Iron Eagle is a 1980s fighter pilot film with an enjoyable fiction narrative. The movie focuses on a teenager, Doug Masters, gaining flight experience from a veteran F-16 Pilot. The film is geared to provide an entertaining action story, and Doug's accelerated desire to fly in combat is to rescue his dad who has been shot down in the Middle East. The soundtrack and hairstyles in this movie will take you deep into the 1980s! This is a combat motion picture that is palatable to a wider audience as it doesn't contain excessive violence.