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Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Forster ... see more see more... , Lainie Kazan , George Kennedy , Hanna Schygulla , Susan Strasberg , Bo Svenson , Robert Vaughn , Shelley Winters , William A. Wallace , Kim Delaney , David Menahem , Assaf Dayan , Jerry Hyman , Eugene Kline , Steve James

Menahem Golan melds a Chuck Norris action spectacle with the disaster film genre in The Delta Force. The story is based upon the June, 1985 hijacking of a TWA jet, where passengers were held at gun-po... read more read more...int by terrorists in Beirut, Lebanon. The film re-enacts various real life incidents from the crisis -- an American serviceman is beaten to death, a terrorist holds a gun to the pilot's head as the pilot is being questioned by reporters -- while depicting the tension aboard the plane and the agony of the passengers, held under the threat of death by the terrorists. The Delta Force, a crack anti-terrorist commando group, is preparing to rescue the passengers. Colonel Nick Alexander (Lee Marvin) is the grizzled commander of the task force; his best soldier is Major Scott McCoy (Chuck Norris), who was planning to retire but is called back into action for one last heroic stand against terrorism. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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R, 2 hr. 5 min.

Directed by: Menahem Golan

Release Date: February 14, 1986

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DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006

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  • deano
    September 6, 2011
    deano
    What an explosive '80 action-thriller film to see the crack team of commandos including super-soldiers Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin can rescue the innocent people hostage taken from political extremists in this astounding mix of fact, fantasy and heavy-duty adventure. This is 130 ... read morenon-stop minutes of explosive, wall-to-wall action!
    Of course, you get plenty of ass-kicking fight scenes thanks to Norris who has never seemed tougher in a film. Marvin is also perfect in his role. The action gets even better when Norris rides out on his motorcycle shooting missiles out the front and back!
    The cast is very good as well including Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Forster, Lainie Kazan, George Kennedy, Hanna Schygulla, Susan Strasberg, Bo Svenson, Robert Vaughn and Shelley Winters. Marvin and Norris also have great chemistry together on the screen and among the most convincing tough guys in Hollywood.
  • FilmFanatik
    June 7, 2010
    FilmFanatik
    Ok, for an action flick, this is really, really long. As far as I'm concerned, over half an hour could have been hacked out of this movie to give it the pace that it needs. I'm not quite sure what to make of it really, but found it to be extremely mediocre due to the slowness o... read moref it. There are some great scenes with the terrorists and the hostages that do have a bit of an emotional tug, but everything surrounding that is just bland and, well not very good. The action isn't even really that great. It's Chuck Norris, so you expect to see him kicking some ass, but to tell you the truth, he kicks very little ass and isn't a very big part of the film. That would be fine, but this has always been remembered as far back as I can remember as a 'Chuck Norris action classic', and it really isn't. I'm not quite sure what they were going for, but I wish they had spent more time in the editing room and trimmed out a lot of the fat.
  • DouglasWCollins
    February 20, 2008
    DouglasWCollins
    Another Awesome Chuck Norris Film. Osama isn't hiding from America, He's hiding from Chuck Norris!
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 24, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    chuck norris kicks people in the face!
  • kpn666
    July 25, 2006
    kpn666
    Classic! Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin kick some terrorist ass!!
  • BenRogers84
    July 28, 2011
    BenRogers84
    This is the long winded but overall good action,adventure,suspense, old hollywood meets 80s action movie. Starring Chuck Norris who became a great late 70s,80s action hero, and Lee Marvin who was more of the old guard from the 50s and 60s action genre. The rest of the cast is alo... read moret of older hollywood stars such as Shelly winters,George Kennedy,Martin Balsam among others, who are on a plane that gets hijacked by Lebanese terrorists (based on the real life 1985 TWA Jet Hijacking). The first half of the movie is really slow moving and alot of old jewish people saying they're all going to die and how they survived concentration camps and they can survive this, it got pretty old after the first half hour of it. When the action actually picks up it kinda plods along, till the last amazing action packed half hour. This almost has a made for tv feel to it but the violence boosts this up to a feature film. All in all a decent mid 80s old fashioned type of military action rescue movie. Only gets 3 stars because of the end but the first half prevent it from becoming a 4 star action film.
  • jmillerdp
    March 11, 2011
    jmillerdp
    Israeli wet dream of a movie with lots of good, old-fashioned Arab killing. Plus, Alan Silvestri's non-stop disco score!
  • Darcsyde
    August 28, 2009
    Darcsyde
    Good old fashioned *0's action flick loosley based on real events.
    Although why Lee Marvin is in it is beyind me..all he does is stand around and growl alot.
  • firstamb
    July 28, 2008
    firstamb
    Delta Force is basically GI Joe live, done in 1986 with director Menahem Golan. Chuck Norris helps in a crack commando team sent in to stop TWA hijackers. Maybe it's not terrible accurate to SEAL or special forces, but it's entertaining.
  • surfgirl063
    July 21, 2008
    surfgirl063
    Crap. This movie was great when I was a kid, but if I were to see it today, well, who knows what might happen. My head might explode see his almighty Norris pulling off a roundhouse kick.

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Chuck O'Leary
February 14, 2006
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

Works equally well as a tense, powerful hostage drama and a rousing action film. The Delta Force gets my vote as Chuck Norris' best movie.

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 25, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

One has to question the excessive carnage of the finale and its celebration of the eye-for-an-eye ethic.

Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Half-disaster, half-action low-budget cheese that's still fairly entertaining in spots.

September 15, 2008
Variety

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Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Cole Smithey
September 13, 2007
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

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Emanuel Levy
June 26, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Brian J. Arthurs
October 31, 2002
Brian J. Arthurs, Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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Rob Vaux
August 13, 2002
Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium

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