Colonel Braddock launches a mission deep into the jungles of Vietnam to find the POW camp that he escaped from and free the Americans still held captive there.
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Cast
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| Chuck Norris | ... | Col. James Braddock | |
| M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Jack Tucker | |
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David Tress | ... | Sen. Maxwell Porter |
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Lenore Kasdorf | ... | Ann Fitzgerald |
| James Hong | ... | Gen. Tran | |
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Ernie Ortega | ... | Vinh |
| Pierrino Mascarino | ... | Jacques | |
| Erich Anderson | ... | Masucci (as E. Erich Anderson) | |
| Joseph Carberry | ... | Carter | |
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Avi Kleinberger | ... | Dalton |
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Willie Williams | ... | Randall |
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Ric Segreto | ... | GI |
| Bella Flores | ... | Madame Pearl | |
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Gil Arceo | ... | First Vietnamese Businessman |
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Roger Dantes | ... | Second Vietnamese Businessman |
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Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago. After the bloodiest war, Braddock accompanies a government investigation team that goes to Ho Chi Minh City to check out reports of Americans still held prisoner. Braddock gets the evidence then travels to Thailand, where he meets Tuck, an old Army buddy turned black market kingpin. Together, they launch a mission deep into the jungle to free the American POWs from General Trau. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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vietnam war | rescue mission | one man army | prisoner of war | martial arts |Taglines:
The war's not over until the last man comes home. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
16 November 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Portés disparus See more »Filming Locations:
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Box Office
Budget:
$2,550,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$6,101,000, 18 November 1984, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$22,812,500Company Credits
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Written by Carmine Appice and Rod Stewart
Performed by Juliet Lee
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Filmed right after Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), this film was supposed to be the sequel. However when the producers realized this film was the better of the two, they simply renamed them and made the other film a prequel to this. This explains why Steve Bing receives a credit for "characters" because he wrote the screenplay for what became the prequel. See more »Goofs
When Braddock rigs the grenade to fall after the jeep is moved, the enemy jeep hits it and dislodges the Grenade. There two separate explosions that shoot up from the ground as the FX explosions were set off. See more »Alternate Versions
Prior to 2000, all versions released in Germany were cut for violence to achieve a "Not under 16" rating. The DVD release features the complete film, but is also rated "Not under 16". See more »Connections
Referenced in Remo, Rambo, Reagan and Reds: The Eighties Action Movie Explosion (2014) See more »Soundtracks
Da Ya Think I'm SexyWritten by Carmine Appice and Rod Stewart
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This was filmed back-to-back with part 2, and was originally intended to be released as the second film in the series, but Cannon executives moved it to be the first entry after realizing it was much better than the other film. It is indeed a better movie, but it still can't be called a good movie. To be sure, the production values are decent, and director Joseph Zito occasionally creates an effective moment. But for the most part, the movie is extremely dull; it takes more than halfway through the movie before Norris starts his primary mission, and the action sequences (the few that there are) are mediocre at best. Zito also shows no sense of pacing; there are a number of scenes that serve no real purpose, or are let to run on for what seems like forever. As for Norris, he is his usual stony near-mute self, though he is to be admired for doing some of the risky stunt sequences himself.