Tubi Thursday: Black Eagle (1988)

 It wouldn't be Black History Month without a Film featuring a Japanese Man and a man from Brussels in the Isle of Malta.

This is a truly '80s Film in all of the best ways.

A man- Sho Kosugi, who's not dubbed for once- is sent to track down a crashed plane.

As luck (for the Tourism Board) would have it, it is in the waters near Malta.

He has to go undercover.

He pretends to be an Oceanic Scientist to go down and search for it in the Ocean.

Whose idea was it to put Sho in a speedo and why was it clearly Sho?

The Russians are looking for it too.

Their lead Henchman is Jean Claude Van-Damme.
Who kept going 'This guy from Brussels should play a Russian?' more than once?!?

The Film- in retrospect- is marketed heavily around Van Damme.

That said, he has about 15 minutes of screen time.  He's good when he's there though.

He does, however, lead the group that kidnaps Sho's kids (played by his actual kids) to stop him.

The Film builds up to a fight between them, surrounding by a ring of fire.

Of course, that's not the actual climax of the Film.

Sho manages to stop the Russians by blowing up their model...I mean, real boat.  The End.

Kosugi- Sho Kosugi.

This one is essentially a James Bond Film with Sho Kosugi.  It kind of works.

I can appreciate that they didn't dub him in this one.  His broken English is better than someone who's clearly not him.

The whole thing where his kids want him to be around is good, accentuated by them actually being his kids.

It's a shame that this one didn't have fun Spy Gadgets or anything.  So close.

Van Damme- in his limited Screen Time- is fun to see.  As you can tell, he did the splits.  
The fights the two have are enjoyable though.

If you're looking for a decent Action Film with some nice scenery, check this out.

Now then, en francais...

A pretty good time, but nothing amazing.  If it had more of Sho's usual ninja tricks, it would be a surefire recommendation!