Black Eagle
Black Eagle is a 1988 American action film directed by Eric Karson and starring Shō Kosugi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Kane Kosugi. It was shot on the Mediterranean island of Malta. The film was released in the United States on May 19, 1988.
Plot
Ken Tani (Shō Kosugi), a martial artist and special operative for the American government codenamed "Black Eagle", is summoned by his superiors after an F-111 carrying an experimental black ops laser tracking device was shot down over Malta by Russian forces. A group of elite KGB agents led by Colonel Vladimir Klimenko and his brutal and enigmatic right-hand man Andrei (Jean-Claude van Damme) have been dispatched to Malta to retrieve the device for their own ends. Tani, alongside CIA agent Patricia Parker (Doran Clark) and his sons Brian (Kane Kosugi) and Denny (Shane Kosugi) travel to Malta to find the device before Andrei does, leading to an eventual face-to-face encounter.
More details
author | A. E. Peters Michael Gonzales |
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contentLocation | Malta |
director | Eric Karson |
editor | Michael Kelly |
genre | action |
keywords | black ops cia agent f-111 kane kosugi kgb martial artist shō kosugi summon tracking device |
musicBy | Terry Plumeri |
producer | Shimon Arama |
productionCompany | Magus Productions Rotecon BV |
publisher | Imperial Entertainment Taurus Entertainment |
recordedAt | Malta |
theme | martial arts spy |