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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1988 DVD Release: 04/23/2002 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Live/Artisan Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Action Thriller

A pair of American pilots are forced to cooperate with their Soviet counterparts on a mission to destroy a Middle Eastern nuclear weapons site in this predictable, low-budget action sequel. The first Iron Eagle's rebellious fly boy Cooper (Mark Humphreys) has returned, as has his gruff mentor Chappy (Louis Gossett Jr. as yet another military man). They must work with two Russian pilots, one of whom is a beautiful woman that handsome young Cooper naturally sets out to woo. An extended build-up, including the requisite government conspiracy, leads to the climactic final battle. Average-at-best production values fail to elevate the film above a derivative screenplay, although the film did find enough success to produce further installments in the series. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

Louis Gossett, Jr. - Charles Sinclair
Mark Humphrey - Capt. Cooper
Stuart Margolin - General Stillmore
Alan Scarfe - Colonel Vardovsky
Sharon H. Brandon - Valeri Zuyeniko

Sidney J. Furie's air adventure Iron Eagle II comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making this bare-bones Artisan release difficult to recommend to anyone other than genre enthusiasts, although even they might be disappointed. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide