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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 26890
Released: September 19, 2000 |
| Our Price: $3.98 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Chuck Norris ("Walker, Texas Ranger") is in peak form in this explosive action/adventure that brings back one of his most unforgettable characters, Delta Force Colonel Scott McCoy, for a daring mission to destroy a deadly South American drug cartel. When notorious drug lord Ramon Cota (The Untouchables' Billy Drago) captures a team of American narcotics agents ? as well as a member of McCoy's elite Delta Force commando unit ? and imprisons them in his remote San Carlos compound, The Delta Force charges into action, waging war against Cota's powerful cocaine empire. Against all odds, McCoy and his squad must fight their way to a blistering final battle to free the hostages and destroy the ruthless criminal mastermind in this lightning-paced and "outrageously exciting" (Video Movie Guide) turbo-charged adventure!
Delta Force 2 - Operation Stranglehold Reviews:
Chuck's best movie 
2008-12-01 - This has some of the most inventive action scenes and blows part 1 away. What I really liked about the fight at the end is it was more intense because chuck almost met his match w/coda's henchman. The chases were breathtaking and there's a scene where a missile just bareley misses chuck's head(looks very real). Besides the cool part where they're swinging around and bouncing off of those trees credit has to go to that crazy s.o.b. general taylor(John P. Ryan) for his commie hatin' ultra gung-ho performance.
A good doses of adrenaline! 
2007-10-30 - Delta Force 2 knew unballast itself of its immediate sequel with adirable originality, turning now the purpose and final objectives. This film foresaw what Philip Kaufman would describe in his saga, the next years to come.
A cynical tsar of Drug (Billy Drago) in an intense role that reminds so much to Henry Silva) and sliding on the successful performance in "The untouchables" works out as the perfect and ruthless villain, who murders the best friend of Colonel Mac Coy (starred by Chuck Norris in which I would describe as his best performance in screen ever),dramatic circumstance that precedes the final confrontation in the middle of the jungle.
The mournful fact of the fatal accident in which part of the cast passed away, remits us to "the twilight zone" and Vic Morrow' s death.
But Norris impresses this character of convincing sobriety and strong personality that definitively clears up him from "Rambo."
Nevertheless, the film has serious edition problems and incredible holes in the narrative tread, that demerit it as a five stars action film; due perhaps the focused target (teenagers by then) was much more important than other considerations.
Drug Lords Beware, Chuck-A-Roo is armed and dangerous
2007-10-23 - Chuck Norris is back and armed and dangerous again. He's still part of the elite Delta Force however with a different commander and new members in his unit.
Chuck Norris and his Delta Force are sent to burn cocaine fields and save the CIA operatives captured by the ruthless drug lord Romone Coda (Billy Drago from Charmed and the Untouchables). All this equals great action as Chuck Norris also gets revenge for Coda killing his budy and fellow Delta Force member.
Chuck Norris also has a bit of humor throughout the movie. Billy Drago is always at his best when he plays an evil character. This is a great action movie and for those who are Chuck-aholics.
Simply Put Chuck Norris is a deadly force of nature.
2007-07-17 - The title of this movie should have been changed post-production, after seeing the absolute tour-de-force performance of one of the world's most accomplished B actors, Chuck Norris. If it's us, we're calling this one "Delta Force 2: Don't (explitive deleted) with Chuck!" Norris plays a man possesed and bloodthirsty, taking out every drug poisoner in sight. His nemesis: the one, the only Billy Drago who as we all know was only three short years away from his breakthrough performance as Denton Vachs in the B zenith "Death Ring." Drago was great in this one too. He doesn't try to do too much with the role and stays pretty much the same in Death Ring. It's not bad acting, he just knows what to do to put meat in the seats.
Meanwhile, lets get into what makes this movie worthy of a go from Sid The Elf. It is extreme B! There is limited dialouge(most of the movie is fight and training scenes which are wonderful, and the most explosions we've ever seen in a B action, which is what gave ith the nod for 5 stars). I mean, there is roughly a 20 minute sequence with nothing but a helicopter shooting missles at a village. Beautiful! And when Norris does deliver lines, they're pure gold. Who can forget the famous "lessons" sequence with the Spanish Gallagher? Another B hallmark was the fact that we counted the same mexican warrior was killed off 5 seperate times, count them 5!
We would like to announce this is Chucks first movie in our list of reviews due to his sons captivating role in our critically acclaimed "Death Ring." Does it get the Sid the Elf Seal of Approval? You bet your sweet a-- it does, Seal of Approval- Did her. If you do yourself one favor this year, prove that Christmas doesn't only come once a year and check out Delta Force 2 and Death Ring.
probably in the top 20 best movies ever made
2007-01-31 - best part was when the Colombian military attache (Major Ernesto) tried to tell Chuck Norris and the Delta Force that they had no authority to "conduct Operation Strangehold in Colombia and that Colombia was a soverign country" Boy, was he mistaken.
Didnt have as much action in terms of total body count like "Braddock Missing in Action" where Chuck Norris takes on an entire Regiment of NVA troops with one AK-47 or even "Invasion USA" where Chuck Norris (with a few well-placed Uzis) comes out of semi-retirement to take on Cuban and Nicarguan terrorists and infamous Soviet agent Rostov...
Did have all the essentials of a good movie. Explosions, pummelling, excessive pain doled out to bad guys, good one liners, the best acting short of "Gone with the Wind". This movie just shows what back to the basics can do in terms of brilliant filmmaking and how low Hollywood has gone since the mid-1980's.
The best part of all is you can buy this one in any Walmart or Blockbuster clearance bin for probably less than 7 bucks. In fact I am still stunned this did not win an Emmy or an Oscar award in 1989.
I have watched this masterpiece over 300 times, and it gets better every time. The most important lesson of the film is; never ship drugs to America. Considering Chuck Norris moves at 104 frames per second he sure does lay waste to thousands of Ramon Cota's henchman faster than than anyone could comprehend. Also, consider the Die Hard movies with Bruce Willis or Rocky 5 with Stallone cost millions and millions to make. The budget for this movie was probably 5 million dollars with 4 million going straight to Chuck Norris. When you have Chuck Norris's brother directing the film and he has never really directed anything you know it's going to be an oscar level performance. One great piece of brilliant theatrics and directing, even the background music is good, but some of the henchmen working for drug lord Ramon Cota should spend more time enhancing their karate skills in downtown Bogota.
If you have nothing better to do with a Saturday afternoon I highly reccomend this movie. If you don't buy this when you have the chance you might end up like narco-trafficker Ramon Cota and half the Colombian army.
plot = atrocities and payback
setting = some cesspool country in South America
charactars = Chuck Norris and the other people are unimportant
theme = never ship drugs to America
conclusion = half the narco traffickers in Central America and their private armies are either dead or in a world of pain
