Air Strike

(2002) Air Strike ADVENTURE/ WAR/ ACTION

Straight-to-rental and very low budget semi- war movie centering on a group of soldiers that fly Longbow helicopters shown on the poster, and apparently one or two helicopters were shot down while shooting at some terrorist site on some European country full of trees and bushes similar to what one can see from his back yard. This specific action set piece uses old fashion animation and model sets which if anyone were to use the pause button should be able to make out that it looks really fake. Anyways, the movie was originally made in 2002 and not 2004 as RT indicated above which was closest to the time when 9/11 happened and it is intended to rally American soldiers except that the acting was second rate and the action is mediocre at best. The main good guys are the American soldiers of course combating a war on terrorism except that it's on some other foreign land that is farthest from where terrorists reside but was made like that because it may be made during the invasion of Iraq and not Afghanistan. Some helicopter soldiers after a fake unconvincing gunfire shoot out blasting bridges and so forth, and they they appear to be winning this little war since one of the soldiers was chanting U-S-A... U-S-A, until a single terrorist armed with a RPG manages to shoot down two Longbow helicopters equipped with several missile strikes. So they retreat and upon returning to the base happens to be a brother of the main star of the movie who vows revenge on the terrorist whose responsible. He was supposed to be done but because that unfortunate news, he was forced to come out of retirement. The terrorists also succeed in robbing some European bank with absolutely no problem including blowing up the area where they stole money from is one of the ludicrous scenes for a film to finance their terrorism acts which has nothing to do with the them indicates that the story was improvised just because it could even though the main baddie doesn't even need the money because he's also a drug trafficker. Illogical and terrible with small glimpses underneath young girls skirts/ dresses while dancing. The movie itself looks like it could've been directed by Roger Cormon himself. Avoid at all costs BOMB.

The movie is utterly predictable. The story is black and white, good guys vs. bad guys, no in between. ALL the cliches have been used in this movie, cheesy lines and all...

It's like they took some of the best lines of good classic american action movies, and made the actors recite them, one after the other... I mean, there's a scene where they're in the middle of enemy fire, and yet they stop to deliver an exchange of like 4-5 lines that completely useless to the story line, but i guess some writer thought it was "cool".

I'm surprised they didn't include the lines "I'll be back" or "Yippi-ka-yeah!", they put all the others...

and of course, all the storyline cliches were there... The woman that shows up in a squadron of men, they make fun because she's a woman, she proves herself to be just as worthy, one of the guys falls in love with her. And at the end, she even goes to rescue the guy and messes up and so our hero has to rescue her back... UGH!!

and not to forget the shot of the chopper flying home with the bright red sunset behind it and the fuel smoldering in the sun...

then the chopper returns home and they are greeted by all their army buddies, just like in Top Gun...

but then, they start chanting "USA! USA!" what was that????? i mean, even in the best, most patriotic movies they don't do that, especially since this wasn't even a WAR where the USA won against another country... They went to bust a drug lord's cartel!!! How is that a victory for the USA???? and who goes around chanting "USA! USA!", rather than hugging and shaking hands with your friends that have just come back from a dangerous mission!!!

This is one of the cheesiest movies i have ever seen. They takes lines through out the movie from great movies like Top Gun, Comanche, and Fire Birds. The flight scenes are the worst I have ever seen in a movie looking like they used R/C Helicopters to do most of the stunts. How much did it take to make this movie? Couldn't have been much. As far as the ground stunts and explosions looks to much like computer generated. The actors did an OK job for who they are. If movie where to be remade i would spend a lot more money. Also it shows in the movie that the military was not consulted very much or they probably would not have signed off. Just goes to show that anybody with a little bit of money can try to make a movie although not a very good one

I rented this DVD for $1 as a weekly, and I still feel ripped off. I cannot imagine the production company made a profit from this film? I hope DEJ productions make a better film next time.

Also, it looks bad when they use poor computer animation for some of their helicopter scenes.

There seemed to be a lacking of logic in the way the soldiers and pilots carried out their missions. Poor editing too, probably just rushed. But what can I expect for $1.

You may be able to get a refund on your money, but that is 95 minutes of your life you will never see again.

the worst "war movie" I have ever seen - the script was corny to say the least and the USA USA chanting made me vomit (maybe Americans love this stuff???) I am glad that I saw this at a friend's house on a 75 cent bootleg DVD bought here in China as it would be shame to have spent $5 to go to see it at the movies!