Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning is a 1985 action
/adventure film
, and a prequel
to Missing in Action
, both of which star Chuck Norris
. It was directed by Lance Hool and written by Steve Bing
, Larry Levinson and Arthur Silver.
Missing in Action 2 was filmed at the same time as the first Missing in Action film, and was actually set to be released first before the producers changed their minds. It was followed by a sequel
of its own, Braddock: Missing in Action III
.
) was held in a North Vietnam
ese POW camp run by sadistic Colonel Yin (Soon-Teck Oh), who forces the POWs to grow opium
for a French drug runner named Francois (Pierre Issot), and tries to get Braddock to admit to and sign a long list of war crime
s. During his team's time in captivity, they are relentlessly subjected to various forms of humiliating torture
, and Braddock being told that his wife has left him and has remarried. One of Braddock's comrades starts to suffer with malaria
, and is injected with what they are told to be antibiotics. They later find out that he was in fact injected with a lethal dose of opium
instead. Braddock must escape and rescue his fellow prisoners from Yin.
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
/adventure film
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
, and a prequel
Prequel
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...
to Missing in Action
Missing in Action (film)
Missing in Action is a 1984 action B-movie directed by Joseph Zito and starring Chuck Norris. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Colonel Braddock, who escaped a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp 10 years earlier, returns to Vietnam to find American soldiers listed as missing...
, both of which star Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...
. It was directed by Lance Hool and written by Steve Bing
Steve Bing
Stephen Leo "Steve" Bing is an American businessman, film producer, and donor to progressive causes. He is the founder of the Shangri-La business group, an organization with interests in property, construction, entertainment, and music....
, Larry Levinson and Arthur Silver.
Missing in Action 2 was filmed at the same time as the first Missing in Action film, and was actually set to be released first before the producers changed their minds. It was followed by a sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
of its own, Braddock: Missing in Action III
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Braddock: Missing in Action III is a 1988 action/adventure film, and a sequel to Missing in Action, following the second film, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, which was a prequel. It is the third and final film in the Missing in Action Trilogy. The film stars Chuck Norris, who co-wrote the...
.
Plot
Ten years before freeing American POWs from a brutal General, Colonel James Braddock (Chuck NorrisChuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...
) was held in a North Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese POW camp run by sadistic Colonel Yin (Soon-Teck Oh), who forces the POWs to grow opium
Opium
Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine...
for a French drug runner named Francois (Pierre Issot), and tries to get Braddock to admit to and sign a long list of war crime
War crime
War crimes are serious violations of the laws applicable in armed conflict giving rise to individual criminal responsibility...
s. During his team's time in captivity, they are relentlessly subjected to various forms of humiliating torture
Torture
Torture is the act of inflicting severe pain as a means of punishment, revenge, forcing information or a confession, or simply as an act of cruelty. Throughout history, torture has often been used as a method of political re-education, interrogation, punishment, and coercion...
, and Braddock being told that his wife has left him and has remarried. One of Braddock's comrades starts to suffer with malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
, and is injected with what they are told to be antibiotics. They later find out that he was in fact injected with a lethal dose of opium
Opium
Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine...
instead. Braddock must escape and rescue his fellow prisoners from Yin.