#Iron eagle movie#

Still, the original was a pretty big-budget studio movie that holds up well – and it’s got a killer soundtrack. Read reviews and buy Soundtrack - Iron Eagle (CD) at Target. By the time the franchise ended, it was considered bargain basement, direct-to-video fare. The sequel, Iron Eagle II, which was made in Canada, killed Doug Masters off in the first scene, only for him to return in the fourth film, but played by another actor. Furie (who would helm all of the movies). None of the sequels were particularly good, despite the best efforts of Gossett and director Sidney J. It actually spawned a low-key franchise centred around Louis Gossett Jr’s Chappy Sinclair, a veteran pilot who trains Masters for his mission and helps save the day. Retired from the Air Force, Chappy Sinclair (Lou Gossett Jr.) now runs a private flight school that happens to cater to misfits and juvenile offenders. They follows the exploits of the United States Air Force Colonel. It grossed about $ 24 million at the box office but was a significant hit on home video and cable. Iron Eagle is an action film series that lasted just under ten years, from 1986 to 1995. The story of a teenaged wanna-be fighter pilot, Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick), who takes an F-16 to go rescue his father (cult star Tim Thomerson), a pilot who’s been shot down, Iron Eagle was only a modest hit. 1986’s Iron Eagle is often considered a Top Gun clone, but it actually hit theatres months before that Tom Cruise movie became a pop culture phenomenon.