Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)

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.

Director: Lance Hool

Cast: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, John Wesley, Professor Toru Tanaka

Original Language: EN

Original Title: Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Budget: $2,410,000

Revenue: $10,755,447

MPAA Rating: PG

Keywords: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, martial arts, vietcong, escape, loss of loved one, patriotism, prisoner of war, liberation, affectation, revenge, shootout, torture, taunting, angry, aggressive, absurd, whimsical, admiring, adoring, ambiguous, ambivalent, antagonistic, tragic, vibrant

JPV852 (January 5, 2023)

Pretty much more of the same copying elements from the Rambo series. I still found it moderately entertaining as Chuck Norris was fun to watch and the pyrotechnics were pretty good. Competently made but nothing all that memorable. **3/5**