Operation Delta Force is a TV movie released in 1997. Directed by Sam Firstenberg

Sam Firstenberg

Sam Firstenberg is an American film director. Born in Poland, Sam Firstenberg grew up in Jerusalem, and obtained his higher education in Los Angeles, California. he is best known for having made low-budget B-movies most of his career, he is also known for directing the American Ninja series...

, it stars Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson is an American actor known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow, and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz.-Early life:...

 and Jeff Fahey

Jeff Fahey

Jeffrey David "Jeff" Fahey is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series Lost and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on The Marshal.-Early life:...

. It spawned four sequels:

• Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday (1998), also a TV movie
• Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target (1999), direct-to-video
  Direct-to-video
  Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
  
  
• Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault (1999), direct-to-video
• Operation Delta Force 5: Random Fire (2000), direct-to-video

Focusing on the activities of an elite group of US soldiers (Delta Force

Delta Force

1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta is one of the United States' secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units. Commonly known as Delta Force, Delta, or The Unit, it was formed under the designation 1st SFOD-D, and is officially referred to by the Department of Defense...

), the film titles apparently attempt to capitalize on the earlier Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...

 films The Delta Force

The Delta Force (film)

The Delta Force is a 1986 American action film starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin as leaders of an elite squad of Special Forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit. It was directed by Menahem Golan and featured Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Vaughn, Steve James, Robert...

and its sequels Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

Delta Force 2 is a 1990 action film, and a sequel to the Chuck Norris film, The Delta Force , also starring Norris as Maj. Scott McCoy...

and Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game, also known as Young Commandos and Delta Force 3, is a 1991 Cannon Film. It is the third and final film into the Delta Force trilogy...

. The original Norris film also starred Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6' 2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou , he landed more...

; it is his final film.

All five films credit Danny Lerner as a writer and producer. David Sparling was involved in the writing of all but the final installment. Yossi Wein was the cinematographer for the first film, and he was the director of the second and fifth films.

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starring Greg Collins, Hayley DuMond, Justin Williams

Justin Williams

Justin Williams is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League...

 and Johnny Messner

Johnny Messner

Johnny Messner is an American actor who has had movie and television series roles.Messner was born in Syracuse, New York. He was in the second season of The O.C., and guest-starred in the second episode of the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...