D4472 DELTA FORCE 2: THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION (USA, 1990) (Other titles: The Colombian connection; Operation Stranglehold; Stranglehold: Delta Force II) Credits: director, Aaron Norris ; writer, lee Reynolds. Cast: Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, Bobby Chavez. Summary: Action/adventure film set in contemporary South America. The corrupt defense minister of the South American country of San Carlos is protecting Ramon Cota (Drago), the local drug kingpin, from arrest by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Cota’s men attack the local DEA command post and kill everyone inside. Back in the U.S., the elite Delta Force commanded by Vietnam veteran Col. Scott McCoy (Norris), is activated to arrest Cota in mid-air while a jet on which he is a passenger is briefly in American air space. McCoy and his buddy Bobby Chavez carry out the arrest without incident, but Cota is freed on a legal technicality and manages to murder the wife and son of Chavez before fleeing back to San Carlos. Chavez follows Cota to San Carlos in order to kill him, but is captured along with other DEA agents, and is tortured and killed by Cota. McCoy then organizes an operation of the Delta Force to rescue the DEA agents and put an end to Cota. Burden, Martin. [Delta Force 2] New York post (Aug 27, 1990), p. 25. [Reprinted in Film review annual 1991] Charity, Tom. “Delta Force 2” Sight and sound ns 1/1 (May 1991), p. 46. [Reprinted in Film review annual 1991] Cosford, Bill. “Stunts, casting add up to silly Delta force 2” Miami herald (Aug 24, 1990), p. 5G. “Delta Force 2” Film review annual 1991 Englewood, N.J. : J.S. Ozer, 1981- (p. 361- 64) [Delta Force 2] Hollywood reporter 307/31 (May 17, 1989), p. 1, 19. [Delta Force 2] Hollywood reporter 307/39 (May 30, 1989), p. 30. Graye, Jacques and Poncelet, Yves. “Delta Force 2: le reseau colombien” Grand angle 134 (Jan 1991), p. [17-18] Harrington, Richard. “Movies: ‘Delta Force 2’: Norris’s sleepy action sequel” Washington post (Aug 25, 1990), p. C3. Hinckley, Tom. “Delta Force 2” Motion picture guide annual (edited by Jay Robert Nash and Stanley Ralph Ross) Chicago : Cinebooks, 1987-2000. (1991, p. 40) Holden, Stephen. “Review/films: the invincible hero who hardly growls” New York times 139 (Aug 25, 1990), p. 15. Kehr, Dave. “Movie review: ‘Delta force 2’ a forgettable sequel to a forgotten film” Chicago tribune (Aug 24, 1990), Friday, p. D. Kelleher, Terry. “Norris back with force” Newsday (Aug 25, 1990), pt. II, p. 15. [Reprinted in Film review annual 1991] Masters, Kim and Tenorio, Vyvyan. “Death in the Philippines” Premiere 3/4 (Dec 1989), p. 102-6+ [10 p.] Merrick, Helene. “Deltaforce 2” Revue du cinema hors ser. 37 (1990), p. 36. Poncelet, Yves (see under Graye, Jacques) Ryan, Desmond. “Delta force returns to deal with drugs” Philadelphia inquirer (Aug 24, 1990), Weekend, p. 9. Stack, Peter. “New Chick Norris action film packs a punch” San Francisco chronicle (Aug 24, 1990), p. E5. Stanley, John. “Chuck Norris just says no: Action hero takes on drug rings, crooked cops and Iranians” San Francisco chronicle (Oct 26, 1991), p. C3. Sullivan, Jim. “‘Delta force 2’: All action, no talk” Boston globe (Aug 24, 1990), p. 31. __________. “Of guts and glory: Self described ‘superpatriot’ Chuck Norris reflects on war, politics and ‘Delta force 2’” Boston globe (Aug 26, 1990), p. B29. Tenorio, Vyvyan (see under Masters, Kim) Thomas, Kevin. “Chuck Norris returns with ‘Delta Force 2’” Los Angeles times (Aug 29, 1990), Calendar, p. 8. [Reprinted in Film review annual 1991] Weldon, Michael. “Delta Force II: Operation Stranglehold” in The psychotronic video guide New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, 1996. (p. 153) Wloszczyna, Susan. “‘Delta force 2’ feeds on violence” USA today (Aug 27, 1990), p. 4D. Young, Deborah (Yung). “Delta Force 2: the Colombian connection” Variety 339 (May 23, 1990), p. 30. .