overall, the movie portrays the US Air Force in a good light and is very well put together.
Iron Eagle 2 January 10, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is one of the best second parts of a movie that i have seen. All four parts of the Iron Eagle series were good. The last one was the worst, but it was still very good. I recommend watching all four movies back to back to really enjoy it.
 The great one June 16, 2001
Trevor Norman (Franktown, Colorado US)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think That despite the aircraft problem I think that it is a fairly good movie. Now I have seen all of the Iron Eagles but this tops my book because it has every thing from emotion to action and mood-swings (what I like).
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