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Director
  
Prequel
  
Country
  
United States

4.6/10
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Genre
  
Action, Adventure, Crime

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection movie poster

Release date
  
August 24, 1990 (1990-08-24)

Based on
  
The Delta Force by Menahem GolanJames Bruner

Writer
  
James Bruner (characters), Menahem Golan (characters), Lee Reynolds

Sequel
  
Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

Cast
  
(Col. Scott McCoy), (Ramon Cotta), (Gen. Taylor), (DEA Agent John Page),
Begonya Plaza

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The Living Daylights

Delta force 2 the colombian connection 1990 official trailer chuck norris


Delta Force 2 (also known as Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection and Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold) is a 1990 American action film, and a sequel to the 1986 Chuck Norris film The Delta Force, also starring Norris as Major Scott McCoy. In this film, McCoy leads his Delta team into the fictional South American country of San Carlos to rescue hostages and stop the flow of cocaine into the United States.

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Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection movie scenes

Delta Force 2 was disliked by critics for sparse connections to its predecessor, a clichéd script, subpar acting, and similarities to the earlier Norris vehicle Missing in Action.

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection movie scenes

Plot

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection movie scenes

Ramon Cota (Billy Drago) is a wealthy and powerful drug kingpin who controls the cocaine industry with an iron fist. His drugs pour steadily into America, corrupting the country's youth and causing a feud between the DEA and San Carlos, Cota's country of origin.

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection movie scenes

The film opens during a carnival in Rio de Janeiro, as an undercover task force led by several DEA agents conducts surveillance on a private party that Cota is attending (similar to a Mardi Gras ball); however, the surveillance team is ambushed and massacred by Cota's hitmen, who are masquerading as carnival performers. Due to the Rio fiasco, The DEA enlists the support of the U.S. Army's Delta Force in order to infiltrate San Carlos. They are aided by an undercover agent within Cota's drug cartel.

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection movie scenes

General Taylor orders Colonel Scott McCoy (Chuck Norris) and his partner, Major Bobby Chavez (Paul Perri) to bring Cota to court. They pose as airline passengers while Cota is en route to Geneva to deposit his drug money in a Swiss bank account, and are able to capture him during a short interval in which the plane enters U.S. airspace. However, their efforts amount to nothing as Cota is easily able to post bail and escape. Unable to contain his rage, Chavez furiously lashes out at Cota in court. Cota decides to strike at Chavez by having Chavez's pregnant wife and 13-year-old brother killed.

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection movie scenes

Out on a personal mission of vengeance, Chavez is captured by Cota's forces and is tortured and killed. When three DEA agents attempt to go in and bring Cota and his army down, they are taken hostage, and are to be executed. During a press conference, a spokesman for the DEA explains that San Carlos's president Alcazar fears a coup and is therefore reluctant to crack down on the cartels, while his corrupt generals benefit from the drug trade and are willing to protect Cota from extradition.

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection movie scenes

McCoy is parachuted into San Carlos and sent to rescue the hostages in a stealth operation, while Taylor and the rest of the Delta Force perform surveillance. Their mission is supervised by a delegate from the government of San Carlos, which has entered an agreement with the U.S. government that severely limits the scope of the mission. Meanwhile, McCoy scales a tall cliff and infiltrates Cota's mansion.

Later, the government of San Carlos attempts to cancel the U.S. intervention outright by staging a massive drug raid that would make the American mission unnecessary. Upon learning of the hoax, Taylor breaks protocol and heads south of his perimeter in a heavily armed gunship, prompting the San Carlos army to send their own choppers in pursuit. The chopper lands at Cota's mansion and deploys troops to destroy cocaine storehouses and laboratories. McCoy succeeds in releasing the hostages, but is captured by Cota and placed in a chamber filled with toxic gas and isolated by a glass pane. Before the gas can kill him, however, a rocket from Taylor's gunship shatters the glass, allowing him to break through.

With the help of DEA Agent Page, McCoy captures Cota in his own armored limousine and flees the mansion. Cota's bodyguards and a San Carlos attack helicopter pursue the vehicle and eventually bring it to a halt, but Taylor's gunship saves them. Cota flees on foot through the jungle during the fighting. After the drug lord kills a villager who wanted revenge for the murder of her family, McCoy arrives and beats him. Cota then tries to goad McCoy into killing him, knowing he is wanted alive.

Taylor's helicopter arrives to pick up McCoy and his prisoner with ropes, as the last few of Cota's men close in. One of them swings his machete but only manages to partially cut Cota's rope before the helicopter heads out to sea to join the American carrier fleet. Hanging beneath the chopper, Cota continues to goad McCoy about his invulnerability, saying that once in court he will walk free again. However, the rope grows thinner from the machete cut, until it snaps completely. The film ends with Cota falling thousands of feet to his death.

Cast

  • Chuck Norris as Col. Scott McCoy
  • Billy Drago as Ramon Cota
  • John P. Ryan as General Taylor
  • Richard Jaeckel as DEA Agent John Page
  • Paul Perri as Maj. Bobby Chavez
  • Begoña Plaza as Quiquina Esquintla
  • Héctor Mercado as Miguel
  • Mark Margolis as Gen. Olmedo
  • Kelly Wicker as a Judge
  • Rick Prieto as Carlos
  • Production

    Although the film is set principally in South America, most of the scenes set in the fictional South American country of San Carlos and rural Colombia were shot in Tagaytay City, Philippines. This explains the visibility of the Taal Volcano in some scenes.

    Helicopter crash

    On May 16, 1989, during a filming in a nearby area of Batangas, Philippines, a helicopter crash on set killed four crew members and the pilot Capt. Jojo Imperial. The movie is dedicated to their memory. After the accident, the production transferred to Tennessee to complete filming.

    Box office and reception

    Delta Force 2 made $1.85 million in its first week, ranking 6th overall.

    The critical reaction was negative. The movie was criticized for having little in common with its predecessor, a poor script, clichés, subpar acting, and similarities to the earlier Norris vehicle Missing in Action.

    Sequel

    The film was followed by Delta Force 3: The Killing Game starring Mike Norris.

    References

    Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection Wikipedia
    Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection IMDbDelta Force 2: The Colombian Connection themoviedb.org