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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

1985Movie⏱️ 1h 40mR
ActionDramaThrillerWar
5.3
IMDB Rating
10,172 votes

Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.

Director
Lance Hool
Writers
Arthur Silver, Larry Levinson, Steve Bing
Stars
Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams
Release Date
March 1, 1985
Language
English, Vietnamese
Country
United States, Netherlands
💬 70
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
as Col. James Braddock
Soon-Tek Oh
Soon-Tek Oh
as Colonel Yin
Steven Williams
Steven Williams
as Capt. David Nester
👤
Bennett Ohta
as Colonel Ho
👤
Cosie Costa
as Lt. Anthony Mazilli
👤
Joe Michael Terry
as Cpl. Lawrence Opelka
John Wesley
John Wesley
as MSgt. Ernest Franklin
David Chung
David Chung
as Dou Chou
Professor Toru Tanaka
Professor Toru Tanaka
as Lao
John Otrin
John Otrin
as Soldier

💰 Box Office

$10,755,447
Worldwide Gross
$10,755,447
Domestic Gross
$3,868,515
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Production
The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

🏷️ Keywords

hairy chestprequelvietnam war veteransoldier1980s

🎯 Categories

ActionDramaThrillerWar

⭐ Featured Review

Routine POW film forgot to let Norris kick people until end
by a_chinn2017-10-29
5/10

"Prequel to Chuck Norris' quite successful first film in the "Missing in Action" franchise. The prequel tells the story of how Norris' Colonel Braddock was captured and held prisoner by the NVA during the Vietnam War. The film is a fairly standard POW war film story, complete with an evil camp commandant, cruel torture, and daring escapes. Norris has always been limited in his acting ability, but this film wisely did not ask much of our hero in that department. Unfortunately the film also did not ask Chuck show off his martial arts skills much either, with the exception bein..."

💡 Did You Know?

The scene in which Braddock is tortured by having a rat tied to his neck was originally to be filmed with a fake animal, but the prop didn't turn up on the set. Chuck Norris claims he instructed the filmmakers to kill a real rat, then held it in his mouth while he thrashed around.

📖 Synopsis

Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.