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).