Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle (1986) is an "action" film which has scenes of gratuitous violence and senseless vilification of "Arabs". Iron Eagle is one of the prime examples presented by Jack Shaheen to how the virulent orientalism/vilification of "Arabs" in Hollywood films.

Synopsis:

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. Their only problems: Borrowing two fighters, getting them from California to the Mediteranean without anyone noticing, and Doug's inability to hit anything unless he has music playing. Then come the minor problems of the state's air defenses.

Principals

• Sidney J. Furie Director / Writer
• Kevin Elders Writer
• Sidney J. Furie