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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning is an English-language action and war film produced by The Cannon Group and Golan-Globus Productions. Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus served as producers, while Lance Hool directed the movie. The cast includes Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, and John Wesley. Brian May composed the score for the production.
The narrative is set in the jungle of Vietnam and follows the events of the previous film, Missing in Action. It was followed by Braddock: Missing in Action III. The film was distributed by The Cannon Group and Netflix, with a release format including video on demand. It is part of the Missing in Action Collection.
The movie has a runtime of 95 or 100 minutes and was released in 1985. It originated in the United States, with additional countries listed as St. Kitts and Nevis, Netherlands, and Mexico. The budget was 2,410,000, and the revenue reached 10,755,447. It holds an R rating and has received ratings of 5.765, 5.4, and 5.3 from various sources.
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5.8Prequel 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.
Cast
- Chuck Norris as Colonel James Braddock
- Soon-Tek Oh as Colonel Yin
- Steven Williams as Captain David Nester
- John Wesley as Frankie
- Professor Toru Tanaka as Lao
- John Otrin as Soldier
Themes
- vietnam war
- vietnam veteran
- martial arts
- vietcong
- escape
- loss of loved one
- patriotism
- prisoner of war
- liberation
- affectation
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Ratings
IMDb
5.3/10
10,068 votes
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Braddock: Missing in Action III
- Follows
- Missing in Action
- Cast member
- John Wesley
- Composer
- Brian May
- Producer
- Yoram Globus
- Production company
- The Cannon Group
- Narrative location
- Vietnam
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 600190
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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