Leofwine_draca BLACK THUNDER is one in a glut of straight-to-video B-movie thrillers that were released in the late 1990s and about stolen military jets. The progenitor for these seems to have been John Woo's BROKEN ARROW which, while not a brilliant movie, is still much better than these lunk-headed rip-offs which all seem to share stock footage of aerial combat and explosions.This story sees a super-duper prototype stolen by a renegade pilot and taken to Libya, where it will be used by Arab terrorists to bomb the West. Only Michael Dudikoff can stop the bad guys. Dudikoff looks surprisingly aged here considering it's only a decade since he first came to fame in the late '80s; he looks almost constipated at times and like he needs to go on a diet, although not quite as bad as Seagal. Richard Norton has a tiny cameo. The thrills are diluted and the whole picture feels quite insipid, especially with the addition of some ludicrously cheesy sex scenes that feel like they've been shoe-horned in from one of those late-night erotic thrillers starring Shannon Tweed.

DavidDev Typical B grade action movie, probably made with a desperately tight budget & in a record time! The series of flight action scenes are tailored for the adrenaline junkey, but they were clearly extracted from other film footage. Don't expect too much on the acting side of things...it is well below par. For me, the worst portion of the movie came via the ridiculous and suicidally dumb Libyan soldiers, charging the opposition openly and without proper cover. How stupid can you get, Mr Director ? And how is it possible for two guys with hand-pistols and limited ammunition to fight off several soldiers with machine-guns and other automatic weapons...doesn't make sense. Even more so, the director finds enough time between gunfire exchanges to allow the "hero" to say farewell to one of his wounded buddies...ridiculous.On the positive side, I must say, I've heard alot about Landon Hall, and the scene (or scenes)where she struts her stuff, makes this film worth the while. She's simply gorgeous. Rent this if (a) you're a fighter plane enthusiast or (b) a Landon Hall fan. As simple as that.

Polymath Not too bad for a typical Dudikoff film. Nancy Valen is always a treat but has a terrible "Libyan" accent. Artistic license is taken frequently with basic geography and flight times but if you can ignore that it's a harmless way to waste an hour and a half. Watch for the same guy dodging the same Jeep twice and two soldiers getting blown up twice (actually just recycled footage).

Freak-6 This movie is a B-action. It´s just made for showing how bad Dudikoff can play sometimes. But still I like action so I gave it a 4/10. It´s almost the same in quality as Aces Iron Eagle 3.