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• Title: Iron Eagle on the Attack
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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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• Title: Iron Eagle
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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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• Title: 11 Rebels
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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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