Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

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

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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.

Released: Mar 1, 1985

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Chuck Norris

Colonel James Braddock

Soon-Tek Oh

Colonel Yin

Steven Williams

Captain David Nester

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