Although I was aware of the first two Chappie-centric sequels to Iron Eagle, this direct-to-video turkey has flown under my radar for more than 30 years. I simply had no idea that Iron Eagle on the Attack existed. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
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In 1986 a film hit theaters with fast jets, high-flying dogfights, a killer soundtrack, and a young maverick pilot who broke the rules in order to get the job done. Then, four months later, Top Gun was released. Largely panned for its admittedly ridiculous plot (albeit one that looks far more plausible today given the scripts of movies like Top Gun: Maverick), Iron Eagle starred Jason Gedrick as high school student Doug Masters who, along with his friends and a reservist (Louis Gossett Jr.), stole Air Force assets and helped plan and execute a rescue mission halfway around the world.
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Writer/director Ido Fluk tackles the life of teenage concert organizer Vera Brandes (Mala Emde) and the Köln Concert, recorded in the West German Opera House which would become both the best-selling Jazz solo album and the best-selling piano album ever recorded. Breaking out of her stifling family dynamic, Brandes started booking clubs and concerts for Jazz musicians at the age of 15 and three years later, despite a number of obstacles, delivered Keith Jarrett (John Magaro) on stage to perform what is regarded as a seminal moment in music history.
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Set during the Japanese Revolution, 11 Rebels offers a fictionalized account of the Shibata clan’s betrayal. Attempting to mollify both sides, the clan prepares for envoys of the current government, it sends a smattering of soldiers in a group made up mostly of pardoned convicts to defend an outpost outside the city, delaying forces from the other side of the war until the current envoys have left (allowing the clan to appear as if they are backing both sides).
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Adapted from the novel of the same name, and with more than a passing resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock‘s The Lady Vanishes, Keira Knightly stars as investigative journalist Laura Blacklock who, after a rough assignment, takes a posh assignment covering a group of the uber-rich on a private yacht. Things go wrong when Laura witnesses what she believes is a murder onboard, only for no one found to be missing and none of the crew nor the other guests willing to believe her story.
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