Iron Eagle

Doug Masters is an eighteen-year-old who has been flying jet aircraft since before he was old enough to drive, and he has long wanted to follow his father, Air Force Colonel Ted Masters, into the cockpit. When his father is shot down and taken prisoner by a hostile Middle Eastern state, Doug finds that official channels will not move to free him. He turns instead to Charles "Chappy" Sinclair, an Air Force colonel who takes an interest in the young man's plan: the two of them will fly the mission themselves.

Sidney J. Furie directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Kevin Elders. It was the seventh of the thirteen films Furie directed in chronological order, following Purple Hearts in 1984 and preceding Superman IV: The Quest for Peace in 1987. Louis Gossett Jr. plays Chappy and Jason Gedrick plays Doug, with David Suchet as Colonel Akir Nakesh, Tim Thomerson as Ted Masters, Larry B. Scott as Reggie and Caroline Lagerfelt as Elizabeth Masters among a credited cast of 22.

The film was released on January 17, 1986, runs 117 minutes and was a co-production of Israel, Canada and the United States. Made for about 18 million dollars, it returned roughly 24 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 5.6 out of 10 from around 17,000 votes, and on TMDB 5.6 out of 10 from 354 votes, while a critics' rating stands at 4.3 out of 10 from six reviews.