what do you do when youre a young director with a hit on your hand . you go off and direct a flop like superman iv . then you get talk into do a needless sequel to your big hit and only a few year ago . well that what happen to sidney j. furie . in an attempt to tell a more serious and or adult story furie reject everything about the first film that make it work . instead he choose to take all the fun out of the film with in the first few minute of the picture . the first film be more of a teen movie and it stand out because of that fact . it be fun and energetic and but this one be dry and slow . a a stand alone film and it sort of boring . a part of the iron eagle franchise and it down right depress . first it about the u and russia team up on a mission to stop some terrorist from launch a nuclear bomb and but it never really be clear why one or the other can not just take on the mission by themselves . the character seem either cardboard flat and or outright dumb . the big mistake they make be the under use of louis gossett jr. his character doesn not seem to really have a place and except stand around and bark order . he never seem to have the same energy a he do in the first film . the end be fine and if not reminiscent of star war . the contrived love story do not work at all for me and it felt like they be again try to take the story into more adult territory and in that lose the point of what make the first one so good .