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ACTUALLY, THERE IS one other possibility for this Holocaust garbage: the makers of the Delta Force included the symbolism to make the first half of the movie as bogus as possible. If this was the goal, they succeeded. It was certainly the most over-acted piece of modern film I have ever seen...
...first half of the film was dull and ludicrous, it was a party compared to the second half. Instead of having diplomats work out a peaceful settlement of the hijacking crisis, as was actually the case, the Delta Force is called in. This group of "real" Americans is given the go-ahead to invade Beirut, to free the hostages, and then to escape in the hijacked 747. The possibility of failure is never even considered...
Even if we place our intelligence in the deepest portion of our brain, the Delta Force's antics don't make the grade. The Force's victories just aren't exciting, and their gruesomeness is unappealing. Even big Chuck Norris fails to live up to the fight scenes. In fact, unlike in his earlier films, he hardly ever uses his incredible physical strength or fighting ability in hand-to-hand combat. Instead, we see him use superior American weaponry and sheer bravado to defeat the enemy. (By the way, Norris is also presented as a master strategist and a speaker...
...guess if I were forced to describe the movie in one word, I'd have to use cheap. The plot can be summarized in one sentence. The action is forgettable. In order to make this empty package appealing to the film consumer, Delta Force tries to play upon the basest of human emotions: revenge. Tired of being kicked around by nasty terrorists, Americans can finally see their boys fight back. As such, the film is nothing but an inferior version of Rambo II, in which our frustration about the Vietnam War was used and abused. But even Sylvester Stallone...
...think that I'm taking this movie too seriously. After all, the makers of Delta Force picked an actual event and then selected an Amercian reaction to it which they felt was more appropriate than the actual reaction. I was forced to decide whether this reaction was actually superior. The success of an actual Delta Force raid on Beirut was so slim as to be ridiculous. The penalty for failure was also too great. If anything, Delta Force is a demonstration of how dangerous such rash, jingoistic actions can be. Of course, it is also a demonstration...