Overview: One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircraft, an F-111 Aardvark with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly present, too. The CIA immediately sends out their best secret agent, Ken Tami, to salvage the system before it falls into enemy hands.

Blu-ray Verdict: Sure, yes, 'Black Eagle' sounds like an excellent name for an excellent action film! And it is! This movie has it all - aviation, fighting, being a spy, etc.

Now those are the essential parts to an awesome action film, am I wrong. Anyhoo, this was the rage back in the day when it came out, and although this movie has lost this power today, it's still worth watching.

Jean Claude Van Damme had barely begun making a name for himself. He was less well-known than Sho Kosugi, with whom he had to share top billing. The plot is a nonsense actioner between Kosugi as a CIA op and JCVD as his KGB counterpart.

What is of interest is Van Damme's interpreation of a Red bad guy. This was not his first appearance as a Russian fighter. In NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER he was Ivan, a Russian mafia enforcer.

Here he is Andrei, a KGB operative who is battling Kosugi for a secret weapon. When Van Damme plays the heavy, he is somehow more threatening, more lethal than when he is the punching bag good guy.

One of his best moments in this or any of his other actioners occurs when he is not fighting at all. He is seen as merely talking to his wife who is genuinely concerned for his safety. Their verbal interaction marks him as distinctly human as they ponder his looming fate.

Further his aggressive fight scenes with Kosugi are first rate. ** SPOILER ALERT ** Even Van Damme's untimely demise with a ship's propeller raises some unexpected sighs of sympathy. This is a brand new High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations of the main feature
• Original 2.0 Stereo Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) and Dolby Digital 5.1
•Includes 93 minute theatrical version + 104 minute uncut extended version of the film
•Sho Kosugi: Martial Arts Legend (HD, 21:26) (featuring new 2017 interviews with Sho Kosugi and Shane Kosugi and more)
•The Making of Black Eagle (HD, 35:50)(featuring new 2017 interviews with Director / Producer Eric Karson, Screenwriter Michael Gonzalez and stars Sho Kosugi, Doran Clark, Shane Kosugi and Dorota Puzio)
•Tales of Jean-Claude Van Damme (HD, 19:20) (Brand new 2017 interviews with cast and crew tell stories about working with the legendary action star)
•The Script and the Screenwriters (HD, 27:14) (new 2017 interviews featuring Michael Gonzales, Eric Karson and more)
•Deleted Scenes
•Original Theatrical Trailer (SD)
•Collectible Mini Poster