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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
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2 March 1985 (USA)
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Chuck Norris is back! A one-man time bomb set to explode! more
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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. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Chuck Norris | ... | Colonel James Braddock | |
| Soon-Tek Oh | ... | Colonel Yin (as Soon-Teck Oh) | |
| Steven Williams | ... | Captain David Nester | |
| Bennett Ohta | ... | Captain Ho | |
| Cosie Costa | ... | Mazilli | |
| Joe Michael Terry | ... | Opelka | |
| John Wesley | ... | Frankie | |
| David Chung | ... | Dou Chou | |
| Professor Toru Tanaka | ... | Lao | |
| John Otrin | ... | Soldier | |
| Christopher Cary | ... | Emerson | |
| Joseph Hieu | ... | Guard | |
| Dean Raphael Ferrandini | ... | Kirtle (as Dean Ferrandini) | |
| Pierre Issot | ... | François | |
| Mischa Hausserman | ... | Kelly |
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Battle Rage (Australia)
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USA:100 min | Norway:95 min (video version)
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Color (TVC)
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West Germany:18 (heavily cut) |
West Germany:Not Rated (cut) |
Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2006) |
Australia:M |
Finland:(Banned) (cut) (1986) |
France:-12 |
Norway:18 (video premiere) |
Sweden:(Banned) |
UK:18 |
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Filmed back to back with Missing in Action (1984), this film was supposed to be released first. However when the producers realized the second film was the better of the two, they released it first and named this film a prequel. This explains why screenwriter Steve Bing receives a credit for "characters" in what became the first Missing in Action.
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Errors in geography: Col. Yin tells Braddock that if he signs the contract, he will be transported across the border into Thailand. Vietnam does not border Thailand. It's next to Laos, then Thailand.
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Colonel Yin:
You lose!
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Follows Missing in Action (1984)
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| Best B-Movie Vietnam Film?? | jacksonperpetual |
| What's the timeline? | re_zuleta |
| UK Cut | caride |
| Chuck Norris can't throw a regular punch | bAzTNM |
| Colonel Yin VS General Quoc | brownozere |
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This is one that will probably be torn to shreds critically by snobby europeans, and wannabe intellectual movie-goers who just cant get enough of their bullet time, and 200 million dollar epics.This is actually the prequel to the first Missing In Action movie.It tells the story of a forgotten group of P.O.W.'s who are being brutalised by an overbearing colonel who enjoys watching the vet's suffer.As the prisoners numbers dwindle, one James Braddock decides to take charge of the dire situation before its all too late.From the opening to the fiery, action packed finale this film boasts raw combat and even dares to throw in some emotion.I actually truly cared for the characters as I wanted to see them survive and extract revenge upon their communist enslavers.Truly strange times we live in when one cannot be proud to be an American.I will always be proud and you can go back to your dull German expressionist films.Chuck Norris is the man.I love 80's action!