“Black Eagle” is a seriously corny action flick starring Shô Kosugi (“Revenge of the Ninja”) and Jean-Claude Van Damme (“Bloodsport”, “Sudden Death”). This is a really low-budget movie so despite being made in the late 80s, it looks more like it came out in the middle of the 70s.

In “Black Eagle”, Ken Tani (Kosugi) is a C.I.A. agent that is sent to Malta to retrieve a special weapons guidance system from a military aircraft that crashed in the Mediterranean. However, the Soviets are also searching for the device. Tani just wants a few precious days with his sons but his country needs him and it’s now a race to find the guidance system.

Shô Kosugi might be a talented martial artist but his acting skills leave a lot to be desired. The same is most certainly true when it comes to Van Damme. Thankfully, Van Damme does not speak all that much in this movie. The highlights are the scenes where Kosugi and Van Damme fight. Unfortunately, the movie does a rather lousy job of showing off both men’s skills. Kosugi’s real-life sons play his character’s sons. The other characters in this movie are very forgettable and I really not care for any of them.

“Black Eagle” is a pretty boring film for the most part. There are a few brief action scenes here and there but a lot of the movie just has the characters standing around. Most of the action sequences are also pretty underwhelming. “Black Eagle” actually came out the same year as “Bloodsport”, which is easily one of Van Damme’s best movies. If you have not yet seen it, I definitely recommend “Bloodsport” over this any day of the week. For those wanting to see Kosugi in action, you should check out “Revenge of the Ninja”.