Iron Thunder

Richard Hatch and a catchy title do not a movie make.

Iron Thunder was obviously made on the budget one usually reserves for porno movies. Super secret next generation tanks that rattle and squeak like an old Sherman? Hatch in a green jumpsuit sporting a pot belly to rival anything seen at the family picnic and effects that were just plain laughable. Add to this dialogue that was totally inappropriate for the story ("Language, people.", whenever anyone used a cuss word), plot lines that seem totally ridiculous (Hatch wires a tank shell that kills a guy by causing the blood in his head to leak into the helmet he is wearing instead of exploding and killing everyone in the tank...go figure) and just a general lameness that pervades this movie in spades.

If you've got money to burn and need a cure for insomnia then by all means buy this movie and watch to your heart's content. My aunt does. She puts it on and three minutes into it I am left to agonize over it as she has already fallen asleep.

If not then might I suggest the excellent "Blue Thunder" instead. It packs more bang for the buck and has a cool chopper too. Who knows? You just might become a JAFO too (watch the movie and find out).

OK I will try to make a good objective review of this movie. First off as i was prowling the DVD store to look for a movie to watch, i stumbled upon iron thunder. I saw the front cover and it looked cool and read the back, thinking to myself that it would probably be a pretty decent movie. To my shock when i watched it, it turned out to be a completely C rate movie. The plot was horrible, the acting was lacking, to say the least, and i thought that the cover of the DVD should be watered down to include only wut is seen in the movie. known of these high tech helicopters and other tanks. If u ever watch or buy this movie... just don't save ur money. at best watch at it to laugh at how C rate and horrible it is. thank you

A low-budget film, but packing lots of bang per buck. Hatch proves he can be more than the teenie-bop hero of Galatica era. The woman has a strong role; there's some lively dialog, some humor; and good hand-to-hand action -- not just a tank blowing everything up, not just "collateral damage." Somewhat like the Roy Scheider film with the helicopter as to human-machine interface (as to the opening concept), but developed more along the lines of a Cronenberg/Philip K. Dick what-sort-of-mutants-are-we-making-of-ourselves? type message.