For a man who moves at 48 frames per second he sure does lay waste to thousands of Drago's henchman very well. Chuck Norris' methods are also highly questionable. It's a shame Delta Force 2 isn't hyper-kinetic, because the slo-mo becomes very noticeable.
The main problem with the direction is that Aaron Norris uses the logic, "If it is in slow motion, then it is cool." He wants to drag out every bloody detail, every death dance and every penetration of every bullet. The action ranges from Norris flying through the sky, swinging through the jungle, falling off cliffs and dodging rockets. Instead plot holes, illogical moments and a general feel of immaturity bog it down. If someone other than Chuck's brother had made this, we would have a hugely enjoyable film on our hands. The direction leaves a lot to be desired. Never before has a movie been so strictly routine, but there are some real cool action scenes and so much melodrama that it could fuel EastEnders for a decade. Killing Cota is not his mission, rescuing the DEA agents is, but you know that Cota is going to get what he deserves (with a little bit of slightly unsubtle philosophy from Norris). So he heads off to the fictional South American country of San Carlos for some mighty kicking-of-ass. More DEA agents are kidnapped and it's up to Chuck to rescue them from death. In a rare opportunity to catch him, Colonel Scott McCoy (the ever-bearded Chuck Norris) kidnaps Cota in mid-air and drags him into court only to watch him leave with virtually no charge. He kills DEA agents with unnatural glee, murders pregnant women, tortures people to death in a gas chamber, rapes women, murders their husbands, murders sick babies and uses their bodies to smuggle cocaine - you get the picture, this guy is lower than minus infinity. Cota is a Columbian drug lord, who ships massive amounts of cocaine into America. When eccentric bad guys are not hammy, they are Ramon Cota (a sickening performance by villain's villain of choice and villain of the week Billy Drago). For a start, it has an unashamedly awful and truly despicable villain who oozes evil from every stinking orifice. An unfortunate, misjudged and misunderstood film that could have been something great but only clings to the bottom-rung of respectability.
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