Iron Eagle: As Good As Top Gun?

1986’s Iron Eagle is often considered a Top Gun clone, but in fact, it hit theatres months before that Tom Cruise movie became a pop culture phenomenon. The story of a teenaged wanna-be fighter pilot, Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick), who takes an F-16 to rescue his father, a pilot who’s been shot down, Iron Eagle was only a modest hit. It grossed about $ 24 million at the box office but was a major hit on home video and cable. It actually spawned a low-key franchise centred around the late Louis Gossett Jr’s Chappy Sinclair, a veteran pilot who trains Masters for his mission and helps save the day. None of the sequels were particularly good, despite the best efforts of Gossett and director Sidney J. Furie (who would helm all of the movies). Still, the original holds up as a super-entertaining eighties classic ripe for rediscovery.
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[@MementoMorituri]

I was obsessed with this movie as a kid. I bought the soundtrack and wore out the cassette tape on my walkman, then bought the cd and when I lost it, (now in the internet age) I tracked down the songs and cobbled together another cd. Now it's a playlist on my KZbin music. I can't do without it. It's still my go to.

[@Juggernaut-fg2up]

How old are you?

[@mrsam0496]

Share, Share, Share playlist please

[@DocProcRealm]

Dio- hide in the rainbow is all you need to know¡

[@DocProcRealm]

@@Juggernaut-fg2up old enough to Rock n Roll¡lol

[@stellviahohenheim]

Propaganda in movie form

[@Kakihara1979]

You know, i watched this movie with my father about 50 times in the early 90s. He passed away in 2020, and by god i miss that man. But this movie really reminds me of the good times with my dad.

[@ryanfrommontana5236]

Sorry for your loss, raising a glass to your father, who shared joy with you watching this movie. 🍻

[@Kakihara1979]

@@ryanfrommontana5236 Thx man, a nice person on the intetnet. I tip my hat and salute you!

[@michaelmagyar5785]

Sorry for your loss brother, lost my dad nine months ago and I get those same feeling watching Rambo, it was one of our favorites together 👍

[@Kakihara1979]

@@michaelmagyar5785 Hits like a truck dont it 😪

[@michaelmagyar5785]

@@Kakihara1979 it does, some days a pickup, others a semi

[@HighHopes83]

This movie changed my life. I first watched it when I was five years old, 39 now. My parents had invited a friend of theirs from Switzerland who brought me the movie as a gift along with a small Matchbox model of an F-16. From that moment on I have been hooked on aviation and military aircraft. It has become a passion in my life and I finally managed to get my pilots license last year and the first thing I did was go up by myself and listen to the Iron Eagle soundtrack. It was glorious! Thanks for making this video and helping me realize their are more fans out there who love this movie as much as me.

[@hariszark7396]

Good flights and good landings mate...👍👍

[@MrMJmusicLover]

My uncle, now retired, used to be in the Air force and one time almost got me clearance to test fire the F-16's cannon. At the time, I was an airfoce enthusiast and knew everything about the jets, weapons and weapons platform.

[@chriscox3709]

Love this movie. The F-16 kicks ass. "One Vision" by Queen absolutely ROCKS!!! I forgot that it was one of Johnny's favorites. Makes total sense.

[@rockero1313]

"One Vision" still is one of my favorite Queen songs. this movie made me fall in love with the F-16s.

[@rinzler9775]

If I was ever an F16 pilot doing bomb runs in real life, I would definatley have this playing on the ipod.

[@thecommodoredecker]

Gimmie, gimmie ,gimmie, FRIED CHICKEN!

[@rockero1313]

@@thecommodoredecker 😂😂😂😂 I replied that same thing in someone else comment

[@mattblom3990]

Love this movie, always have. The scene when Ted Masters is shot on the runway and Doug goes crazy is actually a bit emotional. David Suchet was such a great villain as the Libyan general/pilot.

[@greecoboost]

"I want these PIGS blown out of the sky!"

[@johnshafer7214]

Thought he was Iranian pilot.

[@heyg7819]

Send me one brave man if there are any left among you. Great movie for its time and watched it countless times. Top Gun kicked it up a notch.

[@elshem122]

@@johnshafer7214 nope. Iraqi.

[@johnshafer7214]

@@elshem122 Iraq was an Ally of the United States during the 80s. The United States had fueds with Iran and Libya during the 80s.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

Iron Eagle was one of my dad's favorite movies of all time. He and I watched it together often in the 80's. He'd often follow up some piece of information or advise with "I bed you thought you knew that, didn't you?" like Chappy said to Doug in the movie. We both watched and enjoyed the second movie but never saw the remaining ones in the franchise and the first movie was by far our favorite. It's unfortunate that it was overshadowed by Top Gun to the extent that it was. But then again Top Gun is legendary and made me want to fly F14's when I was a kid. Unfortunately by the time I was in high school they'd already almost completely phased the Tomcat out and I wasn't about to fly anything else. Looking back I should have gone into the Navy or Air Force anyway because the new hardware was, of course, far superior but you weren't going to tell 18 year old me that because I knew everything. It is what it is, lol. Anyways I love Iron Eagle. I think that if you love Top Gun then you'll enjoy this.

[@switchblade800x3]

It's not to tear down the Air Force but to be honest, it seems much cooler to be called a naval aviator than an air force pilot?

[@MidlandsMoS]

Did you ever hear such shite 🤣

[@robertobuatti7226]

Love this 80's blockbuster, it has such an awesome feel good soundtrack, on a visual scale it's very cinematic with big action sequences, also tonally it just lifts your spirits but also has emotional stakes, just like the original Top Gun did.

[@formallyknownasj.a.2074]

I don’t care how cheesy or unlikely the plot is, I STILL love Iron Eagle. I loved it when I was five when it came out and love it now. Hell, I may even dare to say I enjoy it more than Top Gun due to the more action scenes and it was this movie that sparked my love of the F-16.

[@rockero1313]

at least this one had an actual plot

[@mach78fl370]

Yeah, it’s actually better than Top Gun.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Worst movie of all time.

[@rinzler9775]

The cheesy plot is what makes it even better.

[@patrickbrinkmeier1858]

@@mach78fl370 . Not even close. I was born in 1979 so I grew up in the 80s and loved this movie as a small child up through the age of about 14. I liked Top Gun better but thought this was a great film in my mind. Now, looking back I realize how outrageously cheesy the movie was and impossible the plot was. Also, the cheesy "weapons display" you see in the cockpit showing the remaining missiles and bombs was so far removed from reality as well as the horrible editing that kept showing the wrong remaining weapons load that I can't help but laugh at it now. Through in the fact the whole plot is absolutely impossible in that a teenager whose father is a pilot just gets to fly F-16s and his friends who are Air Force brats can just go everywhere on the base including into classified areas to plan out the mission. Plus, he takes off from the US and supposedly makes it to the middle east with only refueling in air one time....The playing rock and roll in a walkman while flying a F16 you stole is beyond outrageous. I guess being older now and having served in the Marines makes me realize how corny it all is. While I was never involved in military aviation ( I was infantry ) I still realize how impossible all this is. The movie serves the purpose of being typical 80s military propaganda showcasing US military power like other 80s flicks like the Rambo Movies, Top Gun, Red Dawn, Invasion USA, The Final Countdown, etc and is good for brainless entertainment but that's about it.

[@lukesdoings7150]

I remember being obsessed with Iron Eagle. I loved the F-16. Inspired me to join the Air Force. However, I never worked the F-16, I maintained C-130s. I remember being super pumped to watch Iron Eagle 2 on VHS only to be like WTF after the first 5 minutes. They killed Doug?! I still watched it, but I was super bummed... Everyone needs to watch "Mover Ruins Movies" here on KZbin.

[@dheck8887]

Boy my 12 yr old self loved this movie. I would rent it from a place called videodrome. Running the snake was my favorite scene. Thanks for all the behind the scenes info. Great job

[@ptrgreeny]

A video store called "Videodrome"? That's classic! I'd be afraid to play an unmarked tape from that place.

[@wallyr.7854]

I love this 80s gem of a movie, it’s right up there next to another unappreciated and overlooked movie from the 80s that I love, The Last Starfighter. Thank you for the fantastic review and look back, hopefully it’ll inspire many that have never watched Iron Eagle to search for it and enjoy it for what it is, a great 80s movie.

[@elcid9054]

I loved the last star fighter !

[@wallyr.7854]

@@elcid9054 An 80s classic 😃👍🏻

[@stellviahohenheim]

Except this movie is made out of hatred towards the arabs

[@elcid9054]

@@stellviahohenheim nothing wrong with that

[@wallyr.7854]

@@stellviahohenheim 🙄

[@erics8192]

This movie was so under appreciated in its day. I remember watching it in the theater with my dad as a kid. When I got home that same day I built a F16 out of legos. It didn't really look like and F16 though. That plane has cemented a place in my heart because of that movie. Come on, one F16 single handed crippled a small country's entire military and economy!

[@goodrealm]

My fav epic scene, when Doug played the song One Vision while flying his F16!

[@MrBdiddypop]

Jason Gerrick was just some kid who came to Hollywood and luckily enough got into movies pretty quickly. He starred in The Heavenly Kid, this and he followed this up with Rooftops, his last starring role. He turned into a supporting actor after that in Backdraft and more or less became a working actor in tv. His movie career seemed short but Gedrick made his mark in some incredible 80’s movies.

[@coolcat6303]

Yeah I’m surprised he wasn’t a bigger star because he was a decent actor & had the good looks to go with it. But at least he was in several big movies like Backdraft and Born on the 4th of July.

[@MrBdiddypop]

I’m not sure what his role in Born on the 4th of July was. May have just been almost like an extra in that one. He did have a nice little role in Backdraft. He was the overzealous new guy who unfortunately died. There was a movie that almost no one saw that was pretty good with him in it. It was called “Crossing the Bridge” with Stephen Baldwin. It was an indie that can out around 1993. I saw it in video back and was impressed with him in that. He plays a very aggressive character. So many careers in Hollywood seem to be based on whether the actor was in hit films. It’s also about youth.

[@ABQSentinel]

I really loved this movie when I was a kid. As I look back on it now, I realize how impressive the stunt flying in the Cessna 150 Aerobat (Doug's plane that he races against Natcher) really was. Art Scholl's death, later in Top Gun, was a real tragedy.

[@rockmanx6857]

One of my older brothers introduced me to Iron Eagle when I was a kid way back in the unforgettable 80's. R.I.P 🙏

[@denisenewton5107]

Iron Eagle and The Rescue are two of my favorite 80's movies.

[@badkitty4922]

Wow! This is reminding me how much I miss Louis Gossett Jr! He was frikken BRILLIANT in Enemy Mine, among so many more illustrious movies. I first saw him as a kid in the mini series Roots. The original one in the 70s, of course.

[@rinzler9775]

The part where he does the tape play back pep talk "if your playing this, things didnt go to plan....your in a Iron Eagle..." - hey, great name for a film right ?

[@patrickbrinkmeier1858]

His best role by far was An Officer And A Gentlemen which is the movie he won an Oscar for best supporting actor.

[@nymets1104]

I loved this movie as a kid in the early 90s. I would put on my favorite cassette tapes while playing Pilotwings on my Super Nintendo pretending to be Doug Masters. The scene where Chappi and Doug are going through his Vietnam war album always hit me hard. Thanks for doing this

[@invitationentertainment7028]

Thanks for all the detailed comments and love. You got most of it right!

[@ShurlockHolmes]

Everyone is non other than the writer of the movie himself right here👆

[@Bluboy30]

This film was always on TV back in the early 90s and I've watched it every time when it came on. Heck, I even enjoyed the sequels. 😅

[@ericshue2376]

Fun entertaining if you enjoy aviation. Can’t go wrong.

[@TJLucas-xq9ro]

Hoowaaah! Watched this 3 weeks ago and still hasn't lost it's magic. I'm still the 80's kid where originality was king. Iron Eagle is the one that kept it's heart in the 80's and in it's fans. Just better than Top gun in my opinion because of... The love interest... Dragged down Top gun while lifting Iron Eagle because THIS IS WAR BABY, AND MY POP'S NEEDS ME, HE ONLY HAS 3 DAY, AND IF WE STAND HERE YAPPIN' WE'RE GONNA WASTE 1 OF THEM...slightly altered by me... This movie had me captivated by the United arts pegasus intro, I heard the theme from the other room an just knew what was being played, so I came running to watch it from start to finish as a 9 year old. Crappywood movies today can't hold my attention today for more than an hour in general, why is that I wonder? I believe the Iron Eagle soundtrack played it's part in making the film iconic compared to the sounds of Top Gun. And what about the love between a father and eldest son...with the wife/mother looking to said eldest to man up and be a responsible for the rest of the family. How could the eldest son look at his younger brother and sister growing up without their father, knowing he could have done something to save their pops. It means a bit more in my world than your friend dying in dog combat...Still sad though 😔 Final words...Iron Eagle is dramatic, is sad, is action, is thrilling, is thoughtful, is Top fun, is 80's nostalgia. Thanks for listening .

[@martf8014]

Load of bollocks

[@grapeshot]

Yes I love this discount Top Gun movie growing up, liked the soundtrack too, also I like how the name Lou Gossett Jr's character after the real life General Chappie.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

One of my fav 80s movies. Used rent this, Clue and Disorganized Crime EVERY school holidays.

[@brion0220]

I havent seen this yet, but Jason Gedrick was great in The Heavenly Kid. One of my fave low budget forgotten 80's comedies.

[@ericfisher1360]

My sister loved that movie.

[@mdturnerinoz]

Yeah, but Iron Eagle had Queen's awesome "One Vision" in it AND Louis Gossett Jr (awesome from "Officer and a Gentleman")! Thanks for reminding me about this; I just bought a down steamed copy!

[@GotAerialllc]

Iron Eagle is second only to the original top gun movie! Changed and molded my life.. by the Grace of GOD i ended up getting my sing engine pilot license in 36hrs

[@ryanholmes8587]

Rest in peace Louis! I loved the Iron Eagle series.

[@zoti]

One of the miniatures they used in this movie was an F16 that had a ducted fan with a piston engine. The guy that built it was a friend of my parents and had an RC hobby shop in my home town and that F16 was hung up in his store. I used to go there and look at it.

[@jacktupp4358]

True story time... I was in 5th grade when I discovered this movie. I was at my babysitters after school and for some reason she had it on rental and I watched it... and I swear she must have rented it every week just for me because I wore that tape out when I was at her place. This was my absolute favorite movie back then... Fighter jets, good guys bad guys, gang of friends, sticking it to adults... cool guy main character, keep you in your lane wise mentor, the hot girls, it had everything a boy my age wanted in a movie.

[@jimbutke]

I was in the Air Force when this came out. Saw it with friends at the base theater. Of course, being servicemen, we knew the logistics were laughable, as there was no way a kid could get on the flight line; let alone get into an aircraft. But it was an entertaining film with a cool soundtrack

[@rinzler9775]

Apparently it was the source of an Air Force / Navy tongue in cheek rivalry "our movie was better than yours"

[@danielmankowski922]

A great 80s time capsule this movie is! Love the soundtrack so much I periodically will start my car while cranking Adrenalin's Road of the Gypsy. Hi rewatch value for this!

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

I kind of hoped that Top Gun Maverick would feature a crossover between Top Gun (1986) and Iron Eagle. We could've witnessed Capt Doug Masters, Capt Matt Cooper and Maj Miles Pearce fly with the Top Gun pilots.

[@jacobgraves3505]

You didn’t notice that maverick was a basic rip off of the iron eagle 2 plot except for the ground forces?

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

@@jacobgraves3505 Not exactly. Cooper was a Capt (O-2) and not an instructor.

[@Perry2186]

Hornets saved by strike eagles and maybe a raptor

[@joebro391]

I LOOOOVED this movie as a kid. I've been wanting to rewatch it as an adult but was worried it would have lost its charm. But now, after watching this, it's time for a revisit!

[@admwadenx]

I'm such an aviation geek, they could have put wings and engines on a rock and I would have gone to see it! Fond memories of this one!

[@toddboughn5168]

As an 80s kid, this is 80s cheese of the highest magnitude. And I say that from a place of love.

[@Rockers202]

‘Old enough to rock and roll’ Rainey Haines. Criminal that it wasn’t on the soundtrack album. That cassette player leg brace was freakin awesome too.

[@jasonverdejo3728]

You can now get a copy directly from the artist - autographed

[@rockers4272]

I got one as a gift for my brother, and she signed my name.

[@alexyao8223]

I watched this video tape in college about 1990, always remember the air combat with the music the rhythm

[@Eleminop]

I used to watch this all the time as a kid. I actually just watched it again a few weeks ago.

[@DoctorJay184]

That moment (1:10) when your comment features in a video!

[@Mariosalty]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! I realize this is a low budget youth lead Top Gun but hey, I've watched this film, a lot. Respect. And I still put it's soundtrack up there as one of the best.

[@russ4AGE]

Thanks for reminding about this movie. I watched this, top gun and iron eagle 2 on repeat as a kid. Purchased on iTunes today and am excited to watch it again.

[@greecoboost]

I loved this movie and still do. Really appreciate this video for the wealth of info. Also, that scene where Doug imitates Slappy's voice was and still is hilarious.

[@howardbartlett3026]

I always thought that he was imitating the radio announcer "Wolfman Jack".

[@dustinpaulson1123]

"THIS IS THE BLUEBIRD"

[@AZRockslide42]

When I was growing up, I preferred Iron Eagle to Top Gun. And I have watched Iron Eagle II more often than I would like to admit. Anyone else think Lou Gosset Junior is an extremely underrated actor?

[@ptrgreeny]

Completely agreed. Gosset is one of those actors that no matter what type of movie he's cast in...he NEVER phones it in. I actually don't like Top Gun...Iron Eagle knows exactly what it is and runs with it. It's more fun movie to me than Top Gun.

[@danielmankowski922]

I am with you, Iron Eagle II is a good sequel. Louis Gossett is great , one of his most underrated roles is in The Principal.

[@Physick1]

He was amazing in Enemy Mine. All that prosthetic makeup and he still could convey emotions so easily.

[@ericseitzler81]

Hell yeah. Idk why but I feel like when I die and finally meet god he is gonna look like Louis gossett Jr for some reason.i know it's weird but I always felt that way.

[@ericshue2376]

Iron eagle 2 was a very good part 2 Would have been better if they didn’t kill off doug

[@ryanh7844]

Loved this movie growing up. I wish this and the 2nd movie was released on blu-ray.

[@NStillman]

I loooved this movie So much. I think I actually watched it way more than Top Gun, definitely every time it was on tv.

[@Highlander1518]

Loved Iron Eagle. The soundtrack alone is amazing. Queen, Dio, King Kobra, Helix, Twisted Sister, Adrenalin.

[@seereadnhear]

I can remember by the time the sequel came out and we would see some of the promotional commercials with Jason getrick in the commercials we were all pissed off and heartbroken that they had killed him off. As for the fourth film that's another story. Take a relook at that real close.

[@rinzler9775]

Lol - I remember that, Doug killed in the first 5 minutes, like what ?

[@ericshue2376]

My child brain in the theater. Wtf… you killed Doug???

[@ericshue2376]

Besides that it did a good job of creating a sequel. Good plot. Interesting mission.

[@robwalsh9843]

Honestly if you want a fun dogfight movie, Iron Eagle and Iron Eagle 2 are actually just a bit more entertaining than Top Gun in my opinion. Top Gun's strength was its characters to be sure. But Top Gun: Maverick is the better movie I think, it was one of those rare sequels that improves on its original. Iron Eagle was just a sort of check-your-brain-at-the-door-and-sit-back action flick.

[@caeserromero3013]

I actually preferred Iron Eagle as a kid. Mainly for the rather weird reason, that my nans dog's favorite dog food was called 'Chappie' :)

[@juanzuniga5976]

One of my all time favorite 80’s movies

[@GwydionsAstralCoffeehouse]

2 Betamaxes, 1 blank tape, 1 rented Iron Eagle = Years of watching Iron Eagle... must have seen in 30 times before I was 12. 🤣 Definitely was more into this than Top Gun... perhaps because of The Heavenly Kid. 🤔

[@charlesloomis2224]

The aerial action and the music!!! Outstanding!!

[@tokensoftokens]

I used to love this movie as a kid, even though I wished that with the title Iron Eagle they would have used F15's. No issues with the F16, I just always thought it would have been great with the title.

[@MrBoyYankee]

Don't forget Robbie Rist, Melora Waters rounding out the cast.

[@mikegreene8610]

this movie i was a huge fan of cause have having high school kids get into an air force base, manipulate the air force into giving up 2 f-16's and flying them on a unauthorized mission to the middle east to rescue doug's father and having doug go to the air force academy afterwards all i have to say is wow!!!

[@f..kingf..k]

I met Larry B Scott in 2005 in LA. was able to talk with him for about an hour. I recited his part "That Music is Jamming D". He just laughed.

[@retrosim4197]

Interestingly, the military objective of TOP GUN Maverick is actually quite similar to Iron Eagle II. Both films aim to take out a nuclear facility with close formation flying inside low level canyons.

[@brainfat1]

This is the reason I couldn't get into Maverick. Of course Maverick is incredibly well made but I could not separate myself from that first movie. They even have teams with bad blood having to come together.

[@bobtimusprime4005]

Which were both borrowed from Star Wars.

[@rinzler9775]

I'm sure Tom Cruise got inspiration from this, and the Star Wars trench run, and The Right Stuff, etc - hey, but it works.

[@rinzler9775]

I like how in Top Gun Maverick they immediately address the F35 issue, some guy says at the start "Just send in the F35's" and they give a loose excuse "GPS doesn't work there so we cant send them" - lol

[@B-A-L]

@@rinzler9775 Don't forget The Dambusters which was the grandpappy of them all!

[@robingarzon6696]

El gran doug masters!!! I was born 1992 and i watch this movie in 1997 with my brother, he taught the 80's culture.

[@hariszark7396]

The movie was great to watch as a teenager at the '80s. A little simplistic at the way it things the military and air combat really works but it "speaks" in every teenage boy that loves aircrafts....

[@michaelsasylum]

I loved Iron Eagle. Great movie and a true 80s staple.

[@thegreatwhite1885]

I was a latch key kid and home alone during summers. Had crappy vhs recording of iron Eagle. Watched it every afternoon for the entire summer. We didn't have cable at the time.

[@kenhill3230]

I love this movie. I would pick it over Top Gun all day every day. Yes you had to have a major suspension of disbelief, but once you started watching it was easy. A great, fun 80's movie.

[@duglife2230]

Gonna be honest, I had no idea the F-16 Fighting Falcon was that old of an aircraft... I thought it was much newer.

[@ClericChris]

I was expecting to hear the iconic baseline. You also can't mention Iron Eagle without mentoring Air Wolf and Blue Thunder. Air Wolf may have the best intro track too. Those were the golden years of aviation cinema.

[@georgskleinewerkstatt8678]

My childhood Soundtrack... still love this movie...

[@jediapostleknight]

This is one of my ultimate favorite movies since I was kid! Love it! and the Soundtrack is epic!

[@hey_you]

Shawnee Smith also stars in the Saw franchise, which is a fun lil fact.

[@drakensberg.multimedia]

If I remember correctly. Iron Eagle actually had a bigger budget than Top Gun. It obviously wasn't utilized wisely. That being said. I still love the film for what it is, pure escapism with a decent soundtrack.

[@abw737]

It's been 20 long years, the fire still burning.

[@Other_Rookie]

Top Gun 2 has had its time to shine, now we need Iron Eagle 5.

[@ETHRON1]

Other than they both have jets in them you really can't compare the 2 movies...different stories altogether... enjoyed this video...will be watching Iron Eagle probably tonight..

[@PistonsProps]

Always loved the movie. Great behind the scenes insight.

[@JustinStrife]

I remember watching this in the 80's. It was entertaining, but it wasn't exactly high on my list of movies to go back to as I got older. The F14 has always been my favorite aircraft, and having a father and grandfather who were career Naval Aviators, Topgun has always been my favorite movie of all time(until Topgun: Maverick dethroned it). Still, Iron Eagle was fun, and I still really enjoyed the version with the old WW2 fighters(love the P38!).

[@doublep1980]

"Better than Top Gun? " Well, Sensei Johnny Lawrence definitely says yes.

[@yellowboeing6030]

Ahh, the good ol Hades bomb. The plane / dirt bike race was epic.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Woke Hollywood hit the brakes on quality entertainment, and Top Gun Maverick flew right by.

[@chrismartin3197]

TG: Mav wasn’t that great

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

@@chrismartin3197 I'll take it, but you don't have to. Isn't freedom of opinion awesome?

[@takischief3215]

This movie is really good and with an amazing soundtrack!

[@mikaellauring5025]

Loved Iron Eagle so much at the time. Thx for this vid. 🛩

[@edvaira6891]

I absolutely LOVED the King Kobra song from this movie, “Never Say Die (Iron Eagle)”

[@lorenclarke7815]

Was 15 when this came out. Saw it in theater. Liked it more than Top Gun then, and still do now.

[@terrydionne1541]

The F-16 will always be my favorite jet fighter.. with the camo paint they had in the movie made them the sexiest bird ever!.. it just can't be beat even looking at it in 2023. To know that they will still be in use 'till 2048 is just a testament of how these were just perfectly built.. just update them and it's done.

[@spidermonkey7605]

This is a great movie. Great cast! Lamar from Revenge of the Nerds... Doug from the Heavenly Kid. His girlfriend was Jan from the Office... And of course Chappy Sinclair who was the drill sergeant from Officer and a Gentleman. Chappy Sinclair is a real person who flew with the Tuskegee airmen.🍺

[@shoua7]

As a kid, I loved this movie!

[@cjford2217]

My favorite film as a kid. Part of what led me to enlist when I got old enough.

[@tpresley1703]

This is the first movie I went to see in a theater alone as a kid.

[@stevis8264]

I'm a former F-16 driver. Don't get me wrong. I love this movie. I've seen it many times over the years but the idea that a kid can be a fighter pilot after sneaking into the simulator and taking a few joyrides with his dad is ludicrous. I have to suspend a lot of disbelief to enjoy it, but I do enjoy it! I was the same age as the kids in the move and seeing people my age having pilots' licenses in it spurred me to go ahead and get my own later that same year.

[@rogerwood5228]

Well, I certainly watched Iron Eagle way more as a kid than Top Gun. The soundtrack alone kept me coming back.

[@redrocker1055]

Both movies are great as are both soundtracks. Both sequels have basically the same plot by TOP Gun: Maverick's stunts and cinematography are the best ever filmed.

[@stevenslager2323]

This movie is why I joined the air force in 2001 and work in aviation to this day

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

I don't know how many times I rewound the "collection"(?) montage just so I could hear that minute and change of 'We're Not Gonna Take It'. Ahh the days before YT and Spotify when you got tunes any way you could. Would I do it all over again..? 😂 Also used to play video games the same way..with the radio on.

[@jagsdomain203]

Remember the prequel to Top Gun? Finally count down. Best flight scenes of any movie including top gun

[@TELLViSiON]

Still haven’t seen neither Top Guns till this day, but I do remember watching Iron Eagle back in the days. Can’t tell it’s story though.

[@michaelmross1161]

This was always a favorite of mine. Just re watched it on Netflix. Still enjoyable.

[@fsj197811]

I've seen Iron Eagles as many times as Top guy and quite enjoyed both of them. I like the Iron Eagles soundtrack better and had it on either tape or record. The Cesna 152 he flies is still doing its thing as of 2023 ! Stall speed is 50 so it's going as slow as it can while that trail bike is maxed out. 🙂

[@thomasmeyer6407]

I had to watch this movie a 1000 times when I was kid! love it!

[@ericfisher1360]

Who made you do that??? 🤣🤣🤣

[@LeighMicheletti]

I still love this movie. I have re-watched it more than I ever have Top Gun. Pretty sure a good part of it is the soundtrack, it's killer. But also the plot is just better, even with the lackluster special effects. There is just something about a kid rescuing his dad against all the odds and needing a good beat to do it to.

[@TheTokyomatt]

Iron Eagle used the same explosion sequence. Sound Tracks were pretty well done.

[@jessethedeliveryguy1613]

One of those movies 🎬 we watched over and over as kids.

[@jordel2010]

Very interesting that bit about this movie's production nearly causing an actual war incident that would mistakenly involve the US; also, it is quite nice to see how many people seem to genuinely love this film. Objectively speaking, from a production standpoint, this movie doesn't compare to the original Top Gun, but that is no reason to say that it isn't entertaining enough; it is a pretty decent film, even if a bit dated for today's standards.