Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Lance Hool

Writers:

Steve Bing (writer)
Larry Levinson (writer)

Release Date:

2 March 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | War

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Vietnam | Prequel | Colonel | Psychotronic

Cast

Chuck Norris	...	Colonel James Braddock
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Colonel Yin (as Soon-Teck Oh)
Steven Williams	...	Captain David Nester
Bennett Ohta	...	Captain Ho
Cosie Costa	...	Mazilli
Joe Michael Terry	...	Opelka
John Wesley	...	Frankie
David Chung	...	Dou Chou
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Lao
John Otrin	...	Soldier
Christopher Cary	...	Emerson
Joseph Hieu	...	Guard
Dean Raphael Ferrandini	...	Kirtle (as Dean Ferrandini)
Pierre Issot	...	François
Mischa Hausserman	...	Kelly

Also Known As:

Battle Rage (Australia)

Runtime:

USA:100 min | Norway:95 min (video version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (TVC)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 (heavily cut) | West Germany:Not Rated (cut) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2006) | Australia:M | Finland:(Banned) (cut) (1986) | France:-12 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

Company:

Cannon Films

Trivia:

Mazilli's pet rooster was named "Angelo".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Colonel Yin is going to have Opelca executed, he reads the charges and refers to him as "Sergeant Opelca". Opelca was a Corporal.

Quotes:

Colonel Yin: You lose!

Movie Connections:

Follows Missing in Action (1984)

One of Norris' best films

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

1985 was a top year for Chuck Norris,with Invasion USA and this immensely enjoyable actioner coming out.Following on from the disappointing,slow moving original,this charts his highly involving experiences in a Vietnamise POW camp,and his eventual escape.A lot of depth is invested into the characters,which fully envelops at the end when Norris faces off against Soon Tech Oh.Given that the films were created by Chuck as a tribute to his brother Wieland who was killed in Vietnam,it's not really so surprising in hindsight to notice the extra invested energy and emotion he displays in these films.And all the better for it.****