Iron Eagle II

While on a routine patrol in United States airspace west of Alaska, pilots Doug "Thumper" Masters and Matt "Cobra" Cooper test the g-forces of their F-16C fighter aircraft. Their antics get them carried away, and they stray over Soviet airspace. As they are being escorted back into U.S. airspace, one of the Soviet fighters (actually F-4 Phantoms because MiG-29s were unavailable) locks onto Doug, resulting in a dogfight where Matt loses control of his plane and is too late to save Doug, who is shot down by the Soviets. The next day, the U.S. Secretary of Defense publicly denies the incident, claiming a training accident caused by a fuel system malfunction killed Doug.

MPAA Rating:PG
Genre:Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country:Canada, Israel
Produced By:Andras Hamori, Jacob Kotzky, Asher Gat, John Kemeny, StÉPhane Reichel, Sharon Harel
Directed By:Sidney J. Furie
Written By:Kevin Alyn Elders, Sidney J. Furie
Cast:Uri Gavriel, Sharon Brandon, Mark Humphrey, Louis Gossett Jr., Michael J. Reynolds, Nicolas Coucos, Gary Reineke, Jason Blicker, Douglas Sheldon, Jery Hyman, Janine Manatis, Stuart Margolin, Azaria Rapaport, Maury Chaykin, Colm Feore, Neil Munro, Jesse Collins, Clark Johnson, Mark Ivanir, Jason Gedrick, Alan Scarfe, Jonathan Cherchi
In Theaters:Nov 11, 1988
Runtime:1 hour 45 minutes
Production:Carolco Pictures, Alliance Entertainment, Harkot Productions
Box Office:$10,497,324
Available On:Amazon, Vudu
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