Imagine TOP GUN without the aerial dogfights, without its stars, without a script, and without a budget, you'll have a decent idea of what WAR BIRDS is like. Somewhat harder to convey is the slow, numbing experience of sitting through this militaristic bargain-basement baloney, involving
American flyers on covert bombing missions against a bunch of beret-clad terrorists in yet another of those mythical Middle Eastern nations. With a plot from hunger and a cast of bad character actors, what comprises WAR BIRDS is endless views of guys getting in and out of plane cockpits, closeups
of cheesy-looking prop instrument panels, guys in rented off-the-rack uniforms standin...
Released:
1989
Rated:
R
Length:
88 mins