The Delta Force

In "The Delta Force," a hijacked 707 jetliner bound for New York via Rome and Athens becomes a floating battlefield. Lebanese terrorists demand a flight to Beirut, unaware that a crack team of American commandos has been dispatched to neutralize them. The film tightropes between tense negotiation and explosive confrontation, its claustrophobic setting amplifying the stakes. Director Lewis Teague stages the action with a cool, pragmatic eye, focusing on the mechanics of military intervention rather than heroics.