Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Aaron Norris

Writers:

James Bruner (writer)
Chuck Norris (writer)

Release Date:

2 March 1988 (France)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

He's fighting for everyone who can't fight back.

Plot:

When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam...

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Kung Fu | Electrocution | Neck Breaking Scene | Psychotronic

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 22

3:30 PM

AMC

Cast

Chuck Norris	...	Col. James Braddock
Aki Aleong	...	Gen. Quoc
Roland Harrah III	...	Van Tan Cang
Miki Kim	...	Lin Tan Cang
Yehuda Efroni	...	Rev. Polanski
Ron Barker	...	Mik
Floyd Levine	...	Gen. Duncan
Jack Rader	...	Littlejohn
Melinda Betron	...	Thuy
Rick Prieto	...	CIA Agent (as Richard Prieto)
Jan Michael Shultz	...	CIA Agent (as Jan Schultz)
Keith David	...	Embassy Gate Captain
Robert Jochheim	...	Embassy Guard
Thuy Lin Samora	...	Embassy Secretary
Pita Liboro	...	Lin's Friend

Runtime:

101 min | Sweden:88 min (VHS version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R | West Germany:16 (video premiere) (heavily cut) | West Germany:18 (TV rating) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1989) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1988) (2006) | France:-12 | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

Golan-Globus Productions

Trivia:

The "Mil-24 Hind" in reality is a Sikorsky S-62, but modified to look like a gunship. The same helicopter was also used in the movie _Red Scorpion (1988)_.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Vietnam does not share a boundary with Thailand; Thailand's eastern boundary includes Laos and Cambodia.

Quotes:

Lin Tan Cang: [Lin, Braddock's Vietnamese wife, has been waiting 13 years for his return] Oh, it doesn't matter.

Movie Connections:

References Apocalypse Now (1979)

Soundtrack:

In Your Eyes

A little rehashed but not entirely bad

In the wake of "Rambo 3" and a bunch of police action thrillers with Vietnam War veterans or references and homages to the war as well as the recent hits of Oliver Stone and Stanley Kubrick, "Braddock: Missing In Action 3" doesn't have a shot in accomplishing anything original since similar material has already been done way too many times before during the second half of the 1980's. However, Chuck Norris' starring role as the Vietnam War veteran who goes on another deadly mission to rescue more POW's prevents this film from being a complete downer but doesn't prevent it from becoming too routine.