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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**
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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
“Chuck Norris is back! A one-man time bomb set to explode!”
58%
Movie
1h 35m
AI Analysis
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985) — a movie tagged as Action, War, and Drama with tense, nostalgic, and epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~95 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Missing in Action 2: The Beginning 58% (325 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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58%
from 325 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1985-03-01
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 12764
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What is Missing in Action 2: The Beginning about?
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 p... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Missing in Action 2: The Beginning?
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How long is the movie Missing in Action 2: The Beginning?
The official runtime for Missing in Action 2: The Beginning is approximately 95 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Chuck Norris
Colonel James Braddock
Soon-Tek Oh
Colonel Yin
Steven Williams
Captain David Nester
John Wesley
Frankie
Professor Toru Tanaka
Lao
John Otrin
Soldier
Christopher Cary
Emerson
Joseph Hieu
Guard
Dean Raphael Ferrandini
Kirtle
- M
Mischa Hausserman
Kelly
BJ Davis
Helicopter Crew Member
Bennett Ohta
Captain Ho
- C
Cosie Costa
Mazilli
- J
Joe Michael Terry
Opelka
- D
David Chung
Dou Chou
- P
Pierre Issot
François
- R
Randon Lo
Hooker
- M
Michiyo Tanaka
Hooker
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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**
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