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A Balasaur Score of 44 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 17%, Metacritic 41/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 4 titles in its series.
Synopsis
When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
351 audience votes
Key crew
- Kevin Alyn EldersScreenplay
- Sidney J. FurieDirector
- Basil PoledourisOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney J. FurieScreenplay
Cast
- Louis Gossett Jr.Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
- Jason GedrickDoug Masters
- David SuchetMinister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
- Tim ThomersonCol. Ted Masters
- Larry B. ScottReggie
- Caroline LagerfeltElizabeth Masters
- Jerry LevineTony
- Robbie RistMilo Bazen
- Michael BowenKnotcher
- Robert JayneMatthew 'Matt' Masters
- Melora HardinKatie
- David GreenleeKingsley
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Themes
rescuegovernmentairplanegeneralparent child relationshipdictatormissilecold warpatriotismpilotu.s. air forcecolonel