A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes led by Major McCoy (Norris) and by Colonel Alexander (Marvin) as been called into service to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner and who's involved in the hijacking and try to retake the plane before the terrorists kill all the hostages. The Delta Force is a film that 80's Action Fans will definitely enjoy and although it starts pretty slow and full with tension inside an aircraft and don't get me wrong both the 2nd and 3rd act were pretty great but i think the 1st act built a lot of tension and had some pretty good moments but overall this is a great film with nice performances by Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Robert Forster and George Kennedy, the soundtrack by Alan Silvestri is terrific and something that i can listen all day and the action itself was pretty excellent especially the sequences with Chuck Norris riding the motorcycle and in my opinion it was a pretty great film and i'm going to give it an A

When the terrorists Abdul Rafai (Robert Foster) and Mustafa (David Menahem) hijack a Boeing 707 in Athenas with 144 passengers and crew, they use a grenade to force Captain Campbell (Bo Svenson) to fly to Beirut, Lebanon, instead of to Rome and New York. Meanwhile the Delta Force commanded by Colonel Nick Alexander (Lee Marvin) and Major McCoy (Chuck Norris) are assigned to resolve the situation. Abdul and Mustafa separate the Jewish and Marine passengers and they are transported to Beirut, while twelve other terrorists embark on board. Then they fly to Algiers, where the women and children are released. McCoy and the Delta Force team are prepared to attack the plane when Alexander learns that there are now fourteen terrorists on board and not only two, and he aborts the mission. Abdul kills a Marine and returns to Beirut with the male passengers on board. Now the Delta Force needs to act in two locations crowded of terrorists to release the hostages. Will they succeed?"The Delta Force" is an action film with great cast with a realistic and tense beginning, with the terrorist action to take the airplane. Unfortunately when the Delta Force arrives, the film turns to a collection of clichés with overoptimistic patriotic attitudes and annoying music score and funny like "The Expendables" franchise. Menahem Golan lost the chance of making a great film, preferring the propaganda and a cheesy "dramatic" conclusion. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Commando Delta" ("Delta Commando")

My son and I were scanning Netflix and I thought he might like this movie. I really couldn't remember watching Delta Force. It was absurd - at the very beginning there is a guy stuck in a burning building or chopper and he is stuck under a jeep ---- no one in the squad goes to help the guy except Norris, All the others run away and say screw it. even when Norris is helping the guy, Lee Marvin insists they have to get going and close up the plane to leave - he is basically saying whatever I don't care who gets left behind. Then they try to make this movie seem realistic as that whole scene was supposed to be the attempt to recover the hostages in Iran. we fast forwarded over most of it - but what we saw was ridiculous - in a final scene a plane is taking off trying to leave Beirut - first of all - the airport is in the middle of a massive cotton field... since when do they grow cotton in Beirut? there are terrorists ON THE RUNWAY shooting at the plane and the bullets literally bounce off the wheels and the sides of the plane. they shot at the plane with 6 or seven machine guns with the plane driving straight at them for about a minute and didn't do any damage.we were laughing so hard at how stupid it was. my son and I both agreed we would have kicked the crap out of the two terrorists that originally took over the plane. that would be more believable than what we were watching. fun to watch for a laugh and wonder how people were allowed to make this quality of a movie.

90% of cast and crew on this film were Israeli and was obvious there intention was to portray 'Arabs' in a bad light. The movie sucked, the second is a lot better. How common is it to see Hollywood portray Arabs in the wrong way judging an entire nation of almost 2 billion people by the actions of a few. Its like judging Christianity based on the actions of the KKK....See my point?The second movie is much better. Contains a much better realistic storyline, better action, actors don't all look constipated and audio seems to be much better to name but a few improvements.