Delta Force
A group of terrorists led by Robert Forster in fake tan Hijack an aircraft. Being the 80s they're islamic radicals with a shady agenda. Once it seems like things are really going wrong Delta force are called in to save the day, led by Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin!
An amalgam of events culled from real life terrorist atrocities of the time, Delta Force spends two thirds of its time as an action film by way of films like Earthquake and Airport with an all star cast cropping up throughout including the late, great George Kennedy, Bo Svenson and Martin Balsam. Once it gets to the final act it all goes a little nuts and any pretence the the film is aiming at being a realistic & gritty action drama goes out the window as we have motorbikes shooting rockets and a body count close to a war crime. As daft as is all is its lots of fun and worth a watch. Still better than navy seals!
The other side of the door.
Well, my local isn't bothering showing either Hail Caesar or The witch preffering to dedicate its screens to Dads Army and Grimsby. However they were showing this so I decided to give it a go. Basically an American couple living in India lose their child, the mother who is grief stricken is told of a temple where the living can communicate with the dead. She is warned not to open the door under any circumstances. Naturally this being a horror film she doesn't listen and then weird stuff begins to happen.
I went into this with my expectations lowered. Its looked like it might end up a collection of false scares set up in exchange for atmosphere however it's turned out to be a better film than I had anticipated. Its not perfect and sometimes it loses the courage of its convictions and falls back on cheap scares, however it still does manage to create an unsettling atmosphere and while people familiar with ghost stories will see what's happening it does actually deliver something a little new with the Hindu mythology. Overall I'd suggest its worth giving this a shot if you get the chance.
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