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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Chuck Norris is back! A one-man time bomb set to explode!

19855.71h 40m

Overview

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.

Directed by Lance Hool
Written by Steve Bing, Larry Levinson, Arthur Silver
Produced by Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
Box OfficeBudget: $2.4MRevenue: $10.8M

Top Cast

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

Colonel James Braddock

Soon-Tek Oh

Soon-Tek Oh

Colonel Yin

Steven Williams

Steven Williams

Captain David Nester

John Wesley

John Wesley

Frankie

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Professor Toru Tanaka

Lao

John Otrin

John Otrin

Soldier

Christopher Cary

Christopher Cary

Emerson

Joseph Hieu

Joseph Hieu

Guard

Dean Raphael Ferrandini

Dean Raphael Ferrandini

Kirtle

M

Mischa Hausserman

Kelly

Themes & Keywords

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About Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning is a action, war, drama, thriller film released in 1985 exploring themes of vietnam war, vietnam veteran, martial arts, vietcong, escape, loss of loved one. Directed by Lance Hool, it stars Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams. 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.

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