Iron Eagle on the Attack (1995)

Original title

Iron Eagle IV

Directed by

Sidney J. Furie

Genre

action film, thriller film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

3.9 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Retired General Chappy Sinclair helps a group of civilian teenagers conduct an unofficial aerial mission. The story involves rescuing a captured pilot from a foreign prison.

action-packeddramaticpatrioticfast-pacedearnestnostalgicunderdogtense

What happens

Iron Eagle on the Attack (stylized on-screen as Iron Eagle IV) is a 1995 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie. A sequel to the 1992 film Aces: Iron Eagle III, it is the fourth and final installment of the Iron Eagle film series, it stars Louis Gossett Jr. reprising his role once again as retired Gen. Charles "Chappy" Sinclair, who guides civilian teenagers to perform unofficial military and aerial heroics. Doug Masters, the protagonist of the first film, now played by Jason Cadieux. The film retcons the opening sequence of Iron Eagle II, in which Masters died after being shot down in Soviet airspace, to him having survived and been held prisoner. The cast also features Al Waxman, Jo Vannicola, Marilyn Lightstone, Victoria Snow, Dean McDermott, Jason Blicker, Aidan Devine and Jeff Pustil. Unlike the previous films, Iron Eagle on the Attack was released direct-to-video. It received mixed-to-negative reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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