History Film / TheDeltaForce

* SoundtrackDissonance: The return of the hostages in Israel, where they receive a heroes' welcome from their families, who seem utterly oblivious to the Delta Force operators who ferry Pete's body, their sole fatality in the operation aboard the plane back home.

* NobleBigot: The Arab hijackers absolutely hates Jews and even one exclaims the Nazis did not kill enough Jews, but they are at least humane enough to either show some kindness towards a little girl of Jewish American descent who reminds TheDragon of his daughter, releasing one woman whose Hebrew ring that began their Jew hunt from their captivity and TheDragon seemingly reassuring a couple of Jewish hostages that despite their anti-semitism, they don't hate them, but their American government which was before gloating to drive a truck filled with explosives into the White House.

* AffablyEvil: Captain Abdul Rafai and TheDragon, while both are ruthless and anti-Semitic terrorists who brutalizes the hostages if they rebel or their demands are not met, but only out of fanatical devotion to their cause as freedom fighters (despite moments of hypocrisy), both show some EvenEvilHasStandards moments including kindness towards a child hostage, care towards a PregnantHostage, releasing the women and children once they land and finally Abdul's VillainRespect towards the purser for being brave.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: TheDragon has a PetTheDog moment with a girl who reminds him of [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his own daughter]], and the terrorists allow the children and female passengers to leave once the plane lands. While this happens they find the woman whose ring started them looking for Jews, but allow her to leave with the others. Also, not to mention Abdul's VillainRespect for the German stewardess for being brave as she releases her too.

* AffablyEvil: Captain Abdul Rafai and TheDragon, while both are ruthless and anti-Semitic terrorists who brutalizes the hostages if they rebel or their demands are not met, but only out of fanatical devotion to their cause as freedom fighters (despite moments of hypocrisy), both show some EvenEvilHasStandards moments including kindness towards a child hostage, care towards a PregnantHostage, releasing the woman and children once they land and finally Abdul's VillainRespect towards the purser for being brave.

* AffablyEvil: Captain Abdul Rafai and TheDragon, while both are ruthless terrorists who brutalizes the hostages if they rebel or their demands are not met, but only out of fanatical devotion to their cause as freedom fighters (despite moments of hypocrisy), both show some EvenEvilHasStandards moments including kindness towards a child hostage, care towards a PregnantHostage, releasing the woman and children once they land and finally Abdul's VillainRespect towards the purser for being brave.

* AffablyEvil: Captain Abdul Rafai and TheDragon, while both are ruthless terrorists who brutalizes the hostages if they rebel, but only out of fanatical devotion to their cause as freedom fighters (despite moments of hypocrisy), both show some EvenEvilHasStandards moments including kindness towards a child hostage, care towards a PregnantHostage, releasing the woman and children once they land and finally Abdul's VillainRespect towards the purser for being brave.

* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever Robert Forster's character speaks with an indoor voice, he's this, showing some sarcastic sense of wit when taunting his hostages.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: TheDragon has a PetTheDog moment with a girl who reminds him of his own daughter, and the terrorists allow the children and female passengers to leave once the plane lands. While this happens they find the woman whose ring started them looking for Jews, but allow her to leave with the others. Also, not to mention Abdul's VillainRespect for the German stewardess for being brave as she releases her too.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: TheDragon has a PetTheDog moment with a girl who reminds him of his own daughter, and the terrorists allow the children and female passengers to leave once the plane lands. While this happens they find the woman whose ring started them looking for Jews, but allow her to leave with the others.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: TheDragon has a PetTheDog moment with a girl who reminds him of his own daughter, and the terrorists allow the children and female passengers to leave once the plane lands.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Arab hijackers absolutely hates Jews.

''The Delta Force'' is an action film produced by Creator/TheCannonGroup in 1986.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Count on Creator/AlanSilvestri's theme music to appear whenever the Delta Force are on screen.

* BerserkButton: To the terrorists, Jewish people. TheDragon in particular loses his shit when he learns there are Jew folks in the plane.

* PregnantHostage: An Arab hijacker who swears the Germans didn't kill enough Jews in World War II, pummels a sailor nearly to death with a chair's armrest, and flies off the handle when he sees an abandoned ring with Hebrew script on it, [[EvenEvilHasStandards yet orders some hostages to vacate their seats so a pregnant hostage can recline]]. He even has the other hostages give up their pillows for her.

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* ColonelBadass: Colonel Nicholas Alexander, the man who gives Major Scott [=McCoy=] his orders.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: See "RippedFromTheHeadlines" above. Some scenes (like the terrorists asking a stewardess to check the passengers' passports to see which ones were Jewish) actually happened on the RealLife event. What is pure fiction is the titular Delta Force charging in to kick ass and take names (the hostages were eventually released, after a great many days).