Aces: Iron Eagle III

Exactly what I wanted

Just as I remember it was a good movie I think it was better than two

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Iron Eagle 3 Aces, stars Louis Gossett Jr. as Air force reserve Col. Charles "Chappy" Sinclair flying geniune WW2 planes in a air show, learns of the death of a friend, a pilot, whose plane wreckage is shown to have drugs. While visiting his late friends home comes by his sister Anna, played by Rachel Mclish, returning home after escaping from captors holding her Peruvian village, Sinclair finds out drugs are being smuggled out of the air base that are tied to some personnel that includes the general(played Mitchell Ryan). Chappy must then lead his fellow aces to go into combat flying WW2 warbirds that include the P 38 lightning, Spitefire Mk.IX, Zero A6M, and Messersmitt 109 G (actually a Mustang D painted over) to liberate Anna's village from evil drug lords. The aerial shots of the classic planes make for exciting action, and a thrilling conclusion.

The four aviators and their planes from the WW2 era -- representing Britain, America, Germany and Japan (actors Christopher Cazenove, Louis Gossett Jr., Horst Buchholz and Sonny Chiba) -- keep their skills intact by performing stunt-flying demonstrations at a local airfield; and then Anna (Ms. Olympia Rachel McLish) entangles them in a mission to Peru to save her village from a drug lord and his thugs. It's a delight to see these historic planes flying in formation. A fine action movie with memorable characters by 007 Director John Glen. Rachel McLish is in amazing shape and her character, Anna, does a large share of the fighting.

The use of vintage aircraft, even those that are made to look like the Jap A6M Zero (T-6) and the Me 109 (P51B), still is awesome to watch. Having flown in the past, I know that the older prop fighters can turn inside a jet fight. It is also harder to hit, when you factor in the difference air speeds. Great cast also helps make this a awesome movie. G.Goff

I am writing this review to warn potential buyers of "Iron Eagle III: Aces" as many secondary sellers here are 'mistaking' releases. New Line Cinema released a version here in the United States that is anamorphic widescreen (16x9) with DTS surround sound. Alliance Atlantis released their own full screen version in Canada with mono sound.Since the New Line Widescreen version is out-of-print it can only be obtained through secondary sellers here on amazon. The problem is many sellers are listing the Full Screen Canadian release (that has a different bar code/ISBN number mind you) here on the New Line page instead of the proper Alliance Atlantis Aces:Iron Eagle 3 (Ff) page.I originally bought "Iron Eagle III: Aces" here from a secondary seller and was disappointed to receive the Canadian version that sadly only has a Full Screen transfer (though it does have a nice reversible cover with the title in French). I have no problem with Canadian DVDs as they are playable here in the United States (both are Region 1/NTSC) but I was upset the seller 'mistakenly' listed the wrong release when I was expecting the New Line WIDESCREEN version.Since this mistake on the sellers part I have obtained the New Line WIDESCREEN release and it is of considerable higher picture quality so I encourage people wanting the WIDESCREEN New Line version to do their research and ask sellers questions before purchasing. Otherwise you might be stuck with the FULL SCREEN Canadian counterpart like I did.

Iron Eagle three is based on when USA and the Soviet Union were at odds with each other during the cold war. This is a great movie for the whole family and shows even when u r at odds with someone you can still be on the same team to stop terrorist bent on destruction of life as we know it.

5 star

Pour revoir cet ancien film. Bon dvd. Seul bémol, entièrement en anglais sans sous titre.

Bought this for a friend. He was very please. Great time, great product. Would buy from this vendor again. Thanks so much.

very nice good timely delivery

I watched Iron Eagle as a child with my mother and from then on i watched it's following sequels well not as good as the original it is an ok film, my main reason for buying it is i am a touch OCD and it annoys me to look at my DVD wall and see a film i know has sequels but i don't have them i still need Iron Eagle 4 but it is a tad exspensive for what it is