Comments on: Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Delta Force’ (1986)

By: Turkey

Turkey — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:26:03 +0000

“Al-Qaeda is hunted down by Spider-Man.” I would totally see that film.

Great line. And review.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:17:08 +0000

Commandeering an aircraft was a simple matter for decades. In the Sixties, it seemed like there was a plane a week being hijacked to Cuba. A passenger, presumably a Communist, would pull a gun and demand to be taken to Havana. At Jose Marti Airport, he would deplane and get arrested. Then the plane would take off again for its original destination. I remember a college friend in 1969; her boyfriend was flying in from Miami, and she was worried he’d be diverted.

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:30:30 +0000

I have the dubious honor of being the first person to make a Chuck Norris joke in the comments. Eric, you’d better watch your back, because Chuck Norris is going to hunt you down and give you a roundhouse kick to the face for making fun of his movie.

By: David Manning

David Manning — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:55:56 +0000

Oh, come on. Like we’ve never heard of spontaneous generation.

By: Eric D. Snider

Eric D. Snider — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:31:18 +0000

Yeah, but why weren’t there even MORE hijackings than there were? As easy as it was in those days, it seems like every single flight should have been commandeered.

By: The Ides of Mark

The Ides of Mark — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:23:45 +0000

“It makes you think: if airport security was really this lax in the ’80s, why weren’t more planes hijacked?”

Um…more planes were hijacked in the 80’s. Lot’s more. Cripes, at one point in the 80’s it seemed like there was a plane a week being hijacked. Billy Joel even included a line about it in the 1/2 verse devoted to the 1980’s in “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (okay, Billy Joel ain’t exactly A. J. P. Taylor, but still…).

On a lighter note, “Firewalker” is another classic bad Chuck Norris film. Roger Ebert notes that Lou Gossett is more excited by a treasure map than by the actual treasure - probably because the camera pans too close at one point and it becomes evident that some of the “treasure” is tupperware coated in gold spray paint.

By: mommy

mommy — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:19:45 +0000

I have a real awful image of GW in a spiderman suit fighting the IRAQ war single handedly…I couldn’t laugh the rest of the article.

By: Amp

Amp — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:18:50 +0000

I know I say something similar after every “Eric’s Bad Movies” entry, but I can’t help it: I just love these things.

By: Christina D

Christina D — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:55:20 +0000

“But as it turns out, Lee Marvin mostly just stands around, occupying his time by being very old and having vast, unkempt eyebrows” made me laugh so hard, I almost peed my pants. Thanks Eric!

By: B

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:02:32 +0000

I saw Delta Force 2 and I don’t remember it being that bad. Of course, I was 13 at the time, so my idea of a good movie wasn’t completely accurate. I’m confused though, is this movie supposed to be a comedy or a serious action movie?