When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.
Acting
Louis Gossett Jr. elevating absolute nonsense
Practical Effects
Real F-16s, real stupidity, real commitment
Score
Queen's 'One Vision' meets cheap synth patriotism
Director
Sidney J. Furie
Louis Gossett Jr.
Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
Jason Gedrick
Doug Masters
David Suchet
Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
Tim Thomerson
Col. Ted Masters
Larry B. Scott
Reggie
Caroline Lagerfelt
Elizabeth Masters
Jerry Levine
Tony
Robbie Rist
Milo Bazen
Michael Bowen
Knotcher
Robert Jayne
Matthew 'Matt' Masters
Melora Hardin
Katie
Michael Alldredge
Col. Blackburn
Lance LeGault
General
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Air Force refused to cooperate after reading the script, so producers used Israeli Air Force bases and planes with fake USAF markings.
This film exists because Top Gun's production delays left a 'teen fighter pilot' shaped hole in 1986; it made $24 million anyway.
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