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.
Practical Effects
Explosions and fights done with real fire and sweat
Acting
Soon-Tek Oh's camp commandant chews every scene
Costume
Braddock's beard deserves its own credit
Director
Lance Hool
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was actually filmed BEFORE the first Missing in Action but released after, making it cinema's first 'prequel' before the term was common.
The film rode the 1980s wave of Vietnam POW fantasies that peaked with Rambo, reassuring audiences that America could still win that war one karate chop at a time.
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