I sat down to watch the 1988 action movie "Black Eagle" again in 2021. I believe that this is actually only my second time to watch this movie since it was released. Yeah, I can't claim that I was much of a fan of the movie back when it was newly released.
The storyline told in "Black Eagle" is very generic in terms of late 1980s action movies go. You know, the type where it is one man against an entire army and a single arch nemesis. Yeah, such was the writing of A. E. Peters, Michael Gonzales and Shimon Arama. But hey, it was a formula that worked back then and actually still have something to it even today. However, I found "Black Eagle" to be a bit too much on the bland side, so it is not going to become an action classic for me.
"Black Eagle" does have martial arts star Shô Kosugi and action star Jean-Claude Van Damme on the cast list, so you are not in for a boring time in terms of action and fights. With "Black Eagle" being one of the first proper movies for Van Damme, it was fun to watch him over-act the fight scenes in that way that only he can manage.
And you are in for an abundance of thick accents throughout the course of the movie. That has to count for something, right?
I will say that "Black Eagle" is watchable, but it is not an outstanding gem in the action genre. And I doubt I will be returning to watch it again any time soon.
My rating of "Black Eagle" from director Eric Karson lands on a five out of ten stars.
The storyline told in "Black Eagle" is very generic in terms of late 1980s action movies go. You know, the type where it is one man against an entire army and a single arch nemesis. Yeah, such was the writing of A. E. Peters, Michael Gonzales and Shimon Arama. But hey, it was a formula that worked back then and actually still have something to it even today. However, I found "Black Eagle" to be a bit too much on the bland side, so it is not going to become an action classic for me.
"Black Eagle" does have martial arts star Shô Kosugi and action star Jean-Claude Van Damme on the cast list, so you are not in for a boring time in terms of action and fights. With "Black Eagle" being one of the first proper movies for Van Damme, it was fun to watch him over-act the fight scenes in that way that only he can manage.
And you are in for an abundance of thick accents throughout the course of the movie. That has to count for something, right?
I will say that "Black Eagle" is watchable, but it is not an outstanding gem in the action genre. And I doubt I will be returning to watch it again any time soon.
My rating of "Black Eagle" from director Eric Karson lands on a five out of ten stars.