Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
Genre: Action / War
Duration: 96 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Lance Hool
Stars: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh and Steven Williams
IMDb score:
5,3 (10.249)
Releasedate: 1 March 1985
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning plot
"Chuck Norris is back! A one-man time bomb set to explode!"
During a helicopter mission in North Vietnam, Colonel James Braddock and his men are captured and taken away. They are taken to the POW camp where Colonel Yin rules with an iron fist. Yin ignores the Geneva Convention and does not hesitate to humiliate and torture his captives. Braddock is also tortured to force him to confess and sign confessions.
Actors and actresses
Colonel James Braddock
Colonel Yin
Captain David Nester
Captain Ho
Mazilli
Opelka
Frankie
Dou Chou
Soldier
Reviews & comments
Movie Jim
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- 643 messages
- 360 votes
I don't understand the reviews
on Chuck Norris,
he has no charisma and can't act?
Well, I kind of agree with the 2nd one.
Still, he secretly remains my favorite actor
and I like to watch him.
Yes this 2nd part of Missing in action is actually
a prequel
I just found that out too 
and i always found this movie so confusing
as for story,
Soon-Tek Oh is a delightfully sadistic villain
who plays his part well.
I have to imagine the story
takes place before the first Missing in action movie.
The movie has a lot of similarities
from Rambo part 2 away.
Well the action was good
and Chuck Norris never ceases to amaze me.
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
This prequel shows how Colonel Braddock was captured during the Vietnam War and how, after enduring various forms of mental and physical torture, he managed to escape. So the emphasis is more on torture than action, but the film benefits from better characterizations, especially in the form Steven Williams as a captain betraying his fellow soldiers and Soon-Tek Oh as a formidable (and pleasantly sadistic) villain. But no film starring Norris can rise above mediocrity, so this is one of his best films.
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alpacino4life
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- 14 messages
- 855 votes
“You really didn't think I'd leave... without making sure you were dead?”
Just reviewed it for the 2nd time and I have to say; this was very entertaining, loved every second of it. Now it is the case that the 80s action films is one of my favorite genres, and of course films from the Canon Films stable should not be missing.
Chuck Norris... well I don't have to make it clear that the best man can't act, but let's be honest that's no reason why we watch these movies. However, it is more about the action and the martial arts of mister Norris and in this regard this film delivers. I cite the last confrontation between Norris and Soon-Tek Oh as an example. BTW that Soon-Tek Oh I thought was brilliant in this movie, he played a very “over the top” sadistic bad guy and I loved every second he was on display. The rest of the cast does a decent job but nothing as memorable as Tek Oh.
The whole POW thing and the Vietnam element always interests me in films (eg Rambo) and I found this very well applied here, the scene with the rat for example is very memorable. All in all there are definitely better 80's action movies out there but as said this was definitely entertaining, and as far as I'm concerned better than the first part in the MIA movies (this is actually the first but let's keep the release of the movies). Definitely recommended for fans of this genre.
3.5 *
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